Information Security Analysts in New Jersey
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$97,017
after federal, FICA and New Jersey tax
Tax takes
$37,803
28.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$89,102
New Jersey costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in New Jersey — 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
$134,820
Kept after tax
$97,017
Worth in national money
$89,102
State rank
9
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- New Jersey is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $134,820, which ranks 9 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 4.37% above the national middle.
- Within New Jersey this is well-paid work. Of 490 occupations with published figures in the state, this job ranks 40 — in the top quarter of everything people do there.
- New Jersey is an expensive state, and the adjusted figure shows it. From $134,820 the take-home is $97,017; in national-average money that behaves like $89,102. The average comes to $140,040, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- New Jersey ranks 9 of 48 states publishing a median for information security analysts, at $134,820 — about 4.37% 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.
- Ranked against every occupation New Jersey publishes a median for, information security analysts sits 40 of 490 — the upper quartile of the state's wage distribution. National standing and within-state standing are separate questions, and a job can occupy very different positions on each.
- Take-home for information security analysts in New Jersey, on $134,820, is $97,017; deflated by the state's price level, $89,102. ⚠️ The deflator is statewide, so it understates the erosion in the state's metropolitan areas and overstates it outside them. At $140,040 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 | $86,860 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $134,820 |
| Top tenth earn over | $204,220 |
| This salary | $134,820 |
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 New Jersey | $97,017 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $103,415 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$17,319 |
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 | $125,459 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$24,294 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 109 |
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 New Jersey earn under $134,820 and half over. The published range runs $86,860 at the tenth percentile to $204,220 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- One filer, no dependants, no pension contributions — that is the household behind New Jersey's $97,017, worked from $134,820. That is on purpose. It lets states be compared with each other, not with each other's family circumstances. Local city taxes are left out. Locally this work ranks 40 of 490.
- Two cautions on $89,102, the adjusted value of that $134,820 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of New Jersey. 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 40 of 490 locally.
- Figures are distribution medians for information security analysts in New Jersey, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $86,860 to $204,220; 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.
- The New Jersey take-home of $97,017, on $134,820 for work ranking 40 of 490 locally, models the simplest household deliberately: holding it constant is what makes the interstate comparison meaningful. It also means the absolute figure overstates liability for most real filers, and municipal income taxes are outside the model entirely. The occupation ranks 40 of 490 in the state.
- This $89,102 adjusted figure, worked from $134,820, 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 40 of 490 in the state. The occupation ranks 40 of 490 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
No — it is the middle. Half of these workers earn more and half earn less. The average is $140,040, pulled upward by the top of the range, which is why the middle is the fairer number to plan against.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $86,860 and the top tenth $204,220 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
The number and the value are different things. New Jersey costs more than the national average, so this take-home stretches like $89,102 rather than its face figure.
Where does the difference between the wage and my paycheck go?
Three of them are federal and one is not. After income tax, Social Security, Medicare and New Jersey's own levy, $97,017 remains.
Why is this job missing from some states?
Because the survey suppresses a figure when too few employers report it. This occupation has published pay in 48 states — the rest are withheld to protect confidentiality, which is not the same as nobody doing the work there.
How does the published median differ from the mean for this occupation?
The median is the midpoint of the distribution; the mean for this occupation in New Jersey is $140,040. Wage distributions are right-skewed, so the mean exceeds the median wherever a minority earn substantially more. BLS publishes both because substituting one for the other misstates a typical worker's pay.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($86,860) and the ninetieth ($204,220) 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?
New Jersey's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $89,102 in national-average terms. ⚠️ RPPs are an all-items index; housing parities vary far more widely than the headline figure.
What accounts for the gap between gross wage and take-home here?
Take-home of $97,017 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and New Jersey 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.