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Information Security Analysts
Also filed here: Cybersecurity, Security analyst, Infosec, Security engineer, Ethical hacker, Soc analyst
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AI performs some of this work. Most of it still needs a person. The BLS expects 21% more of these jobs by 2035, faster than the 3.5% average.
Programmers mostly use AI inside their coding tools, which consumer Copilot data does not see, so this file probably understates how much AI touches the job.
- Rank
- #171 of 785 jobs, by how much of the work AI does
- US jobs, 2025 to 2035
- +21% All jobs: +3.5%
- Median US pay
- $129,180 a year, 2025
- People doing it
- 192,900 in the US, with about 14,100 openings a year
The work, 10 activities
The job description, marked up.
Every activity in this job, the biggest first. Tap a line for the evidence.
- deleAI does this
- +AIAI helps
- stetStill yours
Still yours: Implement security measures for computer or information systems24%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Develop operational or technical procedures or standards12%
AI performed this in about 1 in 1,089 Copilot conversations and completed it 92% of the time.
AI does this: Maintain current knowledge in area of expertise9%
AI performed this in about 1 in 40 Copilot conversations and completed it 91% of the time.
AI helps with this: Test performance of computer or information systems9%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,825 conversations, and it got them there 90% of the time.
Still yours: Maintain operational records9%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
AI does this: Resolve computer problems8%
AI performed this in about 1 in 587 Copilot conversations and completed it 90% of the time.
AI helps with this: Coordinate with others to resolve problems8%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 738 conversations, and it got them there 83% of the time.
AI does this: Train others to use equipment or products8%
AI performed this in about 1 in 494 Copilot conversations and completed it 94% of the time.
AI helps with this: Monitor operation of computer or information technologies7%
People asked AI for help with this in about 1 in 1,040 conversations, and it got them there 88% of the time.
Still yours: Direct organizational operations, activities, or procedures7%
Barely appears in AI conversations: fewer than 1 in 2,000.
2025 to 2035
Ten years from now.
For every 100 of these jobs in 2025, the BLS projects 121 in 2035. Across all US jobs, about 104.
About 14,100 openings a year, from growth and from people who retire or move on.
BLS on AIAI and automated security tools are expected to offset part of the strong demand growth (still projected +21.0%). Source ↗
Nearby
Where your skills travel.
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The wire
On the wire.
Nothing filed about this job yet. The latest from the Work front:
How to read this file.
deleAI does this. In US Bing Copilot conversations from January to September 2024, AI itself performed the activity, completed it and made a real difference often enough to count.
+AIAI helps. People brought the activity to AI as their own goal, and it usually got them there.
stetStill yours. It barely shows up in AI use, AI rarely finishes it, or in this job it needs hands.
Shares are weighted by how much each activity matters in the job, using O*NET. Microsoft’s own AI applicability score for this job is 0.22, higher than 74% of jobs.
Doing an activity is not doing a job. The researchers behind this data warn against reading it as job loss, and so do we. It is US data; the shape of the work travels.
Programmers mostly use AI inside their coding tools, which consumer Copilot data does not see, so this file probably understates how much AI touches the job.
Sources: Microsoft Research, Working with AI (2025) · O*NET OnLine, 15-1212 · BLS Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
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