State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Illinois
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Illinois, $39,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 17.4% — not 20.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.2%
Alaska vs Illinois
COL-adjusted gap
+17.4%
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
Illinois
Security Guards
- Median
- $39,490
- p25
- $37,060
- p75
- $46,360
- p10
- $35,520
- p90
- $63,950
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.