Salary for Entry-level / Junior Risk Analyst in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Risk Analyst in United States during 2025 is USD 118,750

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Salary details

The average entry-level / junior Risk Analyst salary lies between USD 99,830 and USD 167,700 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
Entry-level / Junior
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 215,300
Top 25%
$ 167,700
Median
$ 118,750
Bottom 25%
$ 99,830
Bottom 10%
$ 60,400

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 Risk Analyst roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Risk Analyst 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 | 15 jobs Compliance | 14 jobs CISSP | 12 jobs Risk assessment | 10 jobs NIST | 10 jobs CISM | 9 jobs CISA | 9 jobs CRISC | 9 jobs ISO 27001 | 8 jobs Cloud | 8 jobs Monitoring | 7 jobs Audits | 6 jobs Governance | 5 jobs Privacy | 5 jobs Incident response | 4 jobs Security assessment | 4 jobs Vulnerabilities | 4 jobs GDPR | 4 jobs Application security | 4 jobs Computer Science | 4 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior Risk Analyst job listings are Career development, Health care and Medical leave. 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 | 12 jobs Health care | 11 jobs Medical leave | 6 jobs Flex vacation | 4 jobs 401(k) matching | 3 jobs Flex hours | 3 jobs Team events | 3 jobs Insurance | 3 jobs Wellness | 2 jobs Competitive pay | 2 jobs Equity / stock options | 1 jobs Parental leave | 1 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs Salary bonus | 1 jobs

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