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Security Guards in Alaska
The bar runs from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the darker part is the middle half of earners.
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The spread
How pay for this job is spread here: higher means more people earn around that amount, and the darker middle is the middle half of earners. The dots are BLS's published 10th, 25th, median, 75th and 90th percentiles; the curve between them is our smooth estimate. Hover or tap a dot for its figure.
This job is less common here than nationally: 6.5 in every 1,000 jobs (location quotient 0.78).
Where this job pays most
Median an hour by state, from lower to higher pay as in the key below. Hover or tap a state for its figure. Living costs differ too, so a higher wage is not always more to spend.
- AL, Alabama, median $16.21
- AK, Alaska, median $22.83
- AZ, Arizona, median $18.41
- AR, Arkansas, median $17.20
- CA, California, median $20.79
- CO, Colorado, median $21.71
- CT, Connecticut, median $19.19
- DE, Delaware, median $17.48
- DC, District of Columbia, median $30.87
- FL, Florida, median $17.26
- GA, Georgia, median $16.82
- HI, Hawaii, median $20.59
- ID, Idaho, median $18.41
- IL, Illinois, median $18.98
- IN, Indiana, median $17.54
- IA, Iowa, median $17.83
- KS, Kansas, median $17.83
- KY, Kentucky, median $17.03
- LA, Louisiana, median $15.50
- ME, Maine, median $18.80
- MD, Maryland, median $18.37
- MA, Massachusetts, median $21.48
- MI, Michigan, median $17.83
- MN, Minnesota, median $20.86
- MS, Mississippi, median $14.03
- MO, Missouri, median $19.42
- MT, Montana, median $18.50
- NE, Nebraska, median $19.15
- NV, Nevada, median $17.94
- NH, New Hampshire, median $21.73
- NJ, New Jersey, median $18.69
- NM, New Mexico, median $20.83
- NY, New York, median $21.27
- NC, North Carolina, median $16.83
- ND, North Dakota, median $18.90
- OH, Ohio, median $17.20
- OK, Oklahoma, median $17.44
- OR, Oregon, median $21.88
- PA, Pennsylvania, median $17.81
- RI, Rhode Island, median $17.76
- SC, South Carolina, median $17.05
- SD, South Dakota, median $17.86
- TN, Tennessee, median $17.31
- TX, Texas, median $17.30
- UT, Utah, median $20.53
- VT, Vermont, median $21.90
- VA, Virginia, median $20.98
- WA, Washington, median $22.64
- WV, West Virginia, median $13.85
- WI, Wisconsin, median $18.00
- WY, Wyoming, median $18.85
- PR, Puerto Rico, median $10.50
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Across Alaska
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