Incident Responder Salary in United States during 2024

💰 The median Incident Responder Salary in United States during 2024 is USD 134,597

✏️ This salary info is based on 38 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average Incident Responder salary lies between USD 106,000 and USD 184,000 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 Responder
Experience
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
38
Top 10%
$ 204,360
Top 25%
$ 184,000
Median
$ 134,597
Bottom 25%
$ 106,000
Bottom 10%
$ 66,000

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.

Last updated: Sept. 15, 2024

Top 20 Job Tags for Incident Responder roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Incident Responder job listings are Incident response, Cloud 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:

Incident response | 111 jobs Cloud | 61 jobs Monitoring | 55 jobs GCIH | 51 jobs Forensics | 50 jobs Malware | 45 jobs Computer Science | 44 jobs Automation | 43 jobs Vulnerabilities | 41 jobs SIEM | 40 jobs Python | 39 jobs Scripting | 39 jobs Compliance | 36 jobs SOC | 36 jobs Threat intelligence | 35 jobs Windows | 33 jobs Intrusion detection | 32 jobs CISSP | 31 jobs Linux | 31 jobs EDR | 30 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Incident Responder roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Incident Responder job listings are Career development, Team events 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 | 57 jobs Team events | 45 jobs Health care | 35 jobs Competitive pay | 28 jobs Flex hours | 21 jobs Salary bonus | 18 jobs Equity / stock options | 15 jobs Startup environment | 15 jobs Insurance | 13 jobs Flex vacation | 10 jobs Wellness | 10 jobs Medical leave | 9 jobs 401(k) matching | 8 jobs Parental leave | 8 jobs Fitness / gym | 7 jobs Gear | 2 jobs Transparency | 2 jobs Conferences | 2 jobs Flat hierarchy | 1 jobs

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