Information Security Specialist Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Information Security Specialist Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 112,986
✏️ This salary info is based on 106 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Information Security Specialist salary lies between USD 87,000 and USD 151,000 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 Specialist
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 106
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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 | 241 jobs Cloud | 165 jobs CISSP | 145 jobs Audits | 130 jobs Computer Science | 129 jobs Risk management | 114 jobs Risk assessment | 108 jobs NIST | 103 jobs Monitoring | 99 jobs ISO 27001 | 93 jobs Incident response | 89 jobs Governance | 86 jobs Clearance | 85 jobs Strategy | 81 jobs Vulnerabilities | 73 jobs CISA | 68 jobs CISM | 67 jobs DoD | 65 jobs SIEM | 60 jobs Automation | 58 jobsTop 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 Team events. 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 | 195 jobs Health care | 131 jobs Team events | 98 jobs Competitive pay | 95 jobs Flex hours | 92 jobs Insurance | 61 jobs Equity / stock options | 60 jobs Flex vacation | 31 jobs Startup environment | 31 jobs Medical leave | 30 jobs Parental leave | 27 jobs Wellness | 26 jobs Salary bonus | 18 jobs 401(k) matching | 15 jobs Gear | 14 jobs Relocation support | 14 jobs Transparency | 9 jobs Conferences | 8 jobs Flexible spending account | 8 jobs Home office stipend | 6 jobsRelated salaries
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