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
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.
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- Associate
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 242
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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 | 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 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 | 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 jobsRelated salaries
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