Incident Handler Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Incident Handler Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 104,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 6 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Incident Handler salary lies between USD 80,000 and USD 128,000 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
- Incident Handler
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 6
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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 Incident Handler roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Incident Handler job listings are GICSP, Clearance and Incident response. 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:
GICSP | 6 jobs Clearance | 6 jobs Incident response | 5 jobs Security Clearance | 5 jobs GSEC | 5 jobs Monitoring | 5 jobs Analytics | 4 jobs GCIH | 3 jobs SSCP | 3 jobs GIAC | 3 jobs DoD | 3 jobs GCIA | 3 jobs CERT | 3 jobs CND | 3 jobs Data Analytics | 3 jobs SIEM | 2 jobs TTPs | 2 jobs Industrial | 2 jobs Cyber defense | 2 jobs Malware | 2 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Incident Handler roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Incident Handler job listings are Team events, 401(k) matching and Flex hours. 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:
Team events | 5 jobs 401(k) matching | 1 jobs Flex hours | 1 jobs Flex vacation | 1 jobs Health care | 1 jobs Career development | 1 jobs Competitive pay | 1 jobs Medical leave | 1 jobs Insurance | 1 jobsWant to contribute?
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