State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Missouri
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Missouri, $40,390. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.2% — not 17.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.6%
Alaska vs Missouri
COL-adjusted gap
+4.2%
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
Missouri
Security Guards
- Median
- $40,390
- p25
- $36,040
- p75
- $48,020
- p10
- $31,040
- p90
- $68,860
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.8
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.