Incident Response Specialist Salary in 2025

💰 The median Incident Response Specialist Salary in 2025 is USD 82,278

✏️ This salary info is based on 6 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Incident Response Specialist salary lies between USD 69,620 and USD 90,000 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 Specialist
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 120,000
Top 25%
$ 90,000
Median
$ 82,278
Bottom 25%
$ 69,620
Bottom 10%
$ 69,620

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Incident Response Specialist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Incident Response Specialist job listings are Incident response, Threat intelligence and Vulnerabilities. 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 | 10 jobs Threat intelligence | 6 jobs Vulnerabilities | 5 jobs Forensics | 4 jobs Monitoring | 4 jobs SOC | 4 jobs SIEM | 3 jobs Strategy | 3 jobs NIST | 3 jobs CISSP | 3 jobs GCIH | 3 jobs GIAC | 3 jobs MITRE ATT&CK | 3 jobs Cloud | 3 jobs Threat detection | 2 jobs Malware | 2 jobs CISM | 2 jobs CISA | 2 jobs GCFA | 2 jobs ITIL | 2 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Incident Response Specialist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Incident Response Specialist job listings are Career development, Competitive pay 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:

Career development | 8 jobs Competitive pay | 5 jobs Flex hours | 4 jobs Team events | 4 jobs Salary bonus | 3 jobs Insurance | 2 jobs Home office stipend | 2 jobs 401(k) matching | 1 jobs Health care | 1 jobs Startup environment | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs

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