Cyber Security Salary in 2025

💰 The median Cyber Security Salary in 2025 is USD 125,130

✏️ This salary info is based on 456 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Cyber Security salary lies between USD 82,000 and USD 170,000 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.

Job title
Cyber Security
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
456
Top 10%
$ 224,300
Top 25%
$ 170,000
Median
$ 125,130
Bottom 25%
$ 82,000
Bottom 10%
$ 50,632

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Cyber Security roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Cyber Security job listings are Compliance, Cloud and CISSP. 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 | 1673 jobs Cloud | 1526 jobs CISSP | 1282 jobs Computer Science | 1256 jobs Incident response | 1161 jobs Monitoring | 1152 jobs NIST | 1077 jobs Vulnerabilities | 1068 jobs Risk management | 982 jobs SIEM | 935 jobs Clearance | 904 jobs Firewalls | 827 jobs Strategy | 775 jobs Risk assessment | 723 jobs CISM | 690 jobs Automation | 671 jobs Linux | 657 jobs Audits | 643 jobs Azure | 628 jobs Governance | 612 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Cyber Security roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Cyber Security job listings are Career development, Health care 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 | 1900 jobs Health care | 1188 jobs Team events | 937 jobs Flex hours | 899 jobs Competitive pay | 782 jobs Insurance | 610 jobs Equity / stock options | 494 jobs Flex vacation | 474 jobs Startup environment | 430 jobs Parental leave | 392 jobs Medical leave | 388 jobs Salary bonus | 388 jobs 401(k) matching | 354 jobs Wellness | 295 jobs Relocation support | 128 jobs Fitness / gym | 106 jobs Conferences | 104 jobs Flexible spending account | 77 jobs Transparency | 72 jobs Gear | 58 jobs

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Cyber Security @ $ 182,500 (global) - Executive-level / Director Details
Cyber Security @ $ 145,100 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Cyber Security @ $ 100,276 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Cyber Security @ $ 65,262 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Cyber Security @ $ 190,000 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
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Cyber Security @ $ 78,400 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Cyber Security @ $ 105,550 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Cyber Security @ $ 155,013 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Cyber Security @ $ 125,187 (United Kingdom) - Executive-level / Director Details
Cyber Security @ $ 57,965 (United Kingdom) Details
Cyber Security @ $ 98,443 (United Kingdom) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Cyber Security @ $ 33,027 (United Kingdom) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Cyber Security @ $ 56,682 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Cyber Security @ $ 80,434 (Germany) Details
Cyber Security @ $ 107,693 (Canada) Details
Cyber Security @ $ 49,553 (Canada) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Cyber Security @ $ 117,049 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Cyber Security @ $ 136,767 (Australia) Details
Cyber Security @ $ 132,790 (Australia) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Cyber Security @ $ 156,843 (Australia) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details

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