Cybersecurity Analyst Salary in Wisconsin (2026)
Average Cybersecurity Analyst pay in Wisconsin
$130,000/year
≈ $63/hour before tax
After tax (single filer)
$93,913/year
$7,826/month · effective tax rate 27.76%
- Federal $19,934
- State $6,208
- FICA $9,945
- Take-home
Pay by role in Wisconsin
- CISO / VP Information Security$275,000–$525,000+ TC
- Senior Security Engineer (Insurance)$135,000–$215,000
- Senior Security Engineer (Healthcare Software)$135,000–$210,000
- Senior Security Engineer (Payments)$140,000–$215,000
- Senior Security Engineer (Industrial / IoT)$135,000–$205,000
- Senior Security Engineer (Healthcare)$125,000–$190,000
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| Category | Amount |
|---|---|
Annual Take-Home Pay | $93,913 |
Monthly Take-Home Pay | $7,826 |
Biweekly Take-Home Pay | $3,612 |
Hourly Take-Home Pay based on 2,080 hrs/year | $45/hr |
Federal Tax | $19,934 |
State Tax | $6,208 |
FICA Taxes | $9,945 |
Effective Tax Rate total taxes ÷ gross salary | 27.76% |
Not all Cybersecurity Analysts earn the same — not even close
Wisconsin's cybersecurity analyst market is anchored by Northwestern Mutual HQ Milwaukee (Fortune 100 mutual life insurer, ~$330B GIIA assets, substantial enterprise + policy + investor data cyber), Epic Systems Verona (~12K WI employees, the country's largest healthcare software company with substantial HIPAA + clinical data + Cosmos research cyber), Fiserv HQ Brookfield (Fortune 200 payments tech with substantial PCI-DSS + bank-services cyber), Johnson Controls Milwaukee (post-2017 Tyco merger building automation + connected building cyber), American Family Insurance Madison, plus Aurora Advocate Health + Froedtert healthcare cyber.
CISO / VP Information Security
$275,000–$525,000+ TC
Northwestern Mutual CISO · Fiserv CISO · Johnson Controls CISO · executive comp + equity
Senior Security Engineer (Insurance)
$135,000–$215,000
Northwestern Mutual · American Family · CUNA Mutual · WPS · advisor platform + claims data + policy admin cyber
Senior Security Engineer (Healthcare Software)
$135,000–$210,000
Epic Systems Verona · HIPAA + EHR + Cosmos research data + customer SaaS cyber specialty
Senior Security Engineer (Payments)
$140,000–$215,000
Fiserv Brookfield · payment processing + card services + bank-tech · PCI-DSS specialty
Senior Security Engineer (Industrial / IoT)
$135,000–$205,000
Johnson Controls connected building cyber · Rockwell Automation OT/IT · industrial IoT specialty
Senior Security Engineer (Healthcare)
$125,000–$190,000
Aurora Advocate · Froedtert · Marshfield · UW Health · HIPAA + EHR + medical device security
Senior Security Architect
$145,000–$225,000
Enterprise security architecture · WI Fortune 500 · zero-trust + cloud-native design
Senior SOC Analyst / Threat Hunter
$98,000–$155,000
24/7 SOC operations · NM + Fiserv + Epic SOC · threat intel specialty
Mid-Level Security Analyst (3-6 yrs)
$88,000–$128,000
Functional security analyst at WI Fortune 500 · transitioning to senior band
Junior Security Analyst (0-3 yrs)
$68,000–$98,000
UW-Madison CS + Marquette + UW-Milwaukee Cybersecurity Center + Stout cybersecurity pipeline · entry band
Worth knowing: Northwestern Mutual HQ Milwaukee is the country's largest mutual life insurer and a feature most national cyber-career surveys understate for WI. Northwestern Mutual (Fortune 100, ~$330B GIIA assets, ~$30B revenue, ~7,500 Milwaukee employees, the country's largest mutual life insurance company by GIIA assets and the #2 US life insurer overall) operates substantial enterprise cybersecurity supporting ~5M client relationships + ~$3T in policy face amounts + substantial Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management ($330B+ AUM). Senior NM security engineers clear $135-215K TC. Epic Systems Verona operates the country's largest healthcare software company cyber program — Epic's cyber organization protects clinical data flowing through ~78% of US hospital beds plus the Cosmos research platform's ~190M patient records. Fiserv HQ Brookfield (Fortune 200 payments tech, ~$20B revenue post-2019 First Data merger, ~3K WI employees) operates substantial PCI-DSS + payment processing + bank tech cyber. WI's 7.65% top bracket catches CISO + senior engineer comp at $250K+ TC but is substantially lower than MN's 9.85% top — supporting better cyber-talent retention. WI's 2015 Right-to-Work via Act 1 is distinctive for the upper Midwest.
Sources & Methodology
- →IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-32 — 2026 federal brackets and standard deduction
- →IRS Notice 2025-67 — 2026 retirement-plan contribution limits
- →IRS Rev. Proc. 2025-19 — 2026 HSA contribution limits
- →Social Security Administration — 2026 Social Security wage base
- →2026 Form 1-ES instructions, D-101A Rev. 1-26 — standard deduction schedules and rate schedules (WI Department of Revenue)
- →BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics — Cybersecurity Analyst wage data for Wisconsin
Salary figures are market estimates for Cybersecurity Analysts in Wisconsin and vary by employer, specialty, seniority, and metro. Take-home math assumes a single filer with no dependents, the standard deduction, and Wisconsin 2026 state rates. Local taxes, insurance premiums, and pre-tax contributions will move your number — run the calculator for your own situation.
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Entry Level (0–3 yrs)
$92,000
/year
Mid Level (3–7 yrs)
$130,000
/year
Senior Level (7+ yrs)
$220,000
/year
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