State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Indiana
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Indiana, $36,490. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.6% — not 30.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.1%
Alaska vs Indiana
COL-adjusted gap
+18.6%
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
Indiana
Security Guards
- Median
- $36,490
- p25
- $31,240
- p75
- $44,440
- p10
- $29,850
- p90
- $59,990
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.3
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.