What is the average Information Security Analyst salary?

$175K a year on average and $160K at the median, across 114 open Information Security Analyst postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.

What is the typical range?

The middle half of the postings offer $138K to $200K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.

Which companies advertise the highest Information Security Analyst pay?

SpaceX ($250K), Rocket Lab ($165K), Accenture Federal Services ($152K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).

Is an information security analyst a high-paying job?

The median Information Security Analyst posting advertises $160K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 8% below the middle of the market.

How much can you earn as an information security analyst?

A tenth of the postings offer $282K a year or more; the highest open Information Security Analyst role advertises up to $500K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.

What is the Information Security Analyst salary per hour and per month?

The median of $160K a year is about $77 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $13,333 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $66 to $96 an hour.

Which skills pay more for Information Security Analyst roles?

Postings that ask for Application security (+$58K, 12 postings), Incident response (+$45K, 27 postings), Penetration testing (+$43K, 16 postings) advertise more than the $160K median of all Information Security Analyst postings with pay.

Where do these figures come from?

From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.

Information Security Analyst Salary: $175K Average, $160K Median

Information Security Analyst salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $270K, 59% more than senior roles ($170K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

Level	Median salary	Middle half	Roles
Senior	$170K	$150K–$199K	30
Lead and above	$270K	$202K–$310K	23
No level in the title	$142K	$119K–$160K	60

Information Security Analyst salary by location

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
🇺🇸California	$190K	35
🇺🇸United States	$160K	106

Skills that pay more for Information Security Analyst roles

Skill	Median with it	Above the median	Postings
Application security	$218K	+$58K	12
Incident response	$205K	+$45K	27
Penetration testing	$203K	+$43K	16
ISO 27001	$200K	+$40K	13
IAM	$192K	+$32K	18

Top-paying companies

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
SpaceX	$250K	4
Rocket Lab	$165K	3
Accenture Federal Services	$152K	10
Dark Wolf Solutions	$150K	6
Tenable, Inc.	$119K	5
Core One	$102K	3

Highest-paying open Information Security Analyst roles

All information security analyst jobs

InfoSec LeadOpenai Deployment Company · 🇺🇸New York$300K - $500KHybridLead and above5w
IT & Information Security ManagerEmbedding Vc · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$300K - $500K2mo
Security Lead, Product and Infrastructure (InfoSec)River AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$200K - $420KLead and aboveDeep learningIncident responseIAM2w
Chief Information Security OfficerAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$252K - $382KLead and aboveCI/CDComputer VisionSecurity clearance7w
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)Cape · 🇺🇸Hybrid: New York, NY$300K - $350KHybridLead and above2w
Principal Cybersecurity Engineer (Starshield)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$225K - $340KLead and aboveSecurity clearanceIncident responsePenetration testing8w
Principal Cybersecurity Engineer (Starshield)SpaceX · 🇺🇸Hawthorne, CA$225K - $340KLead and aboveSecurity clearanceIncident responsePenetration testing8w
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)Obsidian Security · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$280K - $340KLead and aboveGCPLLMSnowflake2mo
Chief Information Security OfficerQualified Health Pbc · 🇺🇸United States - Remote$260K - $330KRemoteLead and aboveLLM2w
Vice President, Information SecurityStellar Health · Remote$290K - $330KRemoteLead and aboveAWSCISSPCISM4w
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)Insurity · 🇺🇸Remote - US$216K - $325KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMCI/CD3w
Senior Manager, Operations Strategy, Information SecurityAirwallex · 🇺🇸US - San Francisco$270K - $320KHybridSeniorIncident responseIAMVulnerability management5w
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)CAIS · 🇺🇸New York City$270K - $320KLead and aboveMachine LearningCISSPCISM4mo
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)Ursa Major · 🇺🇸Longmont, Colorado$240K - $300KLead and aboveSAP3w
Information Security EngineerHark · 🇺🇸San Jose$150K - $300KGoPythonTerraform6w
Cybersecurity EngineerGrayscale · 🇺🇸Stamford, Connecticut, United States$185K - $275KPythonTerraformLLM3mo
Information Security Manager - Identity and Access Management (IAM)Zoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$228K - $273KPythonGCPAzure5w
Senior Staff Technical Program Manager, Information SecurityRipple · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, United States$216K - $270KLead and aboveJiraGoogle SheetsCryptography3mo
Senior Manager, Information SecurityD Matrix · 🇺🇸Santa Clara$175K - $265KHybridSeniorLLMCI/CDKubernetes6w
Senior Incident Response Analyst - InfoSecElastic · 🇺🇸United States$133K - $253KSeniorCI/CDElasticsearchIncident response3w

Questions about Information Security Analyst pay

What is the average Information Security Analyst salary?: $175K a year on average and $160K at the median, across 114 open Information Security Analyst postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
What is the typical range?: The middle half of the postings offer $138K to $200K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest Information Security Analyst pay?: SpaceX ($250K), Rocket Lab ($165K), Accenture Federal Services ($152K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is an information security analyst a high-paying job?: The median Information Security Analyst posting advertises $160K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 8% below the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as an information security analyst?: A tenth of the postings offer $282K a year or more; the highest open Information Security Analyst role advertises up to $500K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the Information Security Analyst salary per hour and per month?: The median of $160K a year is about $77 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $13,333 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $66 to $96 an hour.
Which skills pay more for Information Security Analyst roles?: Postings that ask for Application security (+$58K, 12 postings), Incident response (+$45K, 27 postings), Penetration testing (+$43K, 16 postings) advertise more than the $160K median of all Information Security Analyst postings with pay.
Where do these figures come from?: From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.

Information Security Analyst salary: $160K median