Incident Response Engineer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Incident Response Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 138,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 26 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Incident Response Engineer salary lies between USD 120,000 and USD 182,600 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.
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- Incident Response Engineer
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- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 26
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Top 20 Job Tags for Incident Response Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Incident Response Engineer job listings are Incident response, Cloud and AWS. 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 | 46 jobs Cloud | 38 jobs AWS | 28 jobs Monitoring | 25 jobs Vulnerabilities | 21 jobs Automation | 21 jobs Python | 20 jobs Linux | 20 jobs CISSP | 17 jobs Threat intelligence | 16 jobs Azure | 16 jobs GCIH | 16 jobs Privacy | 16 jobs Compliance | 15 jobs Scripting | 15 jobs Computer Science | 15 jobs PowerShell | 14 jobs Forensics | 13 jobs Analytics | 13 jobs GIAC | 13 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Incident Response Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Incident Response Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Competitive pay. 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 | 24 jobs Health care | 17 jobs Competitive pay | 15 jobs Team events | 15 jobs Flex hours | 13 jobs Wellness | 12 jobs Flex vacation | 11 jobs Startup environment | 11 jobs Parental leave | 10 jobs Equity / stock options | 9 jobs Salary bonus | 9 jobs Medical leave | 8 jobs Insurance | 7 jobs Transparency | 4 jobs 401(k) matching | 3 jobs Conferences | 2 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs Fertility benefits | 1 jobs Flexible spending account | 1 jobsRelated salaries
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