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 89,000

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Salary details

The average entry-level / junior Cyber Security salary lies between USD 52,000 and USD 125,760 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
20
Top 10%
$ 182,400
Top 25%
$ 125,760
Median
$ 89,000
Bottom 25%
$ 52,000
Bottom 10%
$ 37,000

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 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 | 82 jobs Computer Science | 74 jobs Monitoring | 71 jobs Incident response | 65 jobs Vulnerabilities | 60 jobs Cloud | 58 jobs SIEM | 57 jobs Clearance | 46 jobs Firewalls | 43 jobs Windows | 38 jobs CISSP | 37 jobs Threat intelligence | 35 jobs Risk management | 35 jobs Linux | 34 jobs NIST | 33 jobs SOC | 32 jobs Network security | 31 jobs Risk assessment | 31 jobs Vulnerability management | 28 jobs Python | 28 jobs

Top 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 | 117 jobs Team events | 74 jobs Health care | 63 jobs Competitive pay | 51 jobs Flex hours | 47 jobs Equity / stock options | 40 jobs Flex vacation | 30 jobs Insurance | 28 jobs Startup environment | 25 jobs Salary bonus | 21 jobs 401(k) matching | 20 jobs Parental leave | 18 jobs Wellness | 13 jobs Medical leave | 12 jobs Home office stipend | 11 jobs Fitness / gym | 9 jobs Lunch / meals | 7 jobs Relocation support | 7 jobs Flexible spending account | 6 jobs Conferences | 3 jobs

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