State comparison · 2025
Information Security Analysts salary: Iowa vs Washington
Information Security Analysts in Washington earn a median of $154,940. In Iowa, $119,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.8% — not 22.7%.
Nominal pay gap
-22.7%
Iowa vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-5.8%
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%
Washington
Information Security Analysts
- Median
- $154,940
- p25
- $123,590
- p75
- $178,890
- p10
- $96,730
- p90
- $211,720
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.0
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -55%
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.