Highest-paying Cities for Information Security Analysts

The top 100 highest paying cities for information security analysts (ranked by average annual salary) are listed in Table 1. The entry level salary (as measured by the salary of the lowest 10% paid earners) and the number of employment of information security analysts in those cities are also shown in the table. As shown in the table, with a annual salary of $128,620, Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas is the highest paying city for information security analysts. It is followed by New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York (average annual salary $123,400). The salary and employment information is computed from data published by U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in April 2023 [1]. For more salary information of information security analysts in a specific city, use the links in the table.

Table 1. 100 Highest-paying cities/areas for Information Security Analysts

Rank	City/Area	Average Salary i	Entry Level Salary i	# of Empl. i
1	Beaumont-Port Arthur, Texas	$128,620	$71,510	90
2	New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, New York	$123,400	$67,500	8,220
3	Chambersburg-Waynesboro, Pennsylvania	$122,580	$79,140	80
4	Midland, Michigan	$122,170	$73,150	40
5	Oakland-Fremont-Hayward, California	$119,610	$76,060	570
6	Newark-Union, Pennsylvania	$118,210	$60,120	1,140
7	San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, California	$118,160	$57,830	1,150
8	Bangor, Maine	$118,070	$69,910	n/a
9	Appleton, Wisconsin	$117,630	$64,290	n/a
10	San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, California	$117,180	$63,740	2,010
11	New York-White Plains-Wayne, New York	$117,140	$72,820	4,400
12	San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City, California	$116,280	$59,600	1,650
13	Kennewick-Pasco-Richland, Washington	$115,930	$69,470	170
14	Baltimore-Towson, Maryland	$114,330	$59,280	2,610
15	Sacramento-Arden-Arcade-Roseville, California	$114,260	$60,140	250
16	Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, California	$113,760	$51,150	210
17	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, District of Columbia	$113,200	$69,320	14,540
18	Fort Collins-Loveland, Colorado	$113,030	$77,590	90
19	Modesto, California	$110,270	$58,240	30
20	Anchorage, Alaska	$110,190	$63,000	50
21	Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, Washington	$110,160	$66,210	1,520
22	Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, West Virginia	$110,040	$69,320	12,220
23	Edison-New Brunswick, New Jersey	$109,720	$64,470	370
24	Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, Texas	$109,350	$65,900	880
25	Northeastern Virginia nonmetropolitan area, Virginia	$108,750	$78,740	70
26	Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, California	$108,330	$80,620	230
27	Colorado Springs, Colorado	$107,620	$67,650	840
28	Rochester-Dover, New Hampshire	$107,060	$74,300	40
29	Myrtle Beach-North Myrtle Beach-Conway, South Carolina	$106,650	$80,690	n/a
30	Peabody, Massachusetts	$106,540	$62,500	50
31	Providence-Fall River-Warwick, Rhode Island	$106,510	$66,330	350
32	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$106,380	$62,530	2,540
33	Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, Washington	$106,030	$64,890	2,090
34	Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, South Carolina	$105,520	$51,560	1,960
35	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale, California	$105,090	$56,910	2,170
36	Albuquerque, New Mexico	$104,880	$68,330	490
37	Danbury, Connecticut	$104,760	$68,700	30
38	Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$104,650	$64,310	4,000
39	Taunton-Norton-Raynham, Massachusetts	$104,600	$50,990	40
