Information Security Officer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Information Security Officer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 177,103
✏️ This salary info is based on 46 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Information Security Officer salary lies between USD 129,900 and USD 275,000 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
- Information Security Officer
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 46
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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 Information Security Officer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Information Security Officer job listings are Compliance, Risk management and CISSP. 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:
Compliance | 94 jobs Risk management | 79 jobs CISSP | 73 jobs CISM | 69 jobs CISO | 64 jobs ISO 27001 | 57 jobs Governance | 54 jobs Audits | 52 jobs Strategy | 52 jobs Computer Science | 51 jobs Incident response | 49 jobs Cloud | 49 jobs NIST | 46 jobs Risk assessment | 45 jobs CISA | 44 jobs Vulnerabilities | 37 jobs Privacy | 35 jobs Monitoring | 35 jobs GDPR | 28 jobs Security strategy | 28 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Information Security Officer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Information Security Officer job listings are Career development, Health care 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 | 76 jobs Health care | 35 jobs Flex hours | 31 jobs Competitive pay | 30 jobs Team events | 24 jobs Equity / stock options | 21 jobs Startup environment | 19 jobs Insurance | 18 jobs Parental leave | 14 jobs Flex vacation | 14 jobs Medical leave | 14 jobs Wellness | 12 jobs Salary bonus | 12 jobs Transparency | 10 jobs 401(k) matching | 9 jobs Conferences | 5 jobs Flexible spending account | 5 jobs Travel | 4 jobs Gear | 4 jobs Fertility benefits | 4 jobsRelated salaries
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