State comparison · 2025
Information Security Analysts salary: Washington vs West Virginia
Information Security Analysts in Washington earn a median of $154,940. In West Virginia, $107,820. After cost-of-living, the gap is 20.2% — not 43.7%.
Nominal pay gap
+43.7%
Washington vs West Virginia
COL-adjusted gap
+20.2%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
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%
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.