Information Security Officer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Information Security Officer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 172,273
✏️ This salary info is based on 160 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Information Security Officer salary lies between USD 125,760 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
- 160
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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 | 312 jobs Risk management | 246 jobs CISSP | 240 jobs CISM | 224 jobs CISO | 204 jobs ISO 27001 | 198 jobs Audits | 178 jobs Governance | 178 jobs Strategy | 176 jobs Cloud | 175 jobs NIST | 173 jobs Incident response | 162 jobs Risk assessment | 157 jobs Computer Science | 156 jobs CISA | 131 jobs Privacy | 119 jobs Vulnerabilities | 109 jobs Monitoring | 98 jobs GDPR | 94 jobs Security strategy | 94 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 | 207 jobs Health care | 127 jobs Flex hours | 110 jobs Team events | 86 jobs Competitive pay | 80 jobs Insurance | 62 jobs Startup environment | 59 jobs Flex vacation | 53 jobs Equity / stock options | 47 jobs Salary bonus | 47 jobs Parental leave | 40 jobs 401(k) matching | 39 jobs Medical leave | 35 jobs Wellness | 31 jobs Transparency | 25 jobs Fitness / gym | 21 jobs Flexible spending account | 12 jobs Travel | 8 jobs Gear | 8 jobs Conferences | 8 jobsRelated salaries
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