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Information Security Analysts

Plan, implement, upgrade, or monitor security measures for the protection of computer networks and information. Assess system vulnerabilities for security risks and propose and implement risk mitigation strategies. May ensure appropriate security controls are in place that will safeguard digital files and vital electronic infrastructure. May respond to computer security breaches and viruses.

93 AI exposure
27 Human advantage
76 Market demand
63 AI leverage

Is Information Security Analysts a safe career from AI?

Information Security Analysts scores 93 out of 100 for AI exposure, which is high. A large share of this work is the kind current AI systems are measurably good at. That is not a prediction the job disappears, and the research does not support one. It means more of this role is likely to change than most.

Its human advantage score is 27, which is low. Most of this role can be done through a screen, and that is the half of the labor market AI has reached first. Market demand scores 76 out of 100, combining how many of these jobs exist with where that number is heading. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects employment growing 21% over ten years.

What Information Security Analysts pay

The median wage is $124,910 a year. The lower quarter earns under $92,160 and the upper quarter over $159,600. About 179,430 people do this work in the United States.

Where Information Security Analysts can go next

Occupations that share most of what this job already requires, ranked by how much carries over.

Computer and Information Research Scientists 86% of the skills carry over $141k median
Penetration Testers 91% of the skills carry over $109k median
Biofuels/Biodiesel Technology and Product Development Managers 81% of the skills carry over $168k median
Telecommunications Engineering Specialists 83% of the skills carry over $130k median

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Where this comes from

Work content and transitions from O*NET, the US Department of Labor's occupational database. Wages and employment projections from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. AI exposure from published research measuring which occupations current AI capabilities overlap with. None of it is a forecast, and none of these numbers are ours: they are public data, put next to each other.

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