State comparison · 2025
Information Security Analysts salary: Alabama vs California
Information Security Analysts in California earn a median of $138,570. In Alabama, $122,730. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.4% — not 11.4%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.4%
Alabama vs California
COL-adjusted gap
+10.4%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Alabama
Information Security Analysts
- Median
- $122,730
- p25
- $84,590
- p75
- $137,640
- p10
- $66,090
- p90
- $170,690
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 88.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +75%
California
Information Security Analysts
- Median
- $138,570
- p25
- $101,840
- p75
- $177,890
- p10
- $66,070
- p90
- $221,000
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 110.7
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.