Information Security Analysts in North Carolina
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$96,434
after federal, FICA and North Carolina tax
Tax takes
$35,106
26.7% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$102,438
North Carolina costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in North Carolina — 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
$131,540
Kept after tax
$96,434
Worth in national money
$102,438
State rank
11
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- North Carolina is one of the better-paying states for this job. The middle earner takes $131,540, which ranks 11 of 48 states with published figures. That is about 1.83% above the national middle.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in North Carolina. It ranks 23 out of 489 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- North Carolina is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $131,540 the take-home is $96,434; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $102,438 would nationally. The average lands at $130,990, below the middle of the range.
- North Carolina ranks 11 of 48 states publishing a median for information security analysts, at $131,540 — about 1.83% 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 North Carolina, information security analysts ranks 23 of 489 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.
- Post-tax income for information security analysts in North Carolina, on $131,540, is $96,434 — equivalent to $102,438 once regional price parity is applied. ⚠️ The adjustment uses a statewide index that describes no particular address; within-state price variation, concentrated in housing, routinely exceeds the difference between two states. At $130,990 the mean undershoots the median, an inversion of the usual skew.
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Pay band: Information Security Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $77,150 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $131,540 |
| Top tenth earn over | $173,670 |
| This salary | $131,540 |
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 North Carolina | $96,434 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $101,174 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$1,677 |
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 | $124,606 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$2,384 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 94 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $131,540 as a midpoint for North Carolina, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $77,150 and the ninetieth is $173,670 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $96,434 take-home in North Carolina comes from $131,540. 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 23 of 489.
- Two cautions on $102,438, the adjusted value of that $131,540 median. It levels out prices with a single number for all of North Carolina. 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 23 of 489 locally.
- The North Carolina median of $131,540 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $77,150 to $173,670. Because that spread is typically larger than the interstate spread, a state median is a weak predictor for any individual worker in this occupation.
- Retained pay of $96,434, from $131,540, assumes a single North Carolina 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 23 of 489 locally, and the state ranks 11 of 48 for it.
- This $102,438 adjusted figure, worked from $131,540, 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 23 of 489 in the state. The occupation ranks 23 of 489 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $77,150, the highest tenth $173,670, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in North Carolina sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $102,438 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
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; North Carolina then takes its own share, leaving $96,434.
Why is this job missing from some states?
The survey withholds small samples rather than publish an unreliable number. Pay appears for 48 states here, and a missing state means too few reports, not no jobs.
What drives the percentile dispersion in this occupation?
Dispersion between the tenth percentile ($77,150) and the ninetieth ($173,670) 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?
North Carolina'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 $102,438 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 $96,434 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and North Carolina 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.