State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Iowa
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Iowa, $37,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.8% — not 28%.
Nominal pay gap
+28%
Alaska vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
+9.8%
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
Iowa
Security Guards
- Median
- $37,080
- p25
- $34,480
- p75
- $45,590
- p10
- $30,350
- p90
- $59,290
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.