Incident Response Lead Salary in United States during 2024

💰 The median Incident Response Lead Salary in United States during 2024 is USD 139,300

✏️ This salary info is based on 20 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average Incident Response Lead salary lies between USD 125,000 and USD 160,284 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 Lead
Experience
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
20
Top 10%
$ 165,000
Top 25%
$ 160,284
Median
$ 139,300
Bottom 25%
$ 125,000
Bottom 10%
$ 103,000

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 Response Lead roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Incident Response Lead 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 | 43 jobs Cloud | 25 jobs Monitoring | 24 jobs Computer Science | 24 jobs Forensics | 22 jobs CISSP | 22 jobs GCIH | 22 jobs Compliance | 21 jobs EDR | 20 jobs SIEM | 19 jobs Threat intelligence | 19 jobs Firewalls | 19 jobs AWS | 19 jobs Azure | 18 jobs Windows | 17 jobs Linux | 16 jobs Strategy | 15 jobs CEH | 15 jobs SOC | 15 jobs Risk assessment | 14 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Incident Response Lead roles

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

Health care | 25 jobs Career development | 21 jobs Team events | 21 jobs Insurance | 20 jobs Salary bonus | 15 jobs Flex hours | 13 jobs 401(k) matching | 11 jobs Competitive pay | 11 jobs Equity / stock options | 9 jobs Wellness | 9 jobs Flex vacation | 8 jobs Medical leave | 6 jobs Parental leave | 5 jobs Startup environment | 5 jobs Fitness / gym | 4 jobs Home office stipend | 4 jobs Gear | 1 jobs Transparency | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 1 jobs

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