State comparison · 2025
Information Security Analysts salary: Maryland vs North Carolina
Information Security Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $139,640. In North Carolina, $131,540. After cost-of-living, the gap is 4.7% — not 6.2%.
Nominal pay gap
+6.2%
Maryland vs North Carolina
COL-adjusted gap
-4.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
North Carolina
Information Security Analysts
- Median
- $131,540
- p25
- $100,620
- p75
- $154,770
- p10
- $77,150
- p90
- $173,670
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 94.3
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -25%
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.