Incident Response Analyst Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Incident Response Analyst Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 113,900

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The average Incident Response Analyst 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 Response Analyst
Experience
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
8
Top 10%
$ 193,000
Top 25%
$ 128,000
Median
$ 113,900
Bottom 25%
$ 80,000
Bottom 10%
$ 54,000

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.

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Top 20 Job Tags for Incident Response Analyst roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Incident Response Analyst job listings are Incident response, SIEM and Monitoring. 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 | 15 jobs SIEM | 9 jobs Monitoring | 9 jobs Cloud | 9 jobs Forensics | 7 jobs Vulnerabilities | 7 jobs Malware | 7 jobs Threat intelligence | 6 jobs GCIH | 6 jobs GCFA | 6 jobs Windows | 6 jobs IDS | 5 jobs ISO 27001 | 5 jobs GIAC | 5 jobs Clearance | 5 jobs CompTIA | 5 jobs EDR | 5 jobs Computer Science | 5 jobs SOC | 5 jobs CrowdStrike | 5 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Incident Response Analyst roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Incident Response Analyst job listings are Health care, Career development 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:

Health care | 11 jobs Career development | 8 jobs Flex hours | 6 jobs Flex vacation | 6 jobs Team events | 6 jobs 401(k) matching | 5 jobs Competitive pay | 4 jobs Medical leave | 4 jobs Insurance | 4 jobs Equity / stock options | 3 jobs Parental leave | 3 jobs Salary bonus | 3 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobs Startup environment | 1 jobs Home office stipend | 1 jobs Flexible spending account | 1 jobs

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