Salary for Entry-level / Junior Cyber Security in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Cyber Security in United States during 2025 is USD 80,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 34 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior Cyber Security salary lies between USD 51,600 and USD 120,000 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 Security
- Experience
- Entry-level / Junior
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 34
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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 Security roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Cyber Security job listings are Compliance, Computer Science and Monitoring. 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 | 150 jobs Computer Science | 137 jobs Monitoring | 127 jobs Incident response | 112 jobs Vulnerabilities | 109 jobs Cloud | 109 jobs SIEM | 101 jobs Firewalls | 83 jobs Clearance | 75 jobs Threat intelligence | 72 jobs Risk management | 69 jobs CISSP | 68 jobs NIST | 67 jobs Windows | 67 jobs SOC | 62 jobs Linux | 61 jobs Vulnerability management | 58 jobs Audits | 56 jobs Network security | 54 jobs Governance | 53 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior Cyber Security roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior Cyber Security job listings are Career development, Team events and Health care. 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 | 208 jobs Team events | 122 jobs Health care | 102 jobs Flex hours | 92 jobs Competitive pay | 81 jobs Equity / stock options | 55 jobs Flex vacation | 51 jobs Startup environment | 47 jobs Insurance | 44 jobs Parental leave | 32 jobs Salary bonus | 30 jobs Medical leave | 29 jobs 401(k) matching | 28 jobs Wellness | 27 jobs Fitness / gym | 16 jobs Home office stipend | 13 jobs Relocation support | 11 jobs Flexible spending account | 9 jobs Lunch / meals | 8 jobs Conferences | 6 jobsRelated salaries
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