Director of IT Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Director of IT Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 174,063

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The average Director of IT salary lies between USD 150,000 and USD 190,000 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
Director of IT
Experience
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
8
Top 10%
$ 272,250
Top 25%
$ 190,000
Median
$ 174,063
Bottom 25%
$ 150,000
Bottom 10%
$ 134,706

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 Director of IT roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Director of IT job listings are Compliance, CISSP and Computer Science. 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 | 18 jobs CISSP | 17 jobs Computer Science | 16 jobs IT infrastructure | 14 jobs Strategy | 13 jobs Risk management | 12 jobs Cloud | 12 jobs ITIL | 8 jobs Monitoring | 8 jobs Incident response | 7 jobs Azure | 7 jobs Audits | 6 jobs CISM | 6 jobs Governance | 6 jobs Vendor management | 5 jobs Analytics | 5 jobs AWS | 5 jobs ISO 27001 | 5 jobs SOC 2 | 5 jobs CISA | 5 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Director of IT roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Director of IT job listings are Career development, Health care 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 | 15 jobs Health care | 13 jobs Startup environment | 11 jobs Insurance | 7 jobs Medical leave | 5 jobs Salary bonus | 4 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 4 jobs 401(k) matching | 3 jobs Equity / stock options | 3 jobs Competitive pay | 3 jobs Team events | 3 jobs Wellness | 2 jobs Transparency | 2 jobs Parental leave | 1 jobs Flex hours | 1 jobs Flex vacation | 1 jobs Pet friendly | 1 jobs Home office stipend | 1 jobs

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