State comparison · 2025
Information Security Analysts salary: Maryland vs Pennsylvania
Information Security Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $139,640. In Pennsylvania, $117,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.2% — not 18.6%.
Nominal pay gap
+18.6%
Maryland vs Pennsylvania
COL-adjusted gap
+10.2%
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%
Pennsylvania
Information Security Analysts
- Median
- $117,770
- p25
- $84,390
- p75
- $144,360
- p10
- $67,840
- p90
- $170,870
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 97.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -22%
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.