Associate Salary in 2025
💰 The median Associate Salary in 2025 is USD 124,400
✏️ This salary info is based on 202 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Associate salary lies between USD 95,000 and USD 150,000 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.
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- Associate
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 202
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All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
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Top 20 Job Tags for Associate roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Associate job listings are Compliance, Cloud and Risk management. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:
Compliance | 555 jobs Cloud | 428 jobs Risk management | 379 jobs Strategy | 347 jobs Governance | 331 jobs CISSP | 314 jobs Monitoring | 314 jobs Computer Science | 309 jobs Privacy | 306 jobs Vulnerabilities | 273 jobs Clearance | 269 jobs Incident response | 238 jobs Audits | 225 jobs NIST | 220 jobs CISA | 219 jobs Azure | 215 jobs Risk assessment | 196 jobs Agile | 193 jobs CISM | 192 jobs Clearance Required | 190 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Associate roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Associate job listings are Career development, Health care and Team events. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:
Career development | 628 jobs Health care | 266 jobs Team events | 263 jobs Flex hours | 216 jobs Competitive pay | 201 jobs Salary bonus | 163 jobs Insurance | 138 jobs Equity / stock options | 112 jobs Wellness | 108 jobs Flex vacation | 95 jobs Startup environment | 94 jobs Medical leave | 86 jobs Transparency | 74 jobs Parental leave | 73 jobs 401(k) matching | 54 jobs Relocation support | 44 jobs Conferences | 23 jobs Travel | 20 jobs Home office stipend | 20 jobs Gear | 15 jobsRelated salaries
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