Associate Salary in 2025
💰 The median Associate Salary in 2025 is USD 125,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 298 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
- 298
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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 | 767 jobs Cloud | 588 jobs Risk management | 530 jobs CISSP | 474 jobs Strategy | 466 jobs Governance | 441 jobs Computer Science | 441 jobs Monitoring | 434 jobs Privacy | 415 jobs Vulnerabilities | 387 jobs Clearance | 355 jobs Audits | 340 jobs Incident response | 322 jobs CISA | 322 jobs NIST | 318 jobs Azure | 300 jobs Risk assessment | 286 jobs CISM | 271 jobs Agile | 263 jobs Python | 254 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 | 871 jobs Health care | 389 jobs Team events | 360 jobs Flex hours | 312 jobs Competitive pay | 305 jobs Salary bonus | 230 jobs Insurance | 210 jobs Equity / stock options | 166 jobs Wellness | 151 jobs Flex vacation | 146 jobs Medical leave | 140 jobs Startup environment | 133 jobs Parental leave | 114 jobs Transparency | 95 jobs 401(k) matching | 74 jobs Relocation support | 70 jobs Home office stipend | 32 jobs Conferences | 31 jobs Travel | 28 jobs Gear | 23 jobsRelated salaries
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