State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Kentucky
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Kentucky, $35,420. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.1% — not 34%.
Nominal pay gap
+34%
Alaska vs Kentucky
COL-adjusted gap
+18.1%
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
Kentucky
Security Guards
- Median
- $35,420
- p25
- $31,440
- p75
- $40,370
- p10
- $28,450
- p90
- $50,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
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.