Cybersecurity Analyst Salary in Mississippi (2026)

Worth knowing: Keesler Air Force Base Biloxi is one of the country's most distinctive concentrated US military cyber training installations and a feature most national cyber surveys understate for MS. Keesler (~9K total workforce + the country's largest US Air Force technical training installation + the 81st Training Wing + the country's premier US Air Force cyber + IT + meteorology + air traffic control + aircraft maintenance training pipeline serving ~30K students cycling through Keesler annually + the 333rd Training Squadron Cyber Warfare Operations + the 336th Training Squadron Cyber Network Defense + 338th Combat Training Squadron + Air Force Information Operations College AFIOC) supports the entry pipeline for the country's largest single source of US Air Force cyber + intelligence personnel. Substantial post-Keesler-trained cyber + IT personnel transition to MS contractor + civilian positions at NCBC Gulfport + Stennis Space Center + Ingalls Shipbuilding Pascagoula + UMMC + private cleared cyber contractors building substantial MS cleared cyber workforce density. Senior cleared cyber engineers at Keesler + NCBC + Stennis + Ingalls clear $125-195K + TS/SCI + clearance premium. The University of Southern Mississippi Cybersecurity Center (the only MS NSA + DHS-designated National Center of Academic Excellence in Cyber Defense CAE-CD institution + supporting substantial scholarship + grant + research work) feeds substantial MS cyber pipeline. UMMC HIPAA + medical device security + healthcare SOC operations support substantial MS healthcare cyber demand. Hancock Whitney + Trustmark + BankPlus banking SOC operations support substantial MS regional banking cyber. MS flat 4.0% by 2026 + MS personal exemption $6,000 single + no state estate tax + MS RTW since 1954 + MS retirement income FULL EXEMPTION + lower BIX + GPT + JAN cost of living vs major coastal metros + the Keesler-trained cyber workforce density anchor the MS cybersecurity proposition.