Cybersecurity Analyst apprenticeships in Tucson, AZ
Tucson, AZ is the 68th-most populous metro in the US. Here is what working as a cybersecurity analyst looks like locally.
KEY FACTS — TUCSON, AZ
Tucson: ~384 of 590 (~65%) (small denominator) · market pressure 79/100 — High pressure.
Confidence: medium. Annual labor earnings (W-2 wages + self-employment), not OEWS hourly-wage extrapolations.
Source: Census ACS 2024 5-year PUMS (state-rate projection onto metro OEWS employment; small denominator — treat as directional).
Confidence: medium. Our six-figure estimator uses a $115k review threshold; cells where the published p90 reaches that threshold are flagged for conservative upper-tail extrapolation.
Source: BLS OEWS.
Confidence: low. Composite of projected annual openings, projected growth, and current $100K+ earnings rate. Not a direct vacancy count.
Source: Projections Central data; score computed by Prentice.
Source: Census ACS 2022 5-year.
A framing, not a forecast. See methodology.
Numerator: ACS PUMS $100K+ annual earners.
Tucson, AZ is one of Arizona's largest labor markets for cybersecurity analysts. It is the 68th-largest metro area in the United States by population. This page collects what adults switching into a career as a cybersecurity analyst inside the Tucson metro need first: how local pay compares to the state, what the available labor-market data says about six-figure work, and which statewide programs and licensing rules apply locally.
Tucson, AZ cybersecurity analysts earn a median of $88,520 (BLS OEWS Tucson MSA, May 2024). For Arizona context, statewide pay runs from $27/hr at entry to $47/hr at the state median and $70/hr at the experienced end. Statewide headline: $98K avg salary. The Tucson metro is smaller than the state's largest; local wages may run above or below the state median depending on sector mix.
In the Tucson metro, estimated six-figure cybersecurity analyst jobs: ~217 of 590 (~37%). Confidence: medium. Our six-figure estimator uses a $115k review threshold; cells where the published p90 reaches that threshold are flagged for conservative upper-tail extrapolation. ACS 2024 5-year PUMS estimates ~384 $100K+ annual earners (~65% of employed cybersecurity analysts, ACS PUMS WAGP+SEMP). Projections Central long-term pressure score: 79/100 (High, low confidence). Bachelor's-plus in the metro labor force: 247K (ACS 2022 5-year). For statewide context: Arizona shows ~3.1K of 4.2K (~75%). Sources: BLS OEWS, Census ACS PUMS, Projections Central, Census ACS.
Statewide cybersecurity analyst programs and employer-sponsored paths are listed on the Arizona programs page; none are flagged as metro-exclusive. Metro program and association references are inherited from sourced state pages unless a metro-exclusive entity is explicitly sourced. Treat them as orientation, not a complete local inventory, and verify current intake details with the statewide source or sponsor before relying. Licensing is set at the state level: Arizona rules apply in the Tucson metro unless a local authority says otherwise. Metro pages use state-level licensing and program context unless a city, county, or sponsor rule is explicitly sourced. Verify current licensing, local add-ons, and sponsor requirements with the official state or local authority before relying. Expect a 60-90 minute drive radius for cybersecurity analyst program sites that pull from the Tucson metro; rural applicants commonly enroll through the nearest larger MSA when local employer-sponsored slots are scarce.
CYBERSECURITY ANALYST PAY SNAPSHOT — TUCSON, AZ
$88,520 (OEWS MSA-level median)
Source: BLS OEWS MSA cross-industry estimates. Where MSA-level data is suppressed or unpublished we fall back to the state median and label it explicitly.
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