Average Security Guards Salary in Alaska

Security Guards in Alaska earn a median annual salary of $47,480, which is +24.9% compared to the national median. There are 2,100 workers employed locally in this occupation.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey, May 2025 estimates for Alaska (state).

$47,480

Alaska median annual wage

$23/hour median

+24.9%

Difference vs national median

National median is $38,020

2,100

Local employment

6.5 jobs per 1,000 workers

0.78

Location quotient

Above 1.00 means the occupation is more concentrated here than nationally

Pay distribution

Local wage range

10th: $36,520
25th: $44,370
Median: $47,480
75th: $60,400
90th: $76,350

All values are percentiles of annual wages.

This local range is the useful part of the page. The median tells you the center of the market in Alaska, while the percentile band shows how compressed or wide the local pay distribution actually is.

Regional price parity

Cost-of-living context

All-items regional price parity

102.4%

Exact state RPP match

Median wage adjusted to the national price level

$46,386

Goods: 106.3%
Services: 119.0%
Rents: 93.8%

Comparison links

Comparable states for this occupation

State	Median annual wage	Compare	Employment
District of Columbia	$64,210	Compare	15,880
Washington	$47,100	Compare	25,800
Vermont	$45,550	Compare	930
Oregon	$45,500	Compare	12,200
New Hampshire	$45,200	Compare	2,450
Colorado	$45,150	Compare	16,890

The point of this table is not random nearby places. It is to show the other labor markets where this same occupation looks stronger or weaker on the same OEWS release.

Area context

Top occupations in Alaska

Occupation	Median annual wage	LQ
Emergency Medicine Physicians	$452,620	2.76
Obstetricians And Gynecologists	$421,450	1.03
General Internal Medicine Physicians	$366,080	0.80
Physicians, All Other	$355,100	0.37
Neurologists	$354,760	4.46
Psychiatrists	$342,170	0.93
Nurse Anesthetists	$341,210	0.82
Family Medicine Physicians	$323,490	3.40

Alaska has salary data for 528 occupations. The highest-paid occupation in this area is Emergency Medicine Physicians.

Historical series

Trend for Security Guards in Alaska

Historical trend data is not yet available for this occupation in this area.

Interpretation

Outlook and page notes

Nationally, Security Guards are projected to change by +0.4% from 2024 to 2034, with 161,000 annual openings.

Use this page to answer three separate questions: what the occupation pays here, how large the local market is, and whether this market is unusually concentrated for the occupation.

For metro pages in particular, read long-term trend rows as directional until the area comparability layer is fully wired. OEWS area definitions can change over time, and that matters more at the metro level than at the state level.