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Information Security Analysts · SOC 15-1212

Information Security Analysts Salary in the Asheville Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Asheville, NC metro area

Figures describe the Asheville, NC metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Asheville city limits.

Median annual wage$149,350
Median hourly wage$71.80

Information Security Analysts in the Asheville, NC metro area earned a median of $149,350 per year ($71.80 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $76,860 at the 10th percentile to $155,030 at the 90th. BLS estimates 200 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Information Security Analysts in the Asheville metro area earn more than $149,350 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $106,990 and $149,350.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$76,860$106,990$149,350$149,350$155,030
Hourly$36.95$51.44$71.80$71.80$74.53

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Asheville metro areathis metro area
    $149,350
  • North Carolinastate (NC)
    $131,540
  • United Statesnational
    $129,180

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +14% vs North Carolina overall and +16% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$62,490$100,367$138,243$176,120San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $62,490Jonesboro, AR — $64,030Charleston, WV — $64,840Lawrence, KS — $67,010Bozeman, MT — $68,160Myrtle Beach-Conway-North Myrtle Beach, SC — $73,490Tallahassee, FL — $75,090Missoula, MT — $76,360Flint, MI — $77,590San Angelo, TX — $77,940Lincoln, NE — $78,190McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $78,200Green Bay, WI — $78,330Bangor, ME — $78,520Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH — $80,660Helena, MT — $81,950Oklahoma City, OK — $82,490Lafayette, LA — $83,030Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $84,330Springfield, MO — $84,690Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $85,030South Bend-Mishawaka, IN-MI — $85,070Jefferson City, MO — $85,260Youngstown-Warren, OH — $85,490Billings, MT — $86,010Slidell-Mandeville-Covington, LA — $87,060Sioux City, IA-NE-SD — $87,240Kenosha, WI — $87,660Ogden, UT — $87,960Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $89,840Jackson, MS — $90,460Fort Smith, AR-OK — $91,020Wichita, KS — $91,670York-Hanover, PA — $91,790Dover, DE — $92,100Erie, PA — $92,660Pocatello, ID — $93,970Little Rock-North Little Rock-Conway, AR — $94,070Elizabethtown, KY — $94,560Columbus, IN — $94,770Champaign-Urbana, IL — $95,220St. Cloud, MN — $95,450Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $95,660Omaha, NE-IA — $95,700Elkhart-Goshen, IN — $95,960Springfield, IL — $96,230Lancaster, PA — $96,540Eau Claire, WI — $96,870Fort Wayne, IN — $97,000Brownsville-Harlingen, TX — $97,210Yuma, AZ — $97,320Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $97,370Provo-Orem-Lehi, UT — $97,430Corpus Christi, TX — $97,440Manhattan, KS — $97,490Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $97,540Columbia, MO — $97,600Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $98,060Reno, NV — $98,260Utica-Rome, NY — $98,280Evansville, IN — $98,400Lubbock, TX — $98,480Longview, TX — $98,560Canton-Massillon, OH — $98,900Naples-Marco Island, FL — $99,000Fayetteville, NC — $99,030Tuscaloosa, AL — $99,460Topeka, KS — $100,150Scranton--Wilkes-Barre, PA — $100,210Lakeland-Winter Haven, FL — $100,470Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $100,780Atlantic City-Hammonton, NJ — $101,010Killeen-Temple, TX — $101,100Stockton-Lodi, CA — $101,320Columbia, SC — $101,330Lafayette-West Lafayette, IN — $101,390Amherst Town-Northampton, MA — $101,520Milwaukee-Waukesha, WI — $101,550Tulsa, OK — $101,790Gainesville, GA — $101,860Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT — $101,860College Station-Bryan, TX — $101,890Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $102,160Lexington-Fayette, KY — $102,190Knoxville, TN — $102,210Columbus, GA-AL — $102,240Tucson, AZ — $102,260Kingsport-Bristol, TN-VA — $102,450Reading, PA — $102,480Savannah, GA — $102,630Deltona-Daytona Beach-Ormond Beach, FL — $102,750Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $102,830Kalamazoo-Portage, MI — $103,000Burlington, NC — $103,140Portland-South Portland, ME — $103,440Pittsburgh, PA — $103,630Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $103,670Toledo, OH — $103,720Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $103,890Barnstable Town, MA — $103,900Fargo, ND-MN — $103,910Salisbury, MD — $103,910Harrisonburg, VA — $103,920Greensboro-High Point, NC — $103,960Gainesville, FL — $104,000Kansas City, MO-KS — $104,010Madison, WI — $104,110Akron, OH — $104,530Ann Arbor, MI — $105,010Beaumont-Port Arthur, TX — $105,140Spartanburg, SC — $105,260Bellingham, WA — $105,470El Paso, TX — $105,770Midland, MI — $105,830Idaho Falls, ID — $105,840Rochester, NY — $105,860Cleveland, OH — $105,890Boise City, ID — $106,020Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $106,110La Crosse-Onalaska, WI-MN — $106,190Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $106,190Fayetteville-Springdale-Rogers, AR — $106,200Macon-Bibb County, GA — $106,340Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA — $106,350Ithaca, NY — $106,360St. Louis, MO-IL — $106,420Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $106,740Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $106,760Eugene-Springfield, OR — $107,050Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ — $107,300Baton Rouge, LA — $107,380Ames, IA — $107,520Sierra Vista-Douglas, AZ — $107,520Saginaw, MI — $107,970Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $108,020Rapid