State comparison · 2025
Information Security Analysts salary: California vs Tennessee
Information Security Analysts in California earn a median of $138,570. In Tennessee, $115,430. After cost-of-living, the gap is 0.3% — not 20%.
Nominal pay gap
+20%
California vs Tennessee
COL-adjusted gap
-0.3%
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%
Tennessee
Information Security Analysts
- Median
- $115,430
- p25
- $82,450
- p75
- $155,590
- p10
- $63,870
- p90
- $250,590
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 91.9
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -41%
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.