State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Nebraska
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Nebraska, $39,840. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.9% — not 19.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+19.2%
Alaska vs Nebraska
COL-adjusted gap
+4.9%
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
Nebraska
Security Guards
- Median
- $39,840
- p25
- $37,150
- p75
- $47,400
- p10
- $34,020
- p90
- $70,310
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.1
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.