The annual salary statistics of information security analysts in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California is shown in Table 1. The wage data of information security analysts in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is based on the national compensation survey conducted by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics in 2022 and published in April 2023 [1].
| Percentile Bracket | Average Annual Salary |
|---|---|
| 10th Percentile Wage | $57,830 |
| 25th Percentile Wage | $86,300 |
| 50th Percentile Wage | $118,160 |
| 75th Percentile Wage | $153,810 |
| 90th Percentile Wage | $187,020 |
Table 1 shows the average annual salary for information security analysts in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California in 5 percentile scales. The average annual salary for the 90th percentile (the top 10 percent of the highest paid) is $187,020. The median (50th percentile) annual salary is $118,160. The average annual salary for the bottom 10 percent earners is $57,830.
The table and chart below show the trend of the median salary of information security analysts from 2012 to 2018.
| Year | Median Salary | Yearly Growth | 6-Year Growth |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | $118,160 | 1.50% | 14.95% |
| 2017 | $116,390 | -3.51% | - |
| 2016 | $120,470 | -0.91% | - |
| 2015 | $121,570 | 6.84% | - |
| 2014 | $113,260 | 6.62% | - |
| 2013 | $105,760 | 4.98% | - |
| 2012 | $100,490 | - | - |
From Table 3 we note that with a median annual salary of $118,160, San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is the second highest paying city for information security analysts in state of California, following the highest paying city Oakland-Fremont-Hayward (median annual salary of $119,610). Compared with Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, the median annual salary of information security analysts in San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara is 1.2 percent (1.2%) lower.