State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Tennessee
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Tennessee, $36,000. After cost-of-living, the gap is 18.4% — not 31.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+31.9%
Alaska vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
+18.4%
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
Tennessee
Security Guards
- Median
- $36,000
- p25
- $30,850
- p75
- $40,620
- p10
- $29,310
- p90
- $51,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
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.