State comparison · 2025
Information Security Analysts salary: California vs District of Columbia
Information Security Analysts in California earn a median of $138,570. In District of Columbia, $135,090. After cost-of-living, the gap is 1.8% — not 2.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+2.6%
California vs District of Columbia
COL-adjusted gap
+1.8%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
District of Columbia
Information Security Analysts
- Median
- $135,090
- p25
- $113,420
- p75
- $171,940
- p10
- $86,280
- p90
- $189,510
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 109.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- +8%
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.