State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs West Virginia
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In West Virginia, $28,800. After cost-of-living, the gap is 44.1% — not 64.9%.
Nominal pay gap
+64.9%
Alaska vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+44.1%
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
West Virginia
Security Guards
- Median
- $28,800
- p25
- $20,800
- p75
- $35,990
- p10
- $20,800
- p90
- $47,370
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.