SOC 15-1212, wage year 2025-26

Information Security Analysts prevailing wage in California

Short answer

In California, the median prevailing wage for information security analysts across its 28 areas is $38.40 an hour at Level 1 ($79,872 a year) and $76.42 an hour at Level 4 ($158,964 a year). The Level 2 median of $50.47 is 17% above the national median across areas ($43.20). San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA is the highest-paying area at $74.50 at Level 2, and Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA the lowest at $39.19.

Every California area for information security analysts

AreaLevel 1Level 2Level 3Level 4
San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA$51.00$74.50$98.00$121.50
Merced, CA$49.74$72.86$95.98$119.10
Salinas, CA$48.84$71.96$95.09$118.21
San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA$52.35$66.03$79.71$93.39
Oxnard-Thousand Oaks-Ventura, CA$42.39$59.24$76.10$92.95
Redding, CA$41.22$57.22$73.23$89.23
Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA$40.40$52.97$65.55$78.12
Yuba City, CA$40.08$52.65$65.22$77.79
Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA$39.21$52.42$65.63$78.84
Modesto, CA$41.62$51.76$61.91$72.05
North Valley-Northern Mountains Region of California nonmetropolitan area$39.01$51.67$64.32$76.98
North Coast Region of California nonmetropolitan area$38.73$51.40$64.07$76.74
Napa, CA$38.59$51.10$63.60$76.11
San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA$36.49$50.56$64.64$78.71
Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA$36.85$50.38$63.92$77.45
El Centro, CA$35.68$49.54$63.40$77.26
Santa Rosa-Petaluma, CA$37.08$49.54$62.00$74.46
Eastern Sierra-Mother Lode Region of California nonmetropolitan area$36.93$49.08$61.22$73.37
Chico, CA$35.93$48.28$60.62$72.97
Stockton-Lodi, CA$38.21$48.01$57.80$67.60
San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA$36.96$47.99$59.01$70.04
Vallejo, CA$38.65$47.22$55.80$64.37
Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA$33.71$46.64$59.58$72.51
Hanford-Corcoran, CA$35.13$45.29$55.45$65.61
Fresno, CA$33.15$45.22$57.30$69.37
Visalia, CA$33.85$43.44$53.03$62.62
Bakersfield-Delano, CA$35.01$43.23$51.46$59.68
Santa Cruz-Watsonville, CA$29.01$39.19$49.37$59.55

Hourly dollars. Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Office of Foreign Labor Certification (OFLC), prevailing wage data, wage year 2025-26. An LCA is not an H-1B approval or a job opening.

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