Information Security Specialist Salary in 2025

💰 The median Information Security Specialist Salary in 2025 is USD 112,140

✏️ This salary info is based on 90 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Information Security Specialist salary lies between USD 87,000 and USD 136,800 globally. 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 Specialist
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
90
Top 10%
$ 151,000
Top 25%
$ 136,800
Median
$ 112,140
Bottom 25%
$ 87,000
Bottom 10%
$ 68,421

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 Specialist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Information Security Specialist job listings are Compliance, Cloud 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 | 110 jobs Cloud | 83 jobs CISSP | 82 jobs Risk management | 68 jobs Computer Science | 62 jobs NIST | 59 jobs Strategy | 55 jobs ISO 27001 | 55 jobs Risk assessment | 53 jobs Audits | 52 jobs Governance | 52 jobs Incident response | 48 jobs Monitoring | 47 jobs CISA | 45 jobs CISM | 40 jobs Banking | 33 jobs Vulnerability management | 32 jobs Vulnerabilities | 30 jobs Clearance | 29 jobs Privacy | 28 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Information Security Specialist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Information Security Specialist job listings are Career development, Health care and Competitive pay. 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 | 109 jobs Health care | 77 jobs Competitive pay | 60 jobs Flex hours | 55 jobs Team events | 39 jobs Equity / stock options | 31 jobs Insurance | 30 jobs Flex vacation | 19 jobs Startup environment | 19 jobs Wellness | 18 jobs Medical leave | 14 jobs Parental leave | 13 jobs Relocation support | 12 jobs Salary bonus | 12 jobs 401(k) matching | 7 jobs Conferences | 6 jobs Transparency | 5 jobs Flexible spending account | 5 jobs Gear | 4 jobs Fitness / gym | 3 jobs

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Information Security Specialist @ $ 97,000 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Information Security Specialist @ $ 109,300 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Information Security Specialist @ $ 113,000 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Information Security Specialist @ $ 113,000 (United States) Details
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Information Security Specialist @ $ 111,486 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Information Security Specialist @ $ 97,000 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Information Security Specialist @ $ 110,000 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Information Security Specialist @ $ 100,000 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Information Security Specialist @ $ 101,900 (Canada) Details

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