State comparison · 2025
Security Guards salary: Alaska vs Wyoming
Security Guards in Alaska earn a median of $47,480. In Wyoming, $39,200. After cost-of-living, the gap is 9.6% — not 21.1%.
Nominal pay gap
+21.1%
Alaska vs Wyoming
COL-adjusted gap
+9.6%
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
Wyoming
Security Guards
- Median
- $39,200
- p25
- $35,530
- p75
- $48,010
- p10
- $30,350
- p90
- $67,680
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 92.7
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.