Cyber Security Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Cyber Security Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 138,625
✏️ This salary info is based on 308 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Cyber Security salary lies between USD 90,000 and USD 187,500 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
- Cyber Security
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 308
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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.
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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 | 1491 jobs Cloud | 1365 jobs CISSP | 1150 jobs Computer Science | 1119 jobs Monitoring | 1033 jobs Incident response | 1019 jobs Vulnerabilities | 959 jobs NIST | 956 jobs Risk management | 873 jobs SIEM | 839 jobs Clearance | 798 jobs Firewalls | 746 jobs Strategy | 683 jobs Risk assessment | 645 jobs CISM | 615 jobs Automation | 600 jobs Linux | 591 jobs Audits | 579 jobs Azure | 565 jobs Network security | 556 jobsTop 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 | 1695 jobs Health care | 1048 jobs Team events | 836 jobs Flex hours | 807 jobs Competitive pay | 684 jobs Insurance | 537 jobs Equity / stock options | 449 jobs Flex vacation | 424 jobs Startup environment | 381 jobs Salary bonus | 344 jobs Parental leave | 341 jobs Medical leave | 341 jobs 401(k) matching | 311 jobs Wellness | 264 jobs Relocation support | 105 jobs Conferences | 92 jobs Fitness / gym | 91 jobs Flexible spending account | 69 jobs Transparency | 60 jobs Gear | 53 jobsRelated salaries
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