Cybersecurity Analyst salary in District of Columbia

Official occupation: 15-1212 Information Security Analysts · Reference period May 2025 · Data updated · Confidence 75/100

In District of Columbia, the median cybersecurity analyst earns $135,090 a year, 5% above the United States median of $129,180.

It ranks 7th of 48 states with a published figure.

Pay is relatively compressed, with the 10th percentile at $86,280 and the 90th at $189,510 (a ratio of 2.2).

District of Columbia has 1,510 of these jobs, a location quotient of 1.76: the role is 76% more concentrated here than nationally.

For context, the median across all occupations in District of Columbia is $91,540, so this role pays 1.5 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureDistrict of ColumbiaNational
Median annual pay Observed$135,090United States: $129,180
Mean annual pay Observed$143,330United States: $132,510
10th percentile Observed$86,280United States: $75,090
25th percentile Observed$113,420United States: $97,810
75th percentile Observed$171,940United States: $163,500
90th percentile Observed$189,510United States: $199,850
Median hourly pay Observed$64.95United States: $62.11
Employment (jobs) Observed1,510
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed2.156
Location quotient Observed1.76
Difference from United States median ($129,180) Derived+5%
Rank among 48 states Derived7
Ratio to District of Columbia all-occupation median ($91,540) Derived1.48×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived2.20

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 5. Massachusetts$136,550
  2. 6. Colorado$135,220
  3. 7. District of Columbia$135,090
  4. 8. Virginia$134,900
  5. 9. New Jersey$134,820

Largest cities in District of Columbia: Washington, Downtown DC, Columbia Heights, Mount Pleasant, Central 14th Street / Spring Road (GeoNames). Figures are for the whole state, not individual cities.

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Source, method and data quality

  • Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS), May 2025 (Public domain (U.S. Government work)). Reference period: May 2025. Updates: Yearly (spring release).
  • Observed figures are copied from the published table without adjustment. Derived figures (rankings, ratios and differences) are calculated by us from those observed figures. No figure on this page is modeled or estimated.
  • Relative standard error (PRSE) published per estimate.
  • Confidence score: 75/100. Based on the published sampling error and job count. We only publish region pages scoring 60 or more that have at least 6 observed figures.
  • Place hierarchy from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Data last updated: .
  • Full method: methodology.