Risk Manager Salary in 2025

💰 The median Risk Manager Salary in 2025 is USD 157,650

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

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Salary details

The average Risk Manager salary lies between USD 100,000 and USD 170,600 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
Risk Manager
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
30
Top 10%
$ 207,000
Top 25%
$ 170,600
Median
$ 157,650
Bottom 25%
$ 100,000
Bottom 10%
$ 93,100

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 Risk Manager roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Risk Manager job listings are Risk management, Compliance 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:

Risk management | 71 jobs Compliance | 65 jobs CISSP | 64 jobs Risk assessment | 54 jobs CISM | 53 jobs CISA | 53 jobs CRISC | 43 jobs Governance | 40 jobs Monitoring | 38 jobs NIST | 35 jobs Audits | 32 jobs Computer Science | 29 jobs Strategy | 27 jobs ISO 27001 | 27 jobs Cloud | 23 jobs Privacy | 22 jobs Finance | 19 jobs Vulnerabilities | 17 jobs RMF | 17 jobs Analytics | 14 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Risk Manager roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Risk Manager job listings are Career development, Competitive pay 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 | 45 jobs Competitive pay | 32 jobs Team events | 29 jobs Health care | 27 jobs Flex hours | 23 jobs Insurance | 17 jobs Equity / stock options | 15 jobs Salary bonus | 14 jobs Startup environment | 13 jobs Medical leave | 13 jobs Parental leave | 12 jobs 401(k) matching | 11 jobs Flex vacation | 10 jobs Fitness / gym | 8 jobs Transparency | 7 jobs Wellness | 6 jobs Conferences | 5 jobs Gear | 4 jobs Relocation support | 3 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 3 jobs

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