State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Montana
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Montana, $38,480. After cost-of-living, the gap is 14% — not 23.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+23.4%
Alaska vs Montana
COL-adjusted gap
+14%
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
Montana
Security Guards
- Median
- $38,480
- p25
- $35,260
- p75
- $46,300
- p10
- $28,800
- p90
- $57,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.6
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.