State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Oklahoma
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Oklahoma, $36,270. After cost-of-living, the gap is 12.2% — not 30.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+30.9%
Alaska vs Oklahoma
COL-adjusted gap
+12.2%
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
Oklahoma
Security Guards
- Median
- $36,270
- p25
- $30,980
- p75
- $44,670
- p10
- $26,940
- p90
- $56,080
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
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.