State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Wisconsin
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Wisconsin, $37,440. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.5% — not 26.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+26.8%
Alaska vs Wisconsin
COL-adjusted gap
+16.5%
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
Wisconsin
Security Guards
- Median
- $37,440
- p25
- $35,030
- p75
- $46,210
- p10
- $30,410
- p90
- $54,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.1
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.