Information Security Analysts in Minnesota
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$93,179
after federal, FICA and Minnesota tax
Tax takes
$37,531
28.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$94,677
Minnesota costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Minnesota — 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
$130,710
Kept after tax
$93,179
Worth in national money
$94,677
State rank
12
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Minnesota is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $130,710, which ranks 12 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 1.18% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Minnesota. It ranks 28 out of 490 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- No great distortion either way. Minnesota costs about what the country costs, so from $130,710, take-home of $93,179 is worth roughly $94,677 in national money. The average comes to $130,970, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Minnesota ranks 12 of 48 states publishing a median for information security analysts, at $130,710 — about 1.18% above the national median. A state's position on nominal pay is the figure wage tables report and the least informative of the three on this page, because it survives neither the tax adjustment nor the price adjustment intact for most occupations.
- Within Minnesota, information security analysts ranks 28 of 490 occupations by median pay, placing it in the top quartile of the local distribution. This is the comparison a resident actually makes — against neighbors rather than against the same job elsewhere.
- Price parity in Minnesota is near the national base, so for information security analysts, whose median is $130,710, the adjusted figure of $94,677 differs little from $93,179 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $130,970 the mean overshoots the median — the usual right-skewed shape.
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Pay band: Information Security Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $83,140 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $130,710 |
| Top tenth earn over | $169,750 |
| This salary | $130,710 |
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 Minnesota | $93,179 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $100,606 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$8,854 |
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 | $119,899 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$12,483 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 98 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- A median is the middle, not an offer. Half of information security analysts in Minnesota earn under $130,710 and half over. The published range runs $83,140 at the tenth percentile to $169,750 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $93,179 take-home in Minnesota comes from $130,710. It is the no-frills case: single filer, standard deduction, nothing set aside before tax. Real circumstances almost always reduce the tax. City and school-district taxes are not counted at all. Locally the work ranks 28 of 490.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $94,677 uses one figure for the whole of Minnesota. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 490 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 28.
- Figures are distribution medians for information security analysts in Minnesota, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $83,140 to $169,750; within-state dispersion of that width routinely exceeds the dispersion between states, so tenure, employer and metropolitan area predict an individual's pay better than geography does.
- Retained pay of $93,179, from $130,710, assumes a single Minnesota filer with the standard deduction and no elective deferrals. Pre-tax retirement or HSA contributions, dependants and itemized deductions all reduce it further; local income taxes, excluded here, would increase it in the states that levy them. This occupation ranks 28 of 490 locally, and the state ranks 12 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $94,677, worked from $130,710, 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 Minnesota address, on work sitting at 28 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
How much does pay for this job actually vary?
The range here is narrow. From $83,140 at the bottom tenth to $169,750 at the top, pay for this work clusters rather than spreads.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
A smaller wage in a cheaper place is not automatically less. Adjusted for local prices, this is worth $94,677.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Into four separate taxes, not one. Federal income tax, Social Security and Medicare apply everywhere, and Minnesota adds its own income tax on top — which is why $93,179 of this wage survives to your account.
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 is the dispersion of this occupation's wage distribution?
The tenth-to-ninetieth percentile span ($83,140 to $169,750) sits at or below the family's median dispersion, indicating relatively standardized compensation. Percentiles are published per state, so this dispersion is specific to Minnesota rather than a national figure.
What is this occupation's price-adjusted compensation in this state?
Minnesota'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 $94,677 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 $93,179 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Minnesota 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.