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Information Security Analysts

United States. Estimated employment 190,650, with pages for 7 metro areas below.

Data released May 2025 BLS OEWS · SOC 15-1212
Fig. 1 — The wage rule

Where you sit in the distribution

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$129,180 · 50th
$75,09010th
$97,81025th
$129,18050th
$163,50075th
$199,85090th

That is the medianhalf of information security analysts in the US earn more.

Table 1 — By metro area

Where it pays

Every published Information Security Analysts page, by median pay. Employment is the BLS estimate for the metro.

Metro areaMedianEmployment
Washington, DC$148,95016,560
New York, NY$140,47011,330
Buffalo, NY$116,290400
Syracuse, NY$108,270200
Kiryas Joel, NY$106,740130
Rochester, NY$105,860410
Albany, NY$103,890470
Sources

How this page was made

Wage data
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 release. Public domain.
Employment
190,650 employed in this occupation nationally (BLS estimate; excludes the self-employed).
Occupation
SOC 15-1212, Information Security Analysts. Mapped to our taxonomy as information-security-analysts.

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