State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Michigan
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Michigan, $37,080. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.3% — not 28%.
Nominal pay gap
+28%
Alaska vs Michigan
COL-adjusted gap
+20.3%
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
Michigan
Security Guards
- Median
- $37,080
- p25
- $34,230
- p75
- $46,480
- p10
- $29,790
- p90
- $54,770
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 96.2
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.