Information Security Analysts in Pennsylvania
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$88,066
after federal, FICA and Pennsylvania tax
Tax takes
$29,704
25.2% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$90,324
Pennsylvania costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Pennsylvania — 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
$117,770
Kept after tax
$88,066
Worth in national money
$90,324
State rank
24
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Middling, nationally. Pennsylvania pays this job around $117,770 at the midpoint, 24 of 48 states. The interesting numbers on this page are the two below it.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 492 occupations Pennsylvania reports, this job comes in at 31 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- No great distortion either way. Pennsylvania costs about what the country costs, so from $117,770, take-home of $88,066 is worth roughly $90,324 in national money. The average comes to $119,570, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- For information security analysts the Pennsylvania median is $117,770, ranking 24 of 48 states reporting. Mid-band nominal positions are the ones most frequently reordered by the adjustments, because no large wage premium exists to absorb a state's tax or price level.
- Information security analysts ranks 31 of 492 occupations by median in Pennsylvania, 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.
- Price parity in Pennsylvania is near the national base, so for information security analysts, whose median is $117,770, the adjusted figure of $90,324 differs little from $88,066 retained after tax. The state's position for this occupation is therefore set by wage and tax rather than by living costs. At $119,570 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 | $67,840 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $117,770 |
| Top tenth earn over | $170,870 |
| This salary | $117,770 |
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 Pennsylvania | $88,066 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $91,681 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$4,023 |
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 | $112,631 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$5,557 |
| 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 Pennsylvania earn under $117,770 and half over. The published range runs $67,840 at the tenth percentile to $170,870 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $88,066 take-home in Pennsylvania comes from $117,770. 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 31 of 492.
- One number stands for prices across all of Pennsylvania, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $90,324, the adjusted value of that $117,770 median, as a way to compare states fairly, not as a quote for any particular place. The two datasets are also from different years. This job sits at 31 of 492 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for information security analysts in Pennsylvania, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $67,840 to $170,870; 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 $88,066, from $117,770, assumes a single Pennsylvania 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 31 of 492 locally, and the state ranks 24 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Pennsylvania, so $90,324 — the adjusted value of that $117,770 median — establishes comparability between states rather than accuracy within one. The wage and parity series are dated independently, each following its own publication cycle, and neither is projected forward. This occupation sits at 31 of 492 locally.
Questions people ask
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
The label is broader than the work. From $67,840 at the bottom tenth to $170,870 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
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 $90,324.
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; Pennsylvania then takes its own share, leaving $88,066.
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 ($67,840) and the ninetieth ($170,870) 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?
Pennsylvania'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 $90,324 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 $88,066 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Pennsylvania 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.