State comparison · 2025
Information Security Analysts salary: California vs Pennsylvania
Information Security Analysts in California earn a median of $138,570. In Pennsylvania, $117,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 3.7% — not 17.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+17.7%
California vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+3.7%
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%
Pennsylvania
Information Security Analysts
- Median
- $117,770
- p25
- $84,390
- p75
- $144,360
- p10
- $67,840
- p90
- $170,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -22%
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.