State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Pennsylvania
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Pennsylvania, $37,050. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.1% — not 28.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.2%
Alaska vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+22.1%
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
Pennsylvania
Security Guards
- Median
- $37,050
- p25
- $34,570
- p75
- $44,300
- p10
- $30,050
- p90
- $54,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
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.