State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Maryland
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Maryland, $38,220. After cost-of-living, the gap is 27.4% — not 24.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+24.2%
Alaska vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+27.4%
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
Maryland
Security Guards
- Median
- $38,220
- p25
- $35,700
- p75
- $46,750
- p10
- $33,700
- p90
- $64,320
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
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.