State comparison · 2025
Information Security Analysts salary: Illinois vs Maryland
Information Security Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $139,640. In Illinois, $124,180. After cost-of-living, the gap is 6.6% — not 11.1%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.1%
Illinois vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
-6.6%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Illinois
Information Security Analysts
- Median
- $124,180
- p25
- $98,910
- p75
- $154,890
- p10
- $78,760
- p90
- $172,830
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 100.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -45%
Maryland
Information Security Analysts
- Median
- $139,640
- p25
- $106,790
- p75
- $183,260
- p10
- $79,130
- p90
- $216,570
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.0
- 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.