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Information security analysts: pay by state and city

What information security analysts — the main job for this pathway — earn across the U.S., from the latest BLS wage survey (May 2025).

U.S. median$129,180
BLS OEWS · May 2025
Occupational Employment and Wage StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Period
May 2025
SOC
15-1212 Information security analysts
File
oe.data.0.Current (download.bls.gov)
View official data
U.S. average (mean)$132,510
Jobs in the survey190,650
Most jobsVirginia19,120 jobs · median $134,900

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Information security analysts · annual wages, May 2025
BLS OEWS · May 2025
Occupational Employment and Wage StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Period
May 2025
SOC
15-1212 Information security analysts
File
oe.data.0.Current (download.bls.gov)
View official data
Lowest 10% below
$75,090
25th percentile
$97,810
Median
$129,180
75th percentile
$163,500
Top 10% above
$199,850
Middle half of workersMedianMean $132,510Jobs 190,650

BLS publishes this occupation for 51 state-level areas (50 states, DC and territories where available) and 332 metro and nonmetro areas. Places it does not publish are not estimated here.

Where the jobs are, and where pay is highest

Median annual pay, May 2025. Highest-pay lists only include places with at least 500 jobs. BLS wages are not adjusted for living costs, which are usually higher where pay is higher.

States with the most jobs

  1. Virginia19,120 jobs$134,900
  2. Texas16,130 jobs$129,890
  3. California15,570 jobs$138,570
  4. Florida14,220 jobs$124,860
  5. New York10,060 jobs$134,660

Highest-paying states

  1. Washington6,030 jobs$154,940
  2. Maryland8,650 jobs$139,640
  3. California15,570 jobs$138,570
  4. Delaware720 jobs$137,030
  5. Massachusetts6,100 jobs$136,550

Metro areas with the most jobs

  1. Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV16,560 jobs$148,950
  2. New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ11,330 jobs$140,470
  3. Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX7,080 jobs$133,610
  4. Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH5,220 jobs$136,550
  5. Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA4,820 jobs$129,630

Highest-paying metro areas

  1. San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA2,280 jobs$176,120
  2. San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA3,730 jobs$162,310
  3. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA4,700 jobs$161,780
  4. Northern New Mexico nonmetropolitan area870 jobs$157,660
  5. Boulder, CO520 jobs$154,990
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Every job in this pathway

National figures. A field of study leads to several occupations, each with its own pay.

OccupationLowest 10%MedianTop 10%Jobs
Information security analysts —$129,180——
Network and computer systems administrators —$99,130——
Computer network architects —$134,050——

"Jobs" counts wage-and-salary jobs in the OEWS survey; it differs from the employment totals in BLS projections. "—": BLS publishes this group as separate occupations; the median shown is the group figure from the Occupational Outlook Handbook.

Median pay by industry · information security analysts

  • Computer systems design and related services$132,410
  • Finance and insurance$130,630
  • Management of companies and enterprises$128,950
  • Information$138,650
  • Management, scientific, and technical consulting services$125,420
Data: BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (national, state, metro and nonmetro estimates). How Margdarshan sources its data → · Back to Cybersecurity