Information Security Analysts in Ohio
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$84,231
after federal, FICA and Ohio tax
Tax takes
$26,249
23.8% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$91,743
Ohio costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Ohio — 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
$110,480
Kept after tax
$84,231
Worth in national money
$91,743
State rank
28
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Ohio is 28 of 48 states for this job, with a middle wage of $110,480. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Ohio. It ranks 33 out of 494 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Cheaper living works in this state's favor. From $110,480 you keep $84,231 after tax, and local prices stretch that to the equivalent of $91,743 at national prices. Averages run higher here, $117,710, since top earners drag the number up.
- Ohio ranks 28 of 48 for information security analysts at $110,480. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Ohio, information security analysts ranks 33 of 494 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.
- Retained pay in Ohio is $84,231 after the full tax stack, from $110,480. Because the state's price level runs below the national average, the price-adjusted equivalent is $91,743 — a real-terms figure describing purchasing power rather than compensation, and not a number that appears on any pay stub. Mean pay of $117,710 exceeds the median, so the upper tail is doing the work.
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Pay band: Information Security Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $68,070 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $110,480 |
| Top tenth earn over | $171,450 |
| This salary | $110,480 |
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 Ohio | $84,231 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $86,553 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$2,674 |
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 | $107,180 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$3,693 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 92 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Treat $110,480 as a midpoint for Ohio, not a promise. The tenth percentile is $68,070 and the ninetieth is $171,450 — a wide band, and where you land in it depends on far more than the state.
- That $84,231 take-home in Ohio comes from $110,480. 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 33 of 494.
- The wage data and the price data come from different years. That is how each is published. The price adjustment behind $91,743 uses one figure for the whole of Ohio. A city and a rural county there can differ by more than two states do. Out of 494 occupations the state publishes, this one sits at 33.
- The Ohio median of $110,480 describes the midpoint of a distribution spanning $68,070 to $171,450. 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 $84,231, from $110,480, assumes a single Ohio 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 33 of 494 locally, and the state ranks 28 of 48 for it.
- Wage and price series carry different reference periods, each published on its own schedule. The real-terms figure of $91,743, worked from $110,480, 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 Ohio address, on work sitting at 33 of 494 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $117,710, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
One title, many jobs. The lowest tenth take $68,070, the highest tenth $171,450, and what separates them is experience, employer and what exactly the role does.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
Further than the number implies. Ohio is cheaper than the national average, so this take-home behaves like $91,743 in national terms.
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 Ohio's own levy, $84,231 remains.
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.
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 Ohio is $117,710. 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 ($68,070) and the ninetieth ($171,450) 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?
Ohio'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 $91,743 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 $84,231 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Ohio 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.