City, SD — $108,030Greenville-Anderson-Greer, SC — $108,050Cheyenne, WY — $108,260Syracuse, NY — $108,270Davenport-Moline-Rock Island, IA-IL — $108,280Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $108,420Greenville, NC — $108,590Medford, OR — $108,620Binghamton, NY — $108,630Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $108,990New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $109,110Cedar Rapids, IA — $109,290Oshkosh-Neenah, WI — $109,500Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $109,940Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $110,310Port St. Lucie, FL — $110,340Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA — $110,340Jacksonville, FL — $111,290Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $111,430Wheeling, WV-OH — $112,570Warner Robins, GA — $113,040Urban Honolulu, HI — $113,080Montgomery, AL — $113,270Las Cruces, NM — $113,550Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $114,300Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $114,970Fairbanks-College, AK — $114,990Chattanooga, TN-GA — $115,160Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, NC — $115,250Birmingham, AL — $115,520Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA — $115,980Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $116,290Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $116,880Bismarck, ND — $116,920Clarksville, TN-KY — $116,940Bend, OR — $116,990Fresno, CA — $118,420Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $118,970Rockford, IL — $119,400Winchester, VA-WV — $119,680Iowa City, IA — $120,370Greeley, CO — $120,780Auburn-Opelika, AL — $120,950Lynchburg, VA — $121,340Lexington Park, MD — $121,470Anchorage, AK — $121,710Mobile, AL — $121,810Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $122,120Manchester-Nashua, NH — $122,340Roanoke, VA — $122,380San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $122,560Columbus, OH — $122,600Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT — $123,180Amarillo, TX — $123,550Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $123,740Logan, UT-ID — $124,310Bloomington, IL — $125,110Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $125,310Miami-Fort Lauderdale-West Palm Beach, FL — $125,310Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $126,030Richmond, VA — $126,230Charlottesville, VA — $126,340Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $126,370Salem, OR — $126,680Waterbury-Shelton, CT — $126,810Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $126,850Staunton-Stuarts Draft, VA — $127,860Worcester, MA — $128,630Springfield, MA — $128,910Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $129,440Midland, TX — $129,530Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $129,540Albuquerque, NM — $129,560Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $129,630Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $129,670Winston-Salem, NC — $129,980Jackson, MI — $130,010Huntsville, AL — $130,330Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $130,360Decatur, AL — $130,400Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA — $130,440Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $130,710Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $130,770Colorado Springs, CO — $130,880Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $131,410Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $131,440Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $131,490Cape Coral-Fort Myers, FL — $131,500Kahului-Wailuku, HI — $131,640Peoria, IL — $132,090San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $132,120Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $132,560San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $133,100Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $133,570Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $133,610Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $133,850Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $134,100Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $136,550New Haven, CT — $136,590Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $136,670Vallejo, CA — $137,160Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $138,170New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $140,470Raleigh-Cary, NC — $143,640Wilmington, NC — $145,170Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $148,950Asheville, NC — $149,350Boulder, CO — $154,990Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $161,780San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $162,310San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $176,120

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Asheville metro area has the 5th-highest published median for this occupation among the 246 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in North Carolina

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for information security analysts, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Asheville metro areathis page
    $149,350
  • Wilmington metro area
    $145,170
  • Raleigh metro area
    $143,640
  • Charlotte metro area
    $131,440
  • Winston-Salem metro area
    $129,980
  • Durham metro area
    $129,670
  • Hickory metro area
    $115,250

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Software Developers$134,350Computer User Support Specialists$58,640Network and Computer Systems Administrators$95,230Computer Occupations, All Other$99,350Computer Systems Analysts$89,400Computer Network Architects$101,420

Highest-paying metro areas for information security analystss · Highest-paying occupations in Asheville Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

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.