State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs North Dakota
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In North Dakota, $39,310. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5% — not 20.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+20.8%
Alaska vs North Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+5%
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 Dakota
Security Guards
- Median
- $39,310
- p25
- $34,960
- p75
- $45,550
- p10
- $31,150
- p90
- $64,390
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.0
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.