State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Minnesota
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Minnesota, $43,380. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.4% — not 9.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+9.5%
Alaska vs Minnesota
COL-adjusted gap
+5.4%
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
Minnesota
Security Guards
- Median
- $43,380
- p25
- $37,020
- p75
- $46,110
- p10
- $33,760
- p90
- $65,090
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
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.