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Information Security Analysts

SOC 15-1212 · 2024-2034

Plan, implement, upgrade, or monitor security measures for the protection of computer networks and information. Assess system vulnerabilities for security risks and propose and implement risk mitigation strategies. May ensure appropriate security controls are in place that will safeguard digital files and vital electronic infrastructure. May respond to computer security breaches and viruses.

How the U.S. Department of Labor describes this work. Published in English only.

What California expects of this job

Typical pay in California
$142,449per year
Projected openings
13,930
Projected change
+29.1%
Usually needs
Bachelor's degree

Bright Outlook — a U.S. Department of Labor designation
Rapid Growth

The Department's own designation, made from its national projections. It is not this project's assessment and it is not California's: every other figure on this page comes from California's projection, which can point the other way and for some occupations does.

Skills this work uses most

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, rates how important each of these is to this work, and they are listed in that order, most important first. The ratings themselves are not shown, because the data carries the number without the scale it was measured on. The names are as published, in English.

  1. Reading Comprehension
  2. Critical Thinking
  3. Active Listening
  4. Complex Problem Solving
  5. Speaking
  6. Writing

Pay by region

RegionTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openings
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara MSA (San Benito and Santa Clara Counties)$180,2902,060
San Francisco-San Mateo-Redwood City MD (San Francisco and San Mateo Counties)$174,4602,400
San Rafael MD (Marin County)$172,72970
Oakland-Fremont-Berkeley MD (Alameda and Contra Costa Counties)$170,1261,200
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura MSA (Ventura County)$152,680180
Santa Rosa-Petaluma MSA (Sonoma County)$136,61540
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom MSA (El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento, and Yolo Counties)$135,618590
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara MSA (Santa Barbara County)$135,197130
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Glendale MD (Los Angeles County)$134,8432,930
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad MSA (San Diego County)$134,4581,270
Anaheim-Santa Ana-Irvine MD (Orange County)$133,4271,220
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario MSA (Riverside and San Bernardino Counties)$128,305350
Stockton-Lodi MSA (San Joaquin County)$112,97950
Bakersfield-Delano MSA (Kern County)$101,423150
Santa Cruz-Watsonville MSA (Santa Cruz County)$96,12350

What the pay actually ranges across

The lowest-paid tenth earn under
$67,919
A quarter earn under
$104,691
Half earn under
$142,449
Three quarters earn under
$182,870
The highest-paid tenth earn over
$227,186

A median is one point. These are the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics' 2026 figures for California, and they say how far apart the people doing this job actually are. Read them as the spread across everyone already in the work — not as a starting wage and not as a promise about where anyone lands.

Similar work

O*NET, the U.S. Department of Labor's occupation database, names these as occupations involving work similar to this one — its own reading of the job, not a grouping by code. They keep O*NET's order, and only those California publishes a projection for are shown.

OccupationTypical pay in CaliforniaProjected openingsProjected change
Computer Occupations, All Other$138,20359,320+11.1%
Computer Systems Analysts$131,29541,500+9.7%
Network and Computer Systems Administrators$109,42011,510-4.5%
Computer Network Support Specialists$81,4079,510+5.8%
Database Administrators$116,2253,800+1.4%

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