Director of Security Salary in 2024

💰 The median Director of Security Salary in 2024 is USD 194,700

✏️ This salary info is based on 8 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average Director of Security salary lies between USD 137,600 and USD 200,000 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
Director of Security
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
8
Top 10%
$ 296,000
Top 25%
$ 200,000
Median
$ 194,700
Bottom 25%
$ 137,600
Bottom 10%
$ 114,800

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 Security roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Director of Security job listings are Compliance, Incident response and Monitoring. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Compliance | 32 jobs Incident response | 27 jobs Monitoring | 26 jobs Strategy | 25 jobs CISSP | 24 jobs Cloud | 21 jobs Computer Science | 18 jobs CISM | 17 jobs Privacy | 15 jobs Risk assessment | 14 jobs AWS | 14 jobs Security strategy | 14 jobs NIST | 13 jobs Risk management | 13 jobs Governance | 13 jobs Vulnerability management | 12 jobs Automation | 12 jobs SOC | 12 jobs Audits | 11 jobs Azure | 11 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Director of Security roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Director of Security job listings are Career development, Equity / stock options and Health care. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 33 jobs Equity / stock options | 21 jobs Health care | 20 jobs Competitive pay | 15 jobs Team events | 14 jobs Medical leave | 12 jobs Parental leave | 11 jobs Wellness | 11 jobs Startup environment | 11 jobs Flex vacation | 9 jobs Salary bonus | 9 jobs Insurance | 8 jobs Flex hours | 6 jobs Gear | 5 jobs 401(k) matching | 3 jobs Travel | 3 jobs Lunch / meals | 2 jobs Transparency | 2 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 2 jobs Home office stipend | 2 jobs

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