State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs South Carolina
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In South Carolina, $35,460. After cost-of-living, the gap is 22.5% — not 33.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+33.9%
Alaska vs South Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
+22.5%
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
South Carolina
Security Guards
- Median
- $35,460
- p25
- $30,130
- p75
- $38,220
- p10
- $27,420
- p90
- $48,850
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 93.7
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.