Salary for Entry-level / Junior Cyber Defense Analyst in United States during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Cyber Defense Analyst in United States during 2024 is USD 112,000

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Salary details

The average entry-level / junior Cyber Defense Analyst salary lies between USD 75,600 and USD 172,000 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
Cyber Defense Analyst
Experience
Entry-level / Junior
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 290,004
Top 25%
$ 172,000
Median
$ 112,000
Bottom 25%
$ 75,600
Bottom 10%
$ 49,997

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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Top 20 Job Tags for Entry-level / Junior Cyber Defense Analyst roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Cyber Defense Analyst job listings are Cyber defense, Cloud and Vulnerabilities. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Cyber defense | 33 jobs Cloud | 23 jobs Vulnerabilities | 20 jobs Linux | 19 jobs Scripting | 17 jobs Windows | 16 jobs UNIX | 16 jobs Network security | 15 jobs Application security | 15 jobs IDS | 14 jobs Malware | 13 jobs TCP/IP | 13 jobs Pentesting | 13 jobs Monitoring | 13 jobs Incident response | 12 jobs Firewalls | 12 jobs Analytics | 12 jobs CEH | 12 jobs SIEM | 11 jobs SAP | 11 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior Cyber Defense Analyst roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior Cyber Defense Analyst job listings are Team events, Career development and Health care. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Team events | 11 jobs Career development | 7 jobs Health care | 5 jobs Flex hours | 4 jobs Medical leave | 3 jobs Insurance | 3 jobs 401(k) matching | 2 jobs Flex vacation | 2 jobs Wellness | 2 jobs Competitive pay | 2 jobs Parental leave | 1 jobs Travel | 1 jobs Salary bonus | 1 jobs Fertility benefits | 1 jobs

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