salary.city
Index Last Audited: 2026

Information Security Analysts Salary in San Jose, CA

Projected Base $184,401 — but what does that actually buy you here?

2026 Base Projection (adjusted +5.1% for inflation from latest BLS release) 2,500 employed locally

Core Salary Percentiles

$175,520
Median Annual
$91k$228k
$91k$133k$184k (Est. 2026)$220k$228k
Housing costs may consume most of this salary in San Jose
Despite earning $184,401, the median home price of $1,450,000 creates a 7.9x price-to-income ratio. Estimated mortgage payments would consume 73% of your take-home pay — well above the 28% guideline. Consider renting or exploring nearby lower-cost metros.

Purchasing Power

$124,176/yr
After-Tax Income
$10,348/mo
Monthly Take-Home
195.3
Cost of Living Index
51%
Purchasing Power
Salary Equivalent
In San Francisco:$179,114/yr
In New York City:$176,753/yr

Tax Liability Blueprint

Base Compensation$184,401
Federal Tax-$33,795
FICA / Medicare-$13,127
State Tax (CA)-$13,303
Effective Tax Rate32.7%
Calculations powered by zero-latency 2024 IRS Federal & State Marginal Tax engine. Data provided for estimation purposes.

Housing Affordability

$3,300/mo
HUD 1BR Fair Market Rent
32%
Rent-to-Income Ratio
$7,048/mo
Disposable After Rent

Run The Numbers

Enter an offer to see exactly what it buys you in San Jose.

Got an offer? Run the numbers.
Enter your salary to see what it actually buys in San Jose.

Verified Big Tech Offers

Recent H-1B certified base salaries for San Jose, CA. Source: U.S. DoL OFLC.

ByteDance
Research Scientist
Base Salary$500,000
Effective Tax41%
After Tax (Net)$294,466
BYTEDANCE
Senior Research Scientist - Machine Learning System
Base Salary$426,240
Effective Tax40%
After Tax (Net)$256,590
TikTok
Software Engineer
Base Salary$400,000
Effective Tax39%
After Tax (Net)$242,873
BYTEDANCE
Research Scientist, Generative AI
Base Salary$355,000
Effective Tax38%
After Tax (Net)$219,315
TikTok
Research Scientist
Base Salary$348,500
Effective Tax38%
After Tax (Net)$215,853
TikTok
Machine Learning Engineer
Base Salary$340,000
Effective Tax38%
After Tax (Net)$211,318
BYTEDANCE
Senior Product Manager, Client Incentive Product
Base Salary$330,000
Effective Tax38%
After Tax (Net)$205,983
ByteDance
Software Engineer
Base Salary$327,000
Effective Tax37%
After Tax (Net)$204,382
TikTok
Tech Lead Software Engineer, TikTok Data Access
Base Salary$320,000
Effective Tax37%
After Tax (Net)$200,648
BYTEDANCE
Software Engineer, Cloud Native Infrastructure
Base Salary$318,000
Effective Tax37%
After Tax (Net)$199,581
BYTEDANCE
Software Engineer
Base Salary$316,000
Effective Tax37%
After Tax (Net)$198,514
TikTok
Senior Detection Engineer
Base Salary$316,000
Effective Tax37%
After Tax (Net)$198,514
TikTok
Software Engineer
Base Salary$305,029
Effective Tax37%
After Tax (Net)$192,661
BYTEDANCE
Staff Product Designer
Base Salary$300,000
Effective Tax37%
After Tax (Net)$189,978
TikTok
Sr. Data Scientist
Base Salary$294,000
Effective Tax36%
After Tax (Net)$186,777
ByteDance
Product Designer
Base Salary$278,600
Effective Tax36%
After Tax (Net)$178,561
TikTok
Site Reliability Engineer
Base Salary$275,000
Effective Tax36%
After Tax (Net)$176,640
BYTEDANCE
Machine Learning Engineer
Base Salary$274,236
Effective Tax36%
After Tax (Net)$176,233
TikTok
Technical Program Manager
Base Salary$272,000
Effective Tax36%
After Tax (Net)$175,040
TikTok
Data Engineer-Privacy and Data Protection Office
Base Salary$260,000
Effective Tax35%
After Tax (Net)$168,638

Information Security Analysts — Other Cities

CityMedianCOLPower
San Jose, CA $176k195.351%
San Francisco, CA $168k189.753%
Seattle, WA $153k149.867%
New Haven, CT $146k112.589%
Washington, DC $138k152.166%
New York, NY $138k187.253%
Albuquerque, NM $136k93.8107%
Baltimore, MD $136k112.489%

Top Salaries in San Jose

Similar Technology Roles in San Jose

VERIFIED DATA LAYER

Data Methodology & Authenticity

Eleanor Vance
Eleanor Vance(Credentials)
Lead Data Editor
01Official BLS Sources

Aggregated directly from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) OES National Dataset. This matrix continuously analyzes over 45,000+ verified tax and payroll records locally.

02Inflation Alignment

Raw historical BLS data is algorithmically projected to 2026 using a dynamic compound inflation adjustment model to reflect real-time economic buying power.

03IRS Tax Deduction Engine

Every wage band is meticulously processed through our proprietary 50-state local tax engine. We evaluate your gross base against 2024 progressive IRS Federal, FICA, and exact localized state tax brackets, guaranteeing highly precise "Net Take-Home" data streams rather than simple baseline median averages.

04HUD Fair Market Rents

Our housing affordability indices bypass estimation completely. We anchor localized rental deductions against empirical datasets published by the **U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)**, locking onto exact MSA-level 1-Bedroom Fair Market Rents (FMR).

05DoL H-1B Verification

Top-tier data logic is cross-audited against the **U.S. Department of Labor OFLC LCA Disclosures**. We ingest millions of records to extract verified base salary offers directly from established Big Tech giants (Google, Meta, Apple), stripping out low-confidence projections.

Frequently Asked Questions

A $175,520 salary in San Jose, CA provides 51% of national-average purchasing power. After federal and state taxes, you'd take home approximately $10,348/month. With the median home price at $1,450,000, the home-price-to-income ratio is 7.9x. The higher cost of living in this area reduces purchasing power below the national average.