40	Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, California	$104,450	$37,640	90
41	Montgomery, Alabama	$104,410	$46,060	90
42	Lowell-Billerica-Chelmsford, New Hampshire	$104,400	$65,700	140
43	Boston-Cambridge-Quincy, Massachusetts	$104,000	$63,300	3,050
44	Raleigh-Cary, North Carolina	$103,990	$68,830	680
45	Flint, Michigan	$103,880	$68,690	60
46	Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, Connecticut	$103,700	$71,520	540
47	Bethesda-Rockville-Frederick, Maryland	$103,140	$56,040	680
48	Santa Rosa-Petaluma, California	$102,850	$66,100	70
49	Idaho Falls, Idaho	$102,760	$55,760	120
50	California-Lexington Park, Maryland	$102,750	$60,270	260
51	Trenton-Ewing, New Jersey	$102,010	$60,740	150
52	Wilmington, New Jersey	$101,910	$68,240	580
53	Houston-Sugar Land-Baytown, Texas	$101,530	$55,550	1,810
54	Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, Florida	$101,260	$56,720	470
55	Durham-Chapel Hill, North Carolina	$101,040	$77,530	310
56	Salinas, California	$100,700	$54,290	30
57	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, California	$100,410	$54,920	2,640
58	Lake County-Kenosha County, Wisconsin	$100,220	$66,500	290
59	Spokane, Washington	$100,070	$66,830	80
60	Portsmouth, New Hampshire	$99,860	$58,650	110
61	Detroit-Livonia-Dearborn, Michigan	$99,470	$64,220	400
62	Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, Pennsylvania	$99,440	$62,050	2,280
63	Los Angeles-Long Beach-Santa Ana, California	$99,260	$60,170	2,190
64	Fort Worth-Arlington, Texas	$99,160	$54,680	580
65	Binghamton, New York	$98,980	$66,560	30
66	Spartanburg, South Carolina	$98,100	$51,540	30
67	Santa Ana-Anaheim-Irvine, California	$97,620	$62,420	590
68	Bloomington, Illinois	$97,590	$59,570	110
69	San Diego-Carlsbad-San Marcos, California	$97,440	$62,750	700
70	Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, Washington	$97,370	$51,590	740
71	Framingham, Massachusetts	$97,160	$57,930	140
72	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$97,130	$61,740	760
73	Phoenix-Mesa-Glendale, Arizona	$97,110	$55,610	2,050
74	Champaign-Urbana, Illinois	$96,790	$62,400	80
75	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL-IN-WI Area), Illinois	$96,610	$58,080	3,220
76	Reading, Pennsylvania	$96,360	$66,870	40
77	Boulder, Colorado	$96,210	$65,970	130
78	Lynchburg, Virginia	$96,130	$54,640	60
79	Chicago-Joliet-Naperville (IL Metropolitan Division), Illinois	$96,130	$59,060	3,030
80	Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, Florida	$95,910	$59,590	1,180
81	Minneapolis-St Paul-Bloomington, Wisconsin	$95,760	$60,550	2,480
82	Los Alamos County, New Mexico	$95,630	$65,250	210
83	Nassau-Suffolk, New York	$94,890	$53,460	880
84	Denver-Aurora-Broomfield, Colorado	$94,610	$54,280	2,260
85	Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$94,560	$56,110	150
86	Peoria, Illinois	$94,190	$47,390	60
87	Santa Barbara-Santa Maria-Goleta, California	$94,110	$57,180	60
88	Huntsville, Alabama	$94,100	$59,230	520
89	Springfield, Massachusetts	$93,950	$63,600	150
90	Chattanooga, Tennessee	$93,460	$49,560	140
91	Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut	$93,450	$61,630	290
92	Hickory-Lenoir-Morganton, North Carolina	$93,120	$61,580	30
93	College Station-Bryan, Texas	$93,030	$57,670	40
94	Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Marietta, Georgia	$92,610	$56,810	2,500
95	Cincinnati-Middletown, Ohio	$92,510	$51,170	870
96	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania	$92,460	$61,700	660
97	Gainesville, Florida	$92,420	$52,310	40
98	Richmond, Virginia	$92,360	$44,610	900
99	Fort Lauderdale-Pompano Beach-Deerfield Beach, Florida	$92,150	$63,080	350
100	East Idaho nonmetropolitan area, Idaho	$92,070	$57,470	90

See also: 💰 Highest paying industries for information security analysts.