Information Security Risk Specialist Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Information Security Risk Specialist Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 122,875

✏️ This salary info is based on 30 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Information Security Risk Specialist salary lies between USD 75,600 and USD 160,000 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 Risk Specialist
Experience
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
30
Top 10%
$ 172,000
Top 25%
$ 160,000
Median
$ 122,875
Bottom 25%
$ 75,600
Bottom 10%
$ 60,400

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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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Information Security Risk Specialist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Information Security Risk Specialist job listings are Compliance, Risk management and NIST. 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 | 13 jobs Risk management | 12 jobs NIST | 11 jobs Clearance | 11 jobs DoD | 11 jobs RMF | 11 jobs eMASS | 10 jobs STIGs | 9 jobs CISSP | 8 jobs ACAS | 8 jobs Risk assessment | 7 jobs Cloud | 7 jobs ISSE | 7 jobs NIST 800-53 | 7 jobs DoDD 8570 | 6 jobs Computer Science | 6 jobs CISM | 5 jobs Vulnerabilities | 4 jobs Automation | 4 jobs ISO 27001 | 4 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Information Security Risk Specialist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Information Security Risk Specialist job listings are Health care, Career development and Medical leave. 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:

Health care | 16 jobs Career development | 13 jobs Medical leave | 7 jobs Parental leave | 4 jobs Insurance | 4 jobs Flex hours | 3 jobs Team events | 3 jobs Equity / stock options | 2 jobs Wellness | 2 jobs Salary bonus | 2 jobs Flex vacation | 1 jobs Transparency | 1 jobs Home office stipend | 1 jobs

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