State comparison · 2025
Information Security Analysts salary: California vs Iowa
Information Security Analysts in California earn a median of $138,570. In Iowa, $119,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.2% — not 15.8%.
Nominal pay gap
+15.8%
California vs Iowa
COL-adjusted gap
-8.2%
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%
Iowa
Information Security Analysts
- Median
- $119,710
- p25
- $87,540
- p75
- $135,440
- p10
- $71,550
- p90
- $169,620
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -17%
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.