Information Security Analysts in Tennessee
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$90,035
after federal, FICA and Tennessee tax
Tax takes
$25,395
22.0% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$97,319
Tennessee costs less than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Tennessee — 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
$115,430
Kept after tax
$90,035
Worth in national money
$97,319
State rank
26
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Neither high nor low. Tennessee is 26 of 48 states for this job, with a middle wage of $115,430. What that is worth is the question the rest of this page answers.
- This is one of the better-paid jobs in Tennessee. It ranks 33 out of 491 occupations the state publishes figures for, which puts it in the top quarter locally.
- Tennessee is cheaper than average, and that shows up here. From $115,430 the take-home is $90,035; adjusted for what things actually cost, it goes as far as $97,319 would nationally. The average comes to $130,320, above the middle, thanks to the top of the range.
- Tennessee ranks 26 of 48 for information security analysts at $115,430. The nominal figure is unremarkable; the adjusted figures are where the state's actual position for this occupation is determined.
- Within Tennessee, information security analysts ranks 33 of 491 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 Tennessee, on $115,430, is $90,035 — equivalent to $97,319 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 $130,320 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 | $63,870 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $115,430 |
| Top tenth earn over | $250,590 |
| This salary | $115,430 |
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 Tennessee | $90,035 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $90,035 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | −$4,667 |
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 | $115,430 |
|---|---|
| Raise you would need | +$6,449 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 93 |
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 Tennessee earn under $115,430 and half over. The published range runs $63,870 at the tenth percentile to $250,590 at the ninetieth. Experience and employer move an individual a long way inside that.
- That $90,035 take-home in Tennessee comes from $115,430. 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 491.
- One number stands for prices across all of Tennessee, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $97,319, the adjusted value of that $115,430 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 33 of 491 in the state.
- Figures are distribution medians for information security analysts in Tennessee, not entry or offer rates. The published band runs $63,870 to $250,590; 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 $90,035, from $115,430, assumes a single Tennessee 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 491 locally, and the state ranks 26 of 48 for it.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Tennessee, so $97,319 — the adjusted value of that $115,430 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 33 of 491 locally.
Questions people ask
Is this the average pay for the job?
It is the midpoint, not the average. The average here is $130,320, dragged up by high earners; the middle figure describes a typical worker better.
Why is the pay range for this job so wide?
Because one job title covers very different work. The bottom tenth here earn $63,870 and the top tenth $250,590 — experience, employer and specialism separate them, and a single figure hides all three.
What does this pay actually buy where I live?
More than the figure suggests. Prices in Tennessee sit below the national level, so take-home here stretches like $97,319 would elsewhere. The wage is the same; the ground it covers is larger.
Is most of this wage taxed away?
No. $90,035 survives, because Tennessee levies no wage income tax. The federal share does not change with the state you work in.
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.
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 Tennessee is $130,320. 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 ($63,870) and the ninetieth ($250,590) 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?
Tennessee'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 $97,319 in national-average terms. The adjustment uses an all-items index and does not isolate housing.
Why is the take-home ratio comparatively high in this state?
Tennessee levies no personal income tax on wages, so take-home of $90,035 reflects the federal layer and FICA alone. Federal income tax and FICA are unchanged; states without a wage income tax generally recover revenue through consumption and property bases instead.
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.