Real salary data
What Information Security Analysts actually earn in 2026.
The median for Information Security Analyst is $135,423 across 8099 real salary records (H-1B visa filings and tech job postings), updated Sep 14, 2026.
01 / By source
Real salary bands, by source.
Bands come from 8099 real records. Each source has a different bias, disclosed below.
Density curve fitted to the observed quartiles (log-normal). $104,562–$165,766 contains the middle 50% of records in the best-represented source; the shape between them is an approximation.
| Source | Records | 25th pct | Median | 75th pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H-1B visa filings | 8,099 | $104,562 | $135,423 | $165,766 |
| Job postings | 22 | $139,250 | $167,500 | $172,500 |
- H-1B visa filings (DOL) — over-represents visa-eligible roles (typically high-skill, high-wage)
- Job postings that disclose salary in the ad text
Salary data updated Sep 14, 2026. Bands are percentiles, not averages; n is the number of underlying records.
02 / By city
What Information Security Analysts earn, by city.
Real records; cities with at least 10 observations.
| City | Records | Range (p25–p75) | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York, NY | 461 | $119,496 – $180,250 | $147,218 |
| Seattle, WA | 324 | $139,528 – $176,600 | $156,241 |
| Dallas, TX | 318 | $104,411 – $165,000 | $140,325 |
| Austin, TX | 289 | $105,000 – $161,300 | $136,000 |
| Chicago, IL | 262 | $98,946 – $149,808 | $120,238 |
| San Francisco, CA | 213 | $135,000 – $210,000 | $175,100 |
| Atlanta, GA | 197 | $101,642 – $160,000 | $130,105 |
| San Jose, CA | 188 | $142,530 – $206,780 | $171,500 |
| Irving, TX | 147 | $102,690 – $150,000 | $125,000 |
| Plano, TX | 146 | $104,042 – $150,407 | $127,579 |
| Houston, TX | 132 | $93,925 – $142,459 | $104,021 |
| Jersey City, NJ | 123 | $119,496 – $173,056 | $148,589 |
03 / By state
What Information Security Analysts earn, by state.
| State | Records | Range (p25–p75) | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| TX | 1,695 | $102,700 – $153,648 | $127,504 |
| CA | 1,201 | $131,000 – $197,657 | $166,600 |
| NY | 559 | $115,200 – $176,000 | $145,000 |
| NJ | 553 | $114,795 – $174,000 | $146,286 |
| WA | 533 | $138,700 – $180,274 | $160,000 |
| IL | 425 | $98,176 – $145,974 | $117,000 |
| VA | 388 | $117,728 – $163,125 | $138,000 |
| GA | 383 | $101,462 – $152,381 | $127,900 |
| NC | 287 | $107,453 – $157,182 | $132,000 |
| MA | 255 | $104,052 – $156,291 | $127,146 |
| FL | 252 | $94,583 – $140,000 | $112,590 |
| PA | 219 | $93,995 – $141,720 | $112,800 |
04 / Context
How Information Security Analysts pay compares with similar roles.
| Profession | Risk | Median | Outlook |
|---|---|---|---|
| Architectural and Engineering Manager | Medium | $175,000 | +3.8% (2024–34) |
| Computer and Information Research Scientist | High | $179,000 | +19.7% (2024–34) |
| Computer Network Architect | Critical | $134,000 | +11.9% (2024–34) |
| Computer Systems Analyst | Critical | $104,416 | +8.7% (2024–34) |
| Data Analyst | High | $120,000 | +33.5% (2024–34) |
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How to move up the pay band.
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06 / FAQ
Salary questions, answered.
01Why are the bands different from the BLS median?
The BLS median covers all Information Security Analyst in the US. These bands come from real records with known biases — H-1B filings skew to visa-eligible (high-skill) roles and tech postings skew to tech employers — so they sit above the national median. We disclose the source of every band.
02How often is this data updated?
The dataset refreshes weekly from live job postings and quarterly from new H-1B disclosures.