Cybersecurity Analyst salary in Louisiana

Official occupation: 15-1212 Information Security Analysts · Reference period May 2025 · Data updated · Confidence 85/100

In Louisiana, the median cybersecurity analyst earns $92,990 a year, 28% below the United States median of $129,180.

It ranks 45th of 48 states with a published figure.

Pay is relatively compressed, with the 10th percentile at $66,660 and the 90th at $139,190 (a ratio of 2.1).

With 720 jobs and a location quotient of 0.30, the role is less common here than in the United States as a whole.

For context, the median across all occupations in Louisiana is $45,520, so this role pays 2.0 times the local typical wage.

Published figures

Published and derived pay figures
MeasureLouisianaNational
Median annual pay Observed$92,990United States: $129,180
Mean annual pay Observed$100,810United States: $132,510
10th percentile Observed$66,660United States: $75,090
25th percentile Observed$76,630United States: $97,810
75th percentile Observed$123,480United States: $163,500
90th percentile Observed$139,190United States: $199,850
Median hourly pay Observed$44.71United States: $62.11
Employment (jobs) Observed720
Jobs per 1,000 employees Observed0.371
Location quotient Observed0.3
Difference from United States median ($129,180) Derived−28%
Rank among 48 states Derived45
Ratio to Louisiana all-occupation median ($45,520) Derived2.04×
90th / 10th percentile ratio Derived2.09

Nearby in the ranking

  1. 43. Wyoming$98,710
  2. 44. Oklahoma$94,000
  3. 45. Louisiana$92,990
  4. 46. Nebraska$92,550
  5. 47. Mississippi$87,690

Largest cities in Louisiana: New Orleans, Baton Rouge, Shreveport, Metairie Terrace, Metairie (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: 85/100. 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.