State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Rhode Island
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Rhode Island, $36,940. After cost-of-living, the gap is 28.4% — not 28.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+28.5%
Alaska vs Rhode Island
COL-adjusted gap
+28.4%
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
Rhode Island
Security Guards
- Median
- $36,940
- p25
- $34,370
- p75
- $44,510
- p10
- $31,200
- p90
- $48,520
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 102.3
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.