State comparison · 2025
Information Security Analysts salary: Pennsylvania vs Washington
Information Security Analysts in Washington earn a median of $154,940. In Pennsylvania, $117,770. After cost-of-living, the gap is 16.7% — not 24%.
Nominal pay gap
-24%
Pennsylvania vs Washington
COL-adjusted gap
-16.7%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
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.