Cyber Security Analyst: what the job is, what it pays, and how to get hired.
The work, the skills that matter, the tools in demand and the pay range, from U.S. government data, plus every TryHired page for the role.
10% of cyber security analysts earn less than this amount.
- Annual
- $75,090
- Hourly
- n/a
- Source
- BLS May 2025
25% of cyber security analysts earn less than this amount.
- Annual
- $97,810
- Hourly
- n/a
- Source
- BLS May 2025
Half of cyber security analysts earn more than this and half earn less.
- Annual
- $129,180
- Hourly
- $62.11
- Source
- BLS May 2025
75% of cyber security analysts earn less than this amount.
- Annual
- $163,500
- Hourly
- n/a
- Source
- BLS May 2025
90% of cyber security analysts earn less than this amount.
- Annual
- $199,850
- Hourly
- n/a
- Source
- BLS May 2025
Cyber Security Analysts plan, implement, upgrade, or monitor security measures for the protection of computer networks and information. The median pay is $129,180 a year ($62.11 an hour) (BLS, May 2025). The most commonly reported education requirement is a bachelor's degree (53% of workers surveyed by O*NET).
- Median pay
- $129,180
- BLS May 2025
- Employed in the U.S.
- 190,650
- BLS May 2025
- Preparation
- Job Zone 4 of 5
- considerable preparation
- Most common education
- Bachelor's Degree
- 53% of workers
Data Government data groups this job as Information Security Analysts (O*NET-SOC 15-1212.00). Figures on this page are for that occupation.
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Data Core tasks rated most important by workers in the role (O*NET).
- Develop plans to safeguard computer files against accidental or unauthorized modification, destruction, or disclosure and to meet emergency data processing needs.
- Monitor current reports of computer viruses to determine when to update virus protection systems.
- Encrypt data transmissions and erect firewalls to conceal confidential information as it is being transmitted and to keep out tainted digital transfers.
- Perform risk assessments and execute tests of data processing system to ensure functioning of data processing activities and security measures.
- Modify computer security files to incorporate new software, correct errors, or change individual access status.
- Review violations of computer security procedures and discuss procedures with violators to ensure violations are not repeated.
- Document computer security and emergency measures policies, procedures, and tests.
- Confer with users to discuss issues such as computer data access needs, security violations, and programming changes.
Ranked by importance to the job
Data O*NET importance ratings. The first three are core.
Knowledge areas: Computers and Electronics, English Language, Administration and Management, Engineering and Technology, Telecommunications, Customer and Personal Service.
Software cyber security analysts use
Data Examples reported for the role; employer demand flags from O*NET.
- Splunk EnterpriseCloud-based management softwareIn demand
- Firewall softwareNetwork security and virtual private network VPN equipment softwareIn demand
- MITRE ATT&CK softwareProgram testing softwareIn demand
- Tenable NessusTransaction security and virus protection softwareIn demand
- eMASSRisk management data and analysis softwareIn demand
- Amazon DynamoDBData base management system softwareHot technology
- Amazon Web Services AWS CloudFormationCloud-based management softwareHot technology
- Ansible softwareExpert system softwareHot technology
- Apache CassandraData base management system softwareHot technology
- Apache HadoopData base management system softwareHot technology
- Apache HiveData base management system softwareHot technology
- Apache Subversion SVNFile versioning softwareHot technology
Also called: Cybersecurity Analyst, Information Security Analyst, Information Security Officer, Information Security Specialist, Information Systems Security Analyst, Information Systems Security Officer (ISSO), Information Technology Security Analyst (IT Security Analyst), Network Security Analyst.
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Tasks, skills, tools, education and related roles come from O*NET 31.0. Pay and employment come from the BLS OEWS May 2025 national estimates. The skill-match score is our calculation: Skill match is the correlation between the two occupations' skill profiles: for each of 35 O*NET skills (10 essential, 25 transferable) we multiply importance by level, subtract the average across all occupations, and correlate the two profiles. 100 means identical shape; 0 or below means unrelated. Only occupations that O*NET itself lists as related are compared.
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- O*NET 31.0 Database, U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA), used under the CC BY 4.0 license. TryHired selected, ranked and combined the data; O*NET is not responsible for these pages.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates (public domain).