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Information Security Engineers: apprenticeship hours and pay
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Approved apprenticeship titles
One apprenticeship title on the Department of Labor's approved list fall under Information Security Engineers, trained competency-based, hybrid, time-based. The shortest approved term is 3,200 hours, for Cyber Defense Incident Responder (competency-based).
| Title | RAPIDS code | Approach and term |
|---|---|---|
| Cyber Defense Incident Responder | 3032 | Competency-Based: 3,200 hours Hybrid: 3,200 to 4,000 hours Time-Based: 3,200 hours |
Time-based programs count hours on the job; competency-based programs move on when the apprentice shows the skills; hybrid programs use both, within a range of hours (29 CFR 29.5(b)(2)). Each registered program sets its own term inside what the approved title allows.
What information security engineers earn, by state
District of Columbia has the highest state median for information security engineers ($156,590) and Puerto Rico the lowest ($60,470), across the 54 states with a published figure.
| State | Median pay | Hourly | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | $156,590 | $75.29 | 17,200 |
| Maryland | $144,680 | $69.56 | 19,060 |
| Colorado | $139,580 | $67.10 | 11,800 |
| Virginia | $139,030 | $66.84 | 17,000 |
| Delaware | $137,470 | $66.09 | 860 |
| California | $134,440 | $64.63 | 80,150 |
| Washington | $128,940 | $61.99 | 14,360 |
| Connecticut | $127,720 | $61.40 | 3,100 |
| New Mexico | $127,090 | $61.10 | 1,650 |
| Hawaii | $120,100 | $57.74 | 2,080 |
| New York | $116,990 | $56.25 | 11,460 |
| South Carolina | $112,260 | $53.97 | 4,300 |
| Texas | $111,530 | $53.62 | 57,020 |
| Vermont | $111,530 | $53.62 | 1,320 |
| Ohio | $109,780 | $52.78 | 6,150 |
| Massachusetts | $109,590 | $52.69 | 6,170 |
| New Jersey | $108,310 | $52.07 | 12,010 |
| Maine | $107,990 | $51.92 | 900 |
| Iowa | $107,340 | $51.61 | 3,850 |
| Pennsylvania | $107,230 | $51.55 | 14,580 |
| West Virginia | $107,140 | $51.51 | 3,380 |
| Alabama | $106,330 | $51.12 | 2,630 |
| Alaska | $105,960 | $50.94 | 710 |
| Michigan | $105,680 | $50.81 | 7,440 |
| Florida | $105,370 | $50.66 | 13,710 |
| South Dakota | $105,370 | $50.66 | 240 |
| Arizona | $105,240 | $50.60 | 5,510 |
| North Carolina | $104,850 | $50.41 | 15,090 |
| Georgia | $104,610 | $50.29 | 20,630 |
| Kansas | $103,380 | $49.70 | 1,340 |
| Oklahoma | $102,520 | $49.29 | 3,320 |
| Rhode Island | $102,210 | $49.14 | 830 |
| Missouri | $101,040 | $48.58 | 14,340 |
| Nevada | $100,220 | $48.18 | 2,610 |
| Illinois | $99,360 | $47.77 | 11,160 |
| Idaho | $98,700 | $47.45 | 1,040 |
| Utah | $97,470 | $46.86 | 6,680 |
| Oregon | $97,350 | $46.80 | 2,450 |
| U.S. Virgin Islands | $96,180 | $46.24 | 40 |
| Wyoming | $94,520 | $45.44 | 170 |
| Indiana | $93,540 | $44.97 | 3,340 |
| Nebraska | $92,480 | $44.46 | 2,280 |
| Minnesota | $91,750 | $44.11 | 4,180 |
| New Hampshire | $91,720 | $44.10 | 970 |
| Kentucky | $89,420 | $42.99 | 1,850 |
| Wisconsin | $88,130 | $42.37 | 4,680 |
| Arkansas | $86,940 | $41.80 | 1,120 |
| Mississippi | $86,940 | $41.80 | 1,450 |
| Montana | $81,970 | $39.41 | 540 |
| North Dakota | $78,330 | $37.66 | 730 |
| Louisiana | $77,000 | $37.02 | 5,020 |
| Guam | $76,770 | $36.91 | 280 |
| Tennessee | $76,470 | $36.77 | 10,930 |
| Puerto Rico | $60,470 | $29.07 | 880 |
Finding a program
The public sponsor file names the organizations that run registered apprenticeships but not the occupations each one trains, so this guide names no sponsor. Search apprenticeship.gov's Apprenticeship Finder for this title, or ask your American Job Center which local programs train it.
Apprenticeship sponsors by state (25,633) · All approved occupations
Sources: apprenticeship.gov approved occupations list (Last-Modified October 8, 2026); BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (all industries; blanks are figures BLS does not publish).