Information Security Analysts in Virginia
May 2025 wages · tax year 2026
You keep
$96,474
after federal, FICA and Virginia tax
Tax takes
$38,426
28.5% of the whole
Worth, in national money
$95,757
Virginia costs more than average
On that salary you would be around the 25th percentile for this work in Virginia — 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
$134,900
Kept after tax
$96,474
Worth in national money
$95,757
State rank
8
of 48 states
What this pays, and what it is worth
- Pay for this job is strong here. Virginia's middle earner gets $134,900, putting the state 8 of 48 — about 4.43% ahead of the national figure.
- Locally, this pays well. Among 489 occupations Virginia reports, this job comes in at 30 — comfortably in the upper quarter.
- Prices here sit close to the national average, so the adjustment changes little. From $134,900 the take-home is $96,474, which is worth about $95,757 in comparable money. Tax does most of the work here, not cost of living. The average is higher, $141,360, because the best-paid pull it up.
- For information security analysts, Virginia sits in the upper band nationally: a median of $134,900, ranking 8 of 48 and running about 4.43% above the national midpoint. Nominal advantage of this size is usually, though not always, large enough to survive the state's own tax and price levels.
- Information security analysts ranks 30 of 489 occupations by median in Virginia, 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.
- Virginia's price level is near the national average, so price deflation is close to neutral for information security analysts on its $134,900 median: $96,474 retained after tax becomes $95,757 in national-average terms. Where the price adjustment is small, the tax stack is the dominant determinant of the real outcome. The mean of $141,360 sits above the median, the right skew typical of wage data.
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Pay band: Information Security Analysts
The state median for this job
| Lowest tenth earn under | $81,410 |
|---|---|
| Half earn under | $134,900 |
| Top tenth earn over | $205,750 |
| This salary | $134,900 |
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 Virginia | $96,474 |
|---|---|
| Take-home in Texas | $103,470 |
| Once local prices are leveledBEA price parity | +$10,721 |
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 | $124,664 |
|---|---|
| You could take a cut of | −$15,182 |
| Prices in Texas | 97 vs 101 |
State taxes and state price levels only. No city tax, and no housing market.
Sources and assumptions
- Half the people doing this work in Virginia earn less than $134,900. The published range is $81,410 up to $205,750, so an individual figure can sit a long way from the middle in either direction.
- In Virginia the take-home figure of $96,474, from $134,900, assumes one filer, no dependants, and nothing paid into a pension before tax. Each of those lowers the bill, so treat it as the plain case. City and school-district income taxes are not included either, and in a few states those are real money. It ranks 30 of 489 occupations here.
- One number stands for prices across all of Virginia, which is a simplification — big cities cost far more than small towns. Read $95,757, the adjusted value of that $134,900 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 30 of 489 in the state.
- Reported values are medians; for information security analysts in Virginia the tenth-to-ninetieth percentile band is $81,410 to $205,750. Neither the median nor the band is an offer rate, and neither accounts for hours, shift differentials or overtime.
- Take-home for Virginia is computed for a single filer taking the standard deduction with no dependants and no pre-tax contributions, giving $96,474 from $134,900. Each omitted item reduces taxable income, so the figure is a lower bound on retained pay for this household shape. Municipal and school-district income taxes are excluded, which understates the burden materially in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Maryland. The occupation ranks 30 of 489 locally.
- Price deflation uses one statewide parity for Virginia, so $95,757 — the adjusted value of that $134,900 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 30 of 489 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 $141,360, 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?
The label is broader than the work. From $81,410 at the bottom tenth to $205,750 at the top, the same title covers roles that share little beyond a name.
Does a bigger number here mean I am better off?
Not on its own. Prices in Virginia run above the national level, so the same dollars buy less here. Adjusted for that, this pay is worth $95,757 — the wage did not change, only what it covers.
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; Virginia then takes its own share, leaving $96,474.
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 Virginia is $141,360. 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 ($81,410) and the ninetieth ($205,750) 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?
Virginia's regional price parity sits above the national average, so nominal wages overstate purchasing power. Deflating take-home by the state price level gives $95,757 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 $96,474 reflects federal income tax, OASDI, Medicare and Virginia 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.