Ciso Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Ciso Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 196,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 12 individual salaries reported during 2025

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The average Ciso salary lies between USD 152,700 and USD 225,000 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.

Job title
Ciso
Experience
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
12
Top 10%
$ 282,900
Top 25%
$ 225,000
Median
$ 196,500
Bottom 25%
$ 152,700
Bottom 10%
$ 130,000

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 Ciso roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Ciso job listings are CISO, Compliance and Strategy. 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 | 44 jobs Compliance | 25 jobs Strategy | 24 jobs Cloud | 18 jobs CISSP | 16 jobs Risk management | 16 jobs Privacy | 16 jobs Governance | 14 jobs Risk assessment | 13 jobs CISM | 13 jobs GDPR | 12 jobs NIST | 11 jobs Monitoring | 11 jobs IAM | 11 jobs Audits | 10 jobs Incident response | 10 jobs Banking | 9 jobs C | 9 jobs Application security | 9 jobs Vulnerability management | 8 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Ciso roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Ciso job listings are Career development, Startup environment 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 | 31 jobs Startup environment | 13 jobs Team events | 13 jobs Flex hours | 12 jobs Health care | 12 jobs Salary bonus | 8 jobs Equity / stock options | 7 jobs Parental leave | 5 jobs Competitive pay | 5 jobs Wellness | 4 jobs Conferences | 4 jobs Medical leave | 4 jobs Insurance | 4 jobs 401(k) matching | 3 jobs Flex vacation | 3 jobs Travel | 2 jobs Home office stipend | 2 jobs Flexible spending account | 2 jobs Transparency | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs

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