Director of Security Salary in 2025

💰 The median Director of Security Salary in 2025 is USD 207,850

✏️ This salary info is based on 18 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Director of Security salary lies between USD 168,560 and USD 258,500 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
2025
Sample size
18
Top 10%
$ 278,999
Top 25%
$ 258,500
Median
$ 207,850
Bottom 25%
$ 168,560
Bottom 10%
$ 137,600

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 Director of Security roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Director of Security job listings are Incident response, Compliance 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:

Incident response | 18 jobs Compliance | 18 jobs CISSP | 16 jobs Cloud | 16 jobs Computer Science | 15 jobs Strategy | 13 jobs SOC | 13 jobs CISM | 12 jobs Privacy | 10 jobs Vulnerabilities | 9 jobs AWS | 9 jobs ISO 27001 | 9 jobs GDPR | 9 jobs SOC 2 | 9 jobs Risk management | 9 jobs Security strategy | 9 jobs Vulnerability management | 8 jobs Risk assessment | 8 jobs Azure | 8 jobs Automation | 8 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, Health care and Equity / stock options. 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 | 17 jobs Health care | 14 jobs Equity / stock options | 13 jobs Startup environment | 10 jobs Flex vacation | 9 jobs Insurance | 8 jobs Salary bonus | 8 jobs Team events | 7 jobs Parental leave | 6 jobs Flex hours | 6 jobs Wellness | 6 jobs Medical leave | 6 jobs 401(k) matching | 5 jobs Competitive pay | 5 jobs Fitness / gym | 3 jobs Transparency | 3 jobs Lunch / meals | 2 jobs Gear | 1 jobs Signing bonus | 1 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 1 jobs

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Director of Security @ $ 212,500 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
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