Information Security Analysts in Arkansas
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$78,265
after federal, FICA and Arkansas tax
Tax takes
$25,225
24.4% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$90,471
Arkansas costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Arkansas — roughly, since only five points along the band are published.
One filer, standard deduction, no dependants and nothing paid in before tax — the same household the rest of this page uses, so the comparison holds. City and school-district income taxes are not included.
Median here
$103,490
Kept after tax
$78,265
Worth in national money
$90,471
State rank
36
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- The nominal figure here is modest. Arkansas pays this job a middle wage of $103,490, 36 of 48 states and about 19.89% below the national middle. Hold that thought until the adjusted numbers.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Arkansas reports, this job comes in at 33 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $103,490 you keep $78,265 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $90,471 at national prices. Here the average runs under the middle, at $102,980.
- Arkansas's $103,490 median for information security analysts places it 36 of 48 states, about 19.89% below national. Because both the tax and price adjustments tend to favor lower-nominal states, this ranking is the least stable of the three reported here.
- Information security analysts ranks 33 of 489 occupations by median in Arkansas, in the top quartile. Within-state position is largely independent of national position, so this holds regardless of how the state compares to others for the same work.
- Retained pay in Arkansas is $78,265 after the full tax stack, from $103,490. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $90,471 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $102,980 sits under the median, so the lower tail is the longer one.
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Pay band: Information Security Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $59,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $103,490 |
| Top tenth earn over | $140,900 |
| This salary | $103,490 |
Positions between the published tenth, quarter, half, three-quarter and ninetieth points are estimated by straight line.
The same pay, somewhere else
The state median for this job
| Take-home in Arkansas | $78,265 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $81,635 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$6,463 |
The raise and the real gain point in opposite directions here.
State income tax and state price levels only. No city income tax, and no housing market.
What you would need there
The state median for this job
| To match take-home only | $98,699 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$8,927 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 87 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Arkansas earn less than $103,490. The published range is $59,410 up to $140,900, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Arkansas the take-home figure of $78,265, from $103,490, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 33 of 489 occupations here.
- Two cautions on $90,471, the adjusted value of that $103,490 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of Arkansas. No actual address matches that. The wage figures and price figures are also from different years. Each is published on its own timetable. This work sits at 33 of 489 locally.
- Reported values are medians; for information security analysts in Arkansas the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $59,410 to $140,900. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Arkansas is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $78,265 from $103,490. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 33 of 489 locally.
- This $90,471 adjusted figure, worked from $103,490, rests on a state-level price parity averaging over within-state dispersion larger than much of the between-state dispersion. Wage and price vintages differ by publication schedule. The result is directionally sound and not address-specific, for work at 33 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 33 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $59,410 at the bottom tenth to $140,900 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Arkansas is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $90,471 in national terms.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Four deductions, stacked. The federal layer and the two payroll taxes apply wherever you work; Arkansas then takes its own share, leaving $78,265.
Why is this job missing from some states?
A blank is a suppression, not a zero. 48 states have a published figure for this work; the others had too few responses to release one.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($59,410) and the ninetieth ($140,900) exceeds the family median dispersion. SOC codes aggregate roles differing in seniority, industry and specialisation, and BLS does not disaggregate below the detailed occupation level, so within-title variance is not separable from the published series.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Arkansas's regional price parity is at or below the national average, so nominal wages understate purchasing power. Take-home deflated by the state price level is $90,471 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $78,265 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Arkansas income tax for a single filer with no adjustments. The state layer is levied in addition to the federal one; only its rate and base differ between states.
Why does this occupation lack published estimates in every state?
BLS suppresses estimates failing disclosure or reliability criteria. This occupation has published state-level estimates in 48 of the fifty-one jurisdictions. Suppression reflects sample size and confidentiality rules, and cannot be read as an absence of employment.