Salaries / Information Security Analysts / San Francisco
Information Security Analysts salaries in San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA
Auto-summary H-1B filings: DOL disclosure data Prevailing wages: DOL wage year 2026-27
Employers filed 174 certified H-1B applications for information security analysts in the San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA area (July 2025 to June 2026), from 88 employers.
The middle half of offers were $155,000 to $211,500 a year, with a median of $192,500: 41% above the national median for this job ($137,000).
The most common wage level was Level IV (42% of filings).
The 2026-27 prevailing wage floor here is $87,651 at Level I and $123,178 at Level II.
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Wage levels
DOL sets four wage levels by experience. The share of filings at each level, and the minimum the employer must pay for that level here.
| Level | Share of filings | Prevailing wage (minimum) |
|---|---|---|
| Level I (entry) | 15% | $87,651 |
| Level II (qualified) | 17% | $123,178 |
| Level III (experienced) | 26% | $158,725 |
| Level IV (fully competent) | 42% | $194,251 |
Who sponsors information security analysts here
| Employer | H-1B filings | Median offer | Green card filings (PERM, this job, US) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | 17 | $177,500 | 17 |
| Salesforce, Inc. | 8 | $208,500 | 38 |
| Meta Platforms, Inc | 7 | $244,500 | 5 |
| Visa Technology & Operations LLC | 7 | $161,500 | 28 |
| Deloitte & Touche LLP | 6 | $136,000 | — |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers Advisory Services LLC | 5 | $200,000 | 34 |
| Workday, Inc. | 5 | $173,000 | 10 |
| Google LLC | 5 | $176,000 | — |
| DepthFirst AI, Inc. | 4 | $250,000 | — |
| Lucid USA, Inc. | 4 | $180,000 | 1 |
| Okta, Inc. | 3 | $194,500 | 1 |
| Gilead Sciences, Inc. | 3 | $155,000 | 4 |
| Cognizant Technology Solutions Us Corp | 3 | $137,500 | — |
| Persistent Systems, Inc. | 3 | $138,000 | — |
| PwC US Consulting LLP | 2 | $213,500 | 1 |
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Common titles filed under this occupation: Information Security Analyst, Manager, Senior Consultant, Security Analyst, Security Engineer, Associate, Senior Security Engineer, Cybersecurity Engineer.
About this data
Offers are the wages employers put on certified Labor Condition Applications (LCAs) for H-1B workers: Certified H-1B LCAs decided July 2025 to June 2026. An LCA is filed before a petition, so not every filing became a job, and pay excludes bonus and stock. Annual pay; hourly offers are multiplied by 2,080. Pages appear only where there were at least 100 filings. Source: DOL disclosure data and OFLC wage data. Not legal or financial advice.