State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Delaware
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Delaware, $36,360. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.3% — not 30.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.6%
Alaska vs Delaware
COL-adjusted gap
+27.3%
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
Delaware
Security Guards
- Median
- $36,360
- p25
- $36,000
- p75
- $44,450
- p10
- $32,450
- p90
- $73,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 99.8
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.