Information Security Officer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Information Security Officer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 170,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 188 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Information Security Officer salary lies between USD 120,000 and USD 225,000 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
- 188
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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 | 375 jobs Risk management | 295 jobs CISSP | 283 jobs CISM | 261 jobs CISO | 247 jobs ISO 27001 | 231 jobs Audits | 212 jobs NIST | 212 jobs Governance | 211 jobs Strategy | 209 jobs Cloud | 204 jobs Incident response | 202 jobs Risk assessment | 187 jobs Computer Science | 184 jobs CISA | 151 jobs Privacy | 144 jobs Vulnerabilities | 127 jobs GDPR | 119 jobs Monitoring | 119 jobs Security strategy | 109 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 | 252 jobs Health care | 154 jobs Flex hours | 136 jobs Team events | 107 jobs Competitive pay | 100 jobs Insurance | 72 jobs Startup environment | 70 jobs Flex vacation | 62 jobs Salary bonus | 55 jobs Equity / stock options | 54 jobs Parental leave | 51 jobs 401(k) matching | 45 jobs Medical leave | 43 jobs Wellness | 35 jobs Transparency | 27 jobs Fitness / gym | 22 jobs Flexible spending account | 14 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 11 jobs Travel | 10 jobs Conferences | 10 jobsRelated salaries
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