Information Security Analysts · SOC 15-1212

Highest-Paying Metro Areas for Information Security Analystss

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025U.S. metropolitan areas

Metro areas ranked by published median annual wage for information security analysts. Areas where BLS suppressed the median are not ranked (16 such areas are excluded here). Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Top 25 of 246 metro areas

Information Security Analysts: metro areas with the highest published median annual wages, May 2025
#	Metro area	Median annual	Employment	Per 1,000 jobs
1	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA	$176,120	2,280	2.0
2	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA	$162,310	3,730	1.6
3	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA	$161,780	4,700	2.3
4	Boulder, CO	$154,990	520	2.7
5	Asheville, NC	$149,350	200	1.1
6	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV	$148,950	16,560	5.3
7	Wilmington, NC	$145,170	230	1.2
8	Raleigh-Cary, NC	$143,640	2,510	3.4
9	New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ	$140,470	11,330	1.2
10	Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD	$138,170	4,600	3.4
11	Vallejo, CA	$137,160	40	0.3
12	Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO	$136,670	3,580	2.2
13	New Haven, CT	$136,590	130	0.4
14	Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH	$136,550	5,220	1.9
15	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX	$134,100	2,390	1.8
16	Fort Collins-Loveland, CO	$133,850	170	1.0
17	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX	$133,610	7,080	1.7
18	Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA	$133,570	570	0.5
19	San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA	$133,100	30	0.2
20	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD	$132,560	2,710	0.9
21	San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA	$132,120	1,330	0.9
22	Peoria, IL	$132,090	460	2.8
23	Kahului-Wailuku, HI	$131,640	Not published	Not published
24	Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL	$131,500	180	0.6
25	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	$131,490	4,550	1.6

Full state and metro tables, the national distribution, and the pay map are on the Information Security Analysts overview.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.