Virginia currently ranks as one of the hottest states for cybersecurity professionals from a job opportunity and salary standpoint.
New analysis placed the state in top spot for the number of people currently employed in cybersecurity roles (14,180), close to the top spot for average annual salaries for cybersecurity professionals ($111,780) and for number of current job opportunities (4,570).
Virginia also leads other states in employment per 1,000 jobs with 3.7 jobs out of 1,000 being cybersecurity-related. Over the next five years, the number of cybersecurity jobs in the state is expected to grow over 32%.
U.K-based Comparitech's "2019 US Cybersecurity Salary & Employment Study" used 10 different and equally weighted criteria to identify the best and the worst states in the US for cybersecurity professionals.
The metrics that Comparitech considered for its study included state annual salaries for cybersecurity roles; the number of people currently employed in cybersecurity jobs; the number of advertised cybersecurity jobs; and 10-year projections for cybersecurity roles in each state.
The study showed that in 2018, the national average salary for an information security professional was $92,789. Comparitech found that average annual cybersecurity salaries in each state are greater—sometimes substantially so—than average annual salaries for all other employment, in every single US state. The state with the biggest difference in salaries was New Mexico where the average annual salary of $106,360 for a cybersecurity professional was 80.34% higher than the state average for other employment.
The numbers are a reflection of the high level of concern over data breaches and cyber risk in general—and the premiums that organizations are willing to pay for professionals who can help them manage it.
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