Risk Analyst Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Risk Analyst Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 116,500

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Salary details

The average Risk Analyst salary lies between USD 84,757 and USD 158,000 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
Risk Analyst
Experience
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
50
Top 10%
$ 184,900
Top 25%
$ 158,000
Median
$ 116,500
Bottom 25%
$ 84,757
Bottom 10%
$ 62,000

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 Risk Analyst roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Risk Analyst job listings are Risk management, Compliance and Risk assessment. 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:

Risk management | 162 jobs Compliance | 151 jobs Risk assessment | 133 jobs CISSP | 122 jobs NIST | 111 jobs CISA | 95 jobs CISM | 87 jobs Governance | 83 jobs CRISC | 79 jobs Audits | 74 jobs Computer Science | 74 jobs Cloud | 69 jobs Monitoring | 68 jobs ISO 27001 | 64 jobs Vulnerabilities | 57 jobs Strategy | 50 jobs Privacy | 48 jobs GDPR | 40 jobs COBIT | 39 jobs Analytics | 34 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Risk Analyst roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Risk Analyst 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 | 124 jobs Health care | 93 jobs Competitive pay | 54 jobs Flex hours | 53 jobs Insurance | 47 jobs Team events | 42 jobs Flex vacation | 36 jobs Medical leave | 30 jobs Salary bonus | 30 jobs Equity / stock options | 28 jobs Parental leave | 28 jobs Wellness | 18 jobs Startup environment | 18 jobs 401(k) matching | 16 jobs Transparency | 8 jobs Flexible spending account | 8 jobs Conferences | 5 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 5 jobs Fitness / gym | 4 jobs Home office stipend | 4 jobs

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