State comparison · 2025
Information Security Analysts salary: Massachusetts vs Washington
Information Security Analysts in Washington earn a median of $154,940. In Massachusetts, $136,550. After cost-of-living, the gap is 10.9% — not 11.9%.
Nominal pay gap
-11.9%
Massachusetts vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-10.9%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Massachusetts
Information Security Analysts
- Median
- $136,550
- p25
- $107,540
- p75
- $176,450
- p10
- $85,790
- p90
- $226,190
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 105.8
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -48%
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.