Associate Salary in 2025

💰 The median Associate Salary in 2025 is USD 124,400

✏️ This salary info is based on 242 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Associate salary lies between USD 96,000 and USD 149,100 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.

Job title
Associate
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
242
Top 10%
$ 186,400
Top 25%
$ 149,100
Median
$ 124,400
Bottom 25%
$ 96,000
Bottom 10%
$ 71,200

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

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 | 650 jobs Cloud | 499 jobs Risk management | 445 jobs Strategy | 401 jobs Governance | 383 jobs CISSP | 379 jobs Monitoring | 369 jobs Computer Science | 368 jobs Privacy | 343 jobs Vulnerabilities | 324 jobs Clearance | 304 jobs Incident response | 274 jobs Audits | 271 jobs NIST | 262 jobs CISA | 256 jobs Azure | 253 jobs Risk assessment | 234 jobs CISM | 227 jobs Agile | 221 jobs Python | 213 jobs

Top 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 | 736 jobs Health care | 325 jobs Team events | 309 jobs Flex hours | 265 jobs Competitive pay | 244 jobs Salary bonus | 198 jobs Insurance | 173 jobs Equity / stock options | 136 jobs Wellness | 126 jobs Flex vacation | 120 jobs Startup environment | 113 jobs Medical leave | 111 jobs Parental leave | 93 jobs Transparency | 82 jobs 401(k) matching | 65 jobs Relocation support | 58 jobs Conferences | 27 jobs Travel | 25 jobs Home office stipend | 25 jobs Gear | 17 jobs

Related salaries

Associate @ $ 82,000 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Associate @ $ 131,125 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Associate @ $ 120,900 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Associate @ $ 124,700 (United States) Details
Associate @ $ 131,125 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Associate @ $ 120,900 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Associate @ $ 82,200 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details

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