Information Security Officer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Information Security Officer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 175,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 142 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Information Security Officer salary lies between USD 126,000 and USD 230,800 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
- 142
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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 | 275 jobs Risk management | 221 jobs CISSP | 215 jobs CISM | 201 jobs CISO | 179 jobs ISO 27001 | 169 jobs Cloud | 158 jobs Audits | 157 jobs Strategy | 157 jobs Governance | 156 jobs NIST | 150 jobs Computer Science | 142 jobs Risk assessment | 139 jobs Incident response | 138 jobs CISA | 120 jobs Privacy | 108 jobs Vulnerabilities | 96 jobs Monitoring | 86 jobs Security strategy | 84 jobs GDPR | 83 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 | 185 jobs Health care | 110 jobs Flex hours | 100 jobs Team events | 76 jobs Competitive pay | 75 jobs Startup environment | 56 jobs Insurance | 53 jobs Flex vacation | 47 jobs Salary bonus | 43 jobs Equity / stock options | 40 jobs 401(k) matching | 35 jobs Parental leave | 34 jobs Wellness | 30 jobs Medical leave | 30 jobs Transparency | 20 jobs Fitness / gym | 15 jobs Flexible spending account | 12 jobs Conferences | 8 jobs Travel | 7 jobs Gear | 7 jobsRelated salaries
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