State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Arkansas
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Arkansas, $35,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.6% — not 32.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+32.7%
Alaska vs Arkansas
COL-adjusted gap
+12.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alaska
Security Guards
- Median
- $47,480
- p25
- $44,370
- p75
- $60,400
- p10
- $36,520
- p90
- $76,350
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.4
Arkansas
Security Guards
- Median
- $35,770
- p25
- $29,750
- p75
- $41,210
- p10
- $28,870
- p90
- $57,410
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 86.9
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.