Information Security Analysts in Florida
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$96,608
after federal, FICA and Florida tax
Tax takes
$28,252
22.6% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$93,384
Florida costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Florida — 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
$124,860
Kept after tax
$96,608
Worth in national money
$93,384
State rank
19
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Florida sits in the middle of the pack for this job. The median is $124,860, ranking 19 of 48 states with figures. Close enough to the national middle that where you live matters more than the headline suggests.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 493 occupations Florida reports, this job comes in at 24 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Costs eat into it here. Of $124,860, tax leaves $96,608 — and because Florida is dearer than average, that stretches only as far as $93,384 would nationally. Here the average runs under the middle, at $124,510.
- Florida occupies the middle band for information security analysts: a median of $124,860, ranking 19 of 48. Where nominal pay is close to the national figure, the tax and price adjustments below carry proportionally more weight in determining the real outcome.
- Information security analysts ranks 24 of 493 occupations by median in Florida, 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.
- After tax, $96,608 remains from the Florida median of $124,860 for this occupation. Applying the state's above-average price parity yields $93,384 in national-average terms — the quantity relevant to a relocation decision, and the one absent from essentially every published wage comparison. Mean pay of $124,510 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 | $75,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $124,860 |
| Top tenth earn over | $174,600 |
| This salary | $124,860 |
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 Florida | $96,608 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $96,608 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$6,032 |
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 | $124,860 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$8,419 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 103 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Florida earn less than $124,860. The published range is $75,410 up to $174,600, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Florida the take-home figure of $96,608, from $124,860, 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 24 of 493 occupations here.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $93,384 uses one figure for the whole of Florida. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 493 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 24.
- Reported values are medians; for information security analysts in Florida the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $75,410 to $174,600. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Florida is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $96,608 from $124,860. 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 24 of 493 locally.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $93,384, worked from $124,860, deflates by a statewide parity that conceals substantial intra-state variation, concentrated in housing — so it supports comparison between states rather than the pricing of a move to a particular Florida address, on work sitting at 24 of 493 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $75,410 at the bottom tenth to $174,600 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. Florida costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $93,384 rather than its face figure.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
Less than people assume. $96,608 of this wage reaches your account, because Florida takes no income tax from wages — but federal tax, Social Security and Medicare still apply exactly as they do everywhere else.
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 ($75,410) and the ninetieth ($174,600) 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.
How does the state price level affect real compensation?
Florida's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $93,384 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Florida levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $96,608 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.