State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Vermont
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Vermont, $45,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.2% — not 4.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+4.2%
Alaska vs Vermont
COL-adjusted gap
-0.2%
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
Vermont
Security Guards
- Median
- $45,550
- p25
- $38,560
- p75
- $61,730
- p10
- $36,040
- p90
- $72,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.0
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.