State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Nevada
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Nevada, $37,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.3% — not 27.3%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.3%
Alaska vs Nevada
COL-adjusted gap
+24.3%
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
Nevada
Security Guards
- Median
- $37,310
- p25
- $34,610
- p75
- $44,600
- p10
- $29,140
- p90
- $48,340
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
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.