State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Louisiana
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Louisiana, $32,240. After cost-of-living, the gap is 26.8% — not 47.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+47.3%
Alaska vs Louisiana
COL-adjusted gap
+26.8%
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
Louisiana
Security Guards
- Median
- $32,240
- p25
- $29,430
- p75
- $38,310
- p10
- $23,660
- p90
- $49,040
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.2
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.