Ciso Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Ciso Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 200,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 21 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average CISO salary lies between USD 152,700 and USD 270,000 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
- 21
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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.
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 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 | 80 jobs Compliance | 52 jobs Strategy | 48 jobs Cloud | 41 jobs Risk management | 37 jobs CISSP | 36 jobs Governance | 36 jobs Risk assessment | 30 jobs CISM | 30 jobs Privacy | 30 jobs Incident response | 27 jobs NIST | 27 jobs GDPR | 24 jobs Audits | 22 jobs ISO 27001 | 22 jobs Computer Science | 20 jobs Security strategy | 19 jobs CISA | 18 jobs Monitoring | 18 jobs IAM | 18 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 | 56 jobs Team events | 24 jobs Startup environment | 22 jobs Flex hours | 20 jobs Health care | 20 jobs Equity / stock options | 14 jobs Salary bonus | 14 jobs Competitive pay | 12 jobs Parental leave | 11 jobs Medical leave | 10 jobs 401(k) matching | 9 jobs Flex vacation | 9 jobs Insurance | 9 jobs Wellness | 8 jobs Conferences | 8 jobs Flexible spending account | 5 jobs Fitness / gym | 4 jobs Transparency | 4 jobs Home office stipend | 4 jobs Fertility benefits | 4 jobsRelated salaries
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