Cybersecurity Analyst Pay: 2025 U.S. BLS Data
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Cybersecurity analyst is a job title used for different duties. The closest federal occupation in many cases is information security analyst. Compare the work in a posting before applying occupation-level pay data to a role.
Current U.S. Wage Data
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) information security analyst profile reports the following annual wages for workers in that occupation in May 2025. These are U.S. wage percentiles for people already employed, not entry, mid, and senior salary bands.
| Measure | Annual wage, May 2025 |
|---|---|
| Lowest 10% earned less than | $75,090 |
| Median, half earned less and half earned more | $129,180 |
| Highest 10% earned more than | $199,850 |
BLS projects 21% employment growth for this occupation from 2025 to 2035. The projection is national and covers all experience levels. It does not predict your local offer or a hiring outcome. A role titled SOC analyst, security engineer, or compliance analyst might map differently depending on its duties.
Compare a Local Offer
- Read the posting’s duties, location, experience requirements, work schedule, and clearance or licensing conditions.
- Use the BLS State & Area Data link on the occupation page to find a local wage estimate. Record the data year and geographic area.
- Compare several recent postings with similar duties. Note whether a range is base salary, hourly wage, or total compensation.
- Check bonus, equity, benefits, overtime status, shift work, on-call terms, and relocation costs separately.
- Ask the employer for the pay band and how the role progresses. Do not assume a certification or degree brings a fixed premium.
A national median covers workers across industries and experience levels. It is a poor substitute for a local, role-specific range. If your posting has no pay information, record that gap instead of treating an unsourced web estimate as an offer.
Practice
Select two current information-security postings in the same region. Write down their duties, experience requirements, base pay disclosure, and non-base compensation. Compare each with the closest BLS local occupation data. Explain one reason the values differ and one question you would ask the employer.
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