State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Oregon
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Oregon, $45,500. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.4% — not 4.4%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.4%
Alaska vs Oregon
COL-adjusted gap
+5.4%
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
Oregon
Security Guards
- Median
- $45,500
- p25
- $39,680
- p75
- $48,420
- p10
- $36,500
- p90
- $58,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 103.4
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.