State comparison · 2025
Information Security Analysts salary: California vs Mississippi
Information Security Analysts in California earn a median of $138,570. In Mississippi, $87,690. After cost-of-living, the gap is 24.2% — not 58%.
Nominal pay gap
+58%
California vs Mississippi
COL-adjusted gap
+24.2%
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%
Mississippi
Information Security Analysts
- Median
- $87,690
- p25
- $62,940
- p75
- $108,260
- p10
- $51,170
- p90
- $138,900
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 87.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- 0%
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.