State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Massachusetts
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Massachusetts, $44,670. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.8% — not 6.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.3%
Alaska vs Massachusetts
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
Massachusetts
Security Guards
- Median
- $44,670
- p25
- $37,720
- p75
- $45,760
- p10
- $34,830
- p90
- $55,800
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
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.