Information Security Officer Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Information Security Officer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 200,000

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The average Information Security Officer salary lies between USD 168,000 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
6
Top 10%
$ 334,600
Top 25%
$ 230,800
Median
$ 200,000
Bottom 25%
$ 168,000
Bottom 10%
$ 97,300

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 CISM. 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 | 32 jobs Risk management | 30 jobs CISM | 23 jobs CISSP | 22 jobs Incident response | 19 jobs ISO 27001 | 19 jobs CISO | 19 jobs Governance | 18 jobs Audits | 17 jobs CISA | 17 jobs Cloud | 17 jobs Vulnerabilities | 16 jobs Risk assessment | 16 jobs NIST | 16 jobs Strategy | 15 jobs Monitoring | 14 jobs Computer Science | 12 jobs Privacy | 11 jobs ISMS | 11 jobs GDPR | 10 jobs

Top 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, Team events 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 | 29 jobs Team events | 13 jobs Flex hours | 9 jobs Health care | 8 jobs Startup environment | 8 jobs Competitive pay | 6 jobs Equity / stock options | 5 jobs Flex vacation | 4 jobs 401(k) matching | 3 jobs Parental leave | 3 jobs Insurance | 3 jobs Transparency | 2 jobs Conferences | 2 jobs Salary bonus | 2 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Travel | 1 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 1 jobs

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