The state of North Carolina has an abundance of IT professionals. Even in 2006, more than 87,000 people were employed in this field, including a number of information security analysts. In 2011, the Durham-Chapel Hill area had the seventh greatest concentrations of information security analyst jobs of any metropolitan area in the country. There is a high enough concentration of information security analysts in Raleigh to have a chapter of the Information Systems Security Association located there.
While those with master degrees in CISS find careers in a wide array of industries, educational institutions, and the government, a particularly lucrative source of jobs in information security are in information and communications technology. Some of the companies of this type that are found throughout North Carolina include:
- Apple
- Cisco
- Corning Incorporated
- Cree
- Disney Entertainment
- IBM
- Lenovo
- Microsoft
- SAS
- Tyco International
CISS Security Salary Data in North Carolina
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the annual mean wage for information security analysts in North Carolina was $80,930 in 2011. The annual salary data for selected cities in North Carolina is listed below:
- Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill – $87,840
- Durham-Chapel Hill – $82,080
- Fayetville – $67,730
- Greensboro-High Point – $72,030
- Raleigh-Cary – $82,640
- Wilmington – $47,730
- Winston-Salem – $76,080