State comparison · 2025
Information Security Analysts salary: Maryland vs West Virginia
Information Security Analysts in Maryland earn a median of $139,640. In West Virginia, $107,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.4% — not 29.5%.
Nominal pay gap
+29.5%
Maryland vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+10.4%
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%
West Virginia
Information Security Analysts
- Median
- $107,820
- p25
- $79,870
- p75
- $123,770
- p10
- $61,940
- p90
- $141,660
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 89.5
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.