State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Virginia
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Virginia, $43,640. After cost-of-living, the gap is 7.4% — not 8.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+8.8%
Alaska vs Virginia
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
Virginia
Security Guards
- Median
- $43,640
- p25
- $35,990
- p75
- $54,850
- p10
- $30,990
- p90
- $73,060
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 101.1
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.