State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Utah
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Utah, $42,700. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.4% — not 11.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+11.2%
Alaska vs Utah
COL-adjusted gap
+7.4%
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
Utah
Security Guards
- Median
- $42,700
- p25
- $36,410
- p75
- $45,640
- p10
- $31,270
- p90
- $56,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.9
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.