State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Georgia
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Georgia, $34,980. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.6% — not 35.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.7%
Alaska vs Georgia
COL-adjusted gap
+27.6%
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
Georgia
Security Guards
- Median
- $34,980
- p25
- $30,920
- p75
- $39,060
- p10
- $29,060
- p90
- $48,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.3
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.