Incident Response Manager Salary in 2025

💰 The median Incident Response Manager Salary in 2025 is USD 100,043

✏️ This salary info is based on 12 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Incident Response Manager salary lies between USD 81,684 and USD 122,526 globally. 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 Manager
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
12
Top 10%
$ 148,000
Top 25%
$ 122,526
Median
$ 100,043
Bottom 25%
$ 81,684
Bottom 10%
$ 77,215

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 Manager roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Incident Response Manager job listings are Incident response, SIEM and Forensics. 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 | 23 jobs SIEM | 11 jobs Forensics | 10 jobs CISSP | 10 jobs Compliance | 9 jobs Vulnerabilities | 8 jobs Monitoring | 8 jobs Threat intelligence | 7 jobs Malware | 7 jobs NIST | 7 jobs Computer Science | 7 jobs SOC | 6 jobs Strategy | 5 jobs CISM | 5 jobs GIAC | 5 jobs Risk management | 5 jobs EDR | 5 jobs Privacy | 5 jobs Scripting | 5 jobs IDS | 4 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Incident Response Manager roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Incident Response Manager job listings are Career development, Flex hours and Health care. 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 | 16 jobs Flex hours | 11 jobs Health care | 8 jobs Competitive pay | 8 jobs Team events | 8 jobs Salary bonus | 7 jobs Equity / stock options | 5 jobs Insurance | 5 jobs Medical leave | 4 jobs Parental leave | 3 jobs Fitness / gym | 2 jobs Flex vacation | 1 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Startup environment | 1 jobs Home office stipend | 1 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 1 jobs Flexible spending account | 1 jobs

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Incident Response Manager @ $ 100,043 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
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Incident Response Manager @ $ 129,800 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details

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