State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Maine
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Maine, $39,100. After cost-of-living, the gap is 15.1% — not 21.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.4%
Alaska vs Maine
COL-adjusted gap
+15.1%
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
Maine
Security Guards
- Median
- $39,100
- p25
- $34,760
- p75
- $45,360
- p10
- $31,470
- p90
- $51,530
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.1
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.