State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs South Dakota
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In South Dakota, $37,150. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.6% — not 27.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+27.8%
Alaska vs South Dakota
COL-adjusted gap
+10.6%
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 Dakota
Security Guards
- Median
- $37,150
- p25
- $32,190
- p75
- $45,190
- p10
- $30,060
- p90
- $59,840
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.6
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.