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
Salary details
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.
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- Ciso
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 12
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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 | 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 jobsTop 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 jobsRelated salaries
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