State comparison · 2025
Information Security Analysts salary: Minnesota vs Washington
Information Security Analysts in Washington earn a median of $154,940. In Minnesota, $130,710. After cost-of-living, the gap is 8.5% — not 15.6%.
Nominal pay gap
-15.6%
Minnesota vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-8.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Minnesota
Information Security Analysts
- Median
- $130,710
- p25
- $103,190
- p75
- $158,270
- p10
- $83,140
- p90
- $169,750
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 98.6
- Hiring velocity (180d)
- -19%
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.