State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs North Carolina
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In North Carolina, $35,010. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.9% — not 35.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+35.6%
Alaska vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+24.9%
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
North Carolina
Security Guards
- Median
- $35,010
- p25
- $30,640
- p75
- $43,610
- p10
- $29,260
- p90
- $56,020
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
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.