State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Mississippi
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Mississippi, $29,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 38.2% — not 62.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+62.7%
Alaska vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+38.2%
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
Mississippi
Security Guards
- Median
- $29,180
- p25
- $26,940
- p75
- $35,430
- p10
- $21,690
- p90
- $42,580
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
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.