Cybersecurity Analyst apprenticeships in New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA is one of New York's largest labor markets for cybersecurity analysts. It is the 1st-largest metro area in the United States by population. This page collects what adults switching into a career as a cybersecurity analyst inside the New York 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.

New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ-PA cybersecurity analysts earn a median of $138,360 (BLS OEWS New York MSA, May 2024). For New York context, statewide pay runs from $36/hr at entry to $61/hr at the state median and $92/hr at the experienced end. Statewide headline: $127K avg salary. The New York metro is one of the country's 15 largest; local wages can diverge from the statewide rollup in either direction, so treat the state snapshot as context rather than a local estimate.

In the New York metro, estimated six-figure cybersecurity analyst jobs: ~7.6K of 10K (~75%). Confidence: high. 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 ~5.7K $100K+ annual earners (~56% of employed cybersecurity analysts, ACS PUMS WAGP+SEMP). Projections Central long-term pressure score: 36/100 (Low, low confidence). Bachelor's-plus in the metro labor force: 5.97M (ACS 2022 5-year). For statewide context: New York shows ~6.6K of 8.9K (~75%). Sources: BLS OEWS, Census ACS PUMS, Projections Central, Census ACS.

Statewide cybersecurity analyst programs and employer-sponsored paths are listed on the New York 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: New York rules apply in the New York 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. Most cybersecurity analyst apprenticeship sites in the New York metro sit within a 30-45 minute commute from the urban core; long-distance applicants typically register at the program nearest their employer rather than the dispatcher's office.