Ciso Salary in 2025
💰 The median Ciso Salary in 2025 is USD 196,500
✏️ This salary info is based on 26 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average CISO salary lies between USD 118,105 and USD 270,000 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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- CISO
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 26
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All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
Last updated:Top 20 Job Tags for CISO roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with CISO job listings are CISO, Compliance and Cloud. 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:
CISO | 220 jobs Compliance | 141 jobs Cloud | 120 jobs Strategy | 116 jobs Risk management | 103 jobs CISSP | 94 jobs Governance | 89 jobs Incident response | 81 jobs CISM | 77 jobs NIST | 71 jobs Risk assessment | 69 jobs Privacy | 69 jobs ISO 27001 | 68 jobs Audits | 61 jobs Computer Science | 60 jobs Monitoring | 49 jobs Vulnerabilities | 47 jobs GDPR | 46 jobs CISA | 46 jobs Security strategy | 44 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for CISO roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with CISO job listings are Career development, Team events and Startup environment. 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 | 144 jobs Team events | 74 jobs Startup environment | 65 jobs Health care | 61 jobs Flex hours | 58 jobs Competitive pay | 48 jobs Equity / stock options | 39 jobs Salary bonus | 38 jobs Insurance | 36 jobs Flex vacation | 26 jobs 401(k) matching | 24 jobs Parental leave | 23 jobs Conferences | 23 jobs Medical leave | 22 jobs Wellness | 14 jobs Fitness / gym | 8 jobs Transparency | 8 jobs Fertility benefits | 8 jobs Flexible spending account | 8 jobs Home office stipend | 5 jobsRelated salaries
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