Associate Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Associate Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 115,900
✏️ This salary info is based on 88 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Associate salary lies between USD 86,000 and USD 145,500 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
- 88
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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 | 238 jobs Cloud | 170 jobs Risk management | 152 jobs Strategy | 143 jobs Governance | 141 jobs Clearance | 136 jobs Monitoring | 133 jobs Privacy | 130 jobs CISSP | 129 jobs Computer Science | 129 jobs Audits | 97 jobs Incident response | 97 jobs Vulnerabilities | 97 jobs Clearance Required | 92 jobs NIST | 87 jobs Azure | 85 jobs CISM | 82 jobs CISA | 82 jobs Python | 80 jobs Agile | 79 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 Competitive pay. 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 | 249 jobs Health care | 119 jobs Competitive pay | 92 jobs Team events | 89 jobs Flex hours | 84 jobs Salary bonus | 67 jobs Insurance | 65 jobs Flex vacation | 45 jobs Equity / stock options | 42 jobs Medical leave | 40 jobs Startup environment | 38 jobs Wellness | 36 jobs Parental leave | 30 jobs Transparency | 29 jobs 401(k) matching | 26 jobs Relocation support | 24 jobs Conferences | 10 jobs Travel | 9 jobs Gear | 8 jobs Home office stipend | 6 jobsRelated salaries
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