Associate Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Associate Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 125,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 294 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Associate salary lies between USD 96,000 and USD 151,800 in the United States. 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
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 294
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Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). 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 | 757 jobs Cloud | 579 jobs Risk management | 524 jobs CISSP | 467 jobs Strategy | 464 jobs Governance | 438 jobs Computer Science | 431 jobs Monitoring | 430 jobs Privacy | 413 jobs Vulnerabilities | 383 jobs Clearance | 351 jobs Audits | 337 jobs Incident response | 319 jobs CISA | 318 jobs NIST | 314 jobs Azure | 295 jobs Risk assessment | 283 jobs CISM | 264 jobs Agile | 259 jobs Python | 251 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 | 860 jobs Health care | 381 jobs Team events | 355 jobs Flex hours | 308 jobs Competitive pay | 298 jobs Salary bonus | 227 jobs Insurance | 205 jobs Equity / stock options | 163 jobs Wellness | 149 jobs Flex vacation | 143 jobs Medical leave | 138 jobs Startup environment | 132 jobs Parental leave | 110 jobs Transparency | 94 jobs 401(k) matching | 71 jobs Relocation support | 68 jobs Conferences | 31 jobs Home office stipend | 31 jobs Travel | 28 jobs Gear | 23 jobsRelated salaries
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