Protective Service
Intelligence Analysts
SOC 33-9099
Analyze data and intelligence to support law enforcement or national security.
The job
Median pay
$43k
$35k to $55k typical range
Outlook, 2025 to 2035
Growing
+3.0% projected
Openings a year
23k
BLS projection
Typical education
Bachelor's
Our model
AI displacement risk
Moderate
How much of this job AI may do instead of the person
Works with AI
7/100
AI alongside the person rather than instead of them
AI exposure
41st pct
More exposed than 41% of occupations · modeled estimate · 12th pct in Microsoft's data
Future-proof
49/100
Key skills
- Critical Thinking
- Active Listening
- Speaking
- Monitoring
- Reading Comprehension
- Active Learning
Pay and jobs by state
BLS OEWS May 2025, 51 states. Sorted by jobs; per 1,000 is jobs per thousand workers in the state; vs national compares that rate with the country's. A tilde marks a figure estimated from the parent occupation group where BLS publishes none.
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | 26,360 | 1.4 | 2.8× | $39k |
| Pennsylvania | 5,720 | 0.9 | 1.8× | $34k |
| Colorado | 4,640 | 1.6 | 3.1× | $44k |
| Washington | 4,530 | 1.3 | 2.4× | $42k |
| Texas | 4,360 | 0.3 | 0.6× | $34k |
| Virginia | 4,000 | 1.0 | 1.9× | $35k |
| New Jersey | 3,520 | 0.8 | 1.6× | $55k |
| Florida | 2,790 | 0.3 | 0.5× | $44k |
| Louisiana | 2,370 | 1.2 | 2.3× | $44k |
| Oregon | 2,180 | 1.1 | 2.1× | $50k |
All 51 states
| State | Jobs | Per 1,000 | vs national | Median pay |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 1,930 | 0.2 | 0.4× | $53k |
| Ohio | 1,520 | 0.3 | 0.5× | $45k |
| Georgia | 1,260 | 0.3 | 0.5× | $45k |
| Arizona | 970 | 0.3 | 0.6× | $49k |
| Maryland | 930 | 0.3 | 0.6× | $53k |
| Connecticut | 910 | 0.5 | 1.0× | $37k |
| Nevada | 910 | 0.6 | 1.1× | $55k |
| Utah | 910 | 0.5 | 1.0× | $50k |
| Wisconsin | 910 | 0.3 | 0.6× | $58k |
| Tennessee | 830 | 0.3 | 0.5× | $44k |
| North Carolina | 790 | 0.2 | 0.3× | $44k |
| Michigan | 730 | 0.2 | 0.3× | $50k |
| Minnesota | 670 | 0.2 | 0.4× | $38k |
| New Mexico | 650 | 0.7 | 1.4× | $65k |
| Massachusetts | 610 | 0.2 | 0.3× | $50k |
| Illinois | 600 | 0.1 | 0.2× | $38k |
| Wyoming | 590 | 2.1 | 4.0× | $40k |
| Arkansas | 560 | 0.4 | 0.8× | $31k |
| Kentucky | 540 | 0.3 | 0.5× | $47k |
| Iowa | 522 | 0.3 | 0.6× | $38k~ |
| Alaska | 400 | 1.2 | 2.3× | $56k |
| Alabama | 330 | 0.2 | 0.3× | $86k |
| South Carolina | 320 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $44k |
| Montana | 310 | 0.6 | 1.2× | $42k |
| Kansas | 300 | 0.2 | 0.4× | $42k |
| Indiana | 240 | 0.1 | 0.1× | $48k |
| Missouri | 240 | 0.1 | 0.2× | $49k |
| North Dakota | 230 | 0.5 | 1.0× | $53k |
| Mississippi | 180 | 0.2 | 0.3× | $50k |
| Idaho | 170 | 0.2 | 0.4× | $47k |
| Maine | 170 | 0.3 | 0.5× | $50k |
| West Virginia | 170 | 0.2 | 0.5× | $44k |
| Oklahoma | 150 | 0.1 | 0.2× | $52k |
| Delaware | 130 | 0.3 | 0.5× | $40k |
| South Dakota | 130 | 0.3 | 0.5× | $42k |
| Hawaii | 110 | 0.2 | 0.3× | $57k |
| New Hampshire | 90 | 0.1 | 0.3× | $89k |
| Washington DC | 80 | 0.1 | 0.2× | $89k |
| Nebraska | 80 | 0.1 | 0.1× | $47k |
| Rhode Island | 60 | 0.1 | 0.2× | $55k |
| Vermont | 60 | 0.2 | 0.4× | $57k |
Top metro areas
- Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA9,160 jobs · $37k median
- New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ3,880 jobs · $58k median
- San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA2,820 jobs · $44k median
- Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD2,760 jobs · $35k median
- Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA2,750 jobs · $42k median
- San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA2,570 jobs · $44k median
- Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO2,550 jobs · $44k median
- Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA2,400 jobs · $43k median
Explore the rankings
Explore Intelligence Analysts interactively →Pay and outlook from BLS (OEWS 2025, Employment Projections 2025-2035). Skills and work activities from O*NET 30.3. AI exposure and future-proof scores are modeled estimates. How these numbers are made.