State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs New Jersey
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In New Jersey, $38,880. After cost-of-living, the gap is 29.8% — not 22.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+22.1%
Alaska vs New Jersey
COL-adjusted gap
+29.8%
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
New Jersey
Security Guards
- Median
- $38,880
- p25
- $34,770
- p75
- $48,120
- p10
- $32,230
- p90
- $60,420
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 108.8
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.