State comparison · 2025
Information Security Analysts salary: Iowa vs Maryland
Information Security Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $139,640. In Iowa, $119,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 2.5% — not 14.3%.
Nominal pay gap
-14.3%
Iowa vs Maryland
COL-adjusted gap
+2.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
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.