State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Colorado
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Colorado, $45,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.9% — not 5.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+5.2%
Alaska vs Colorado
COL-adjusted gap
+5.9%
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
Colorado
Security Guards
- Median
- $45,150
- p25
- $37,920
- p75
- $47,580
- p10
- $36,160
- p90
- $57,360
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.1
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.