Salary for Entry-level / Junior Security Administrator during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Security Administrator during 2025 is USD 37,128

✏️ This salary info is based on 12 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average entry-level / junior Security Administrator salary lies between USD 33,924 and USD 69,878 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
Security Administrator
Experience
Entry-level / Junior
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
12
Top 10%
$ 93,170
Top 25%
$ 69,878
Median
$ 37,128
Bottom 25%
$ 33,924
Bottom 10%
$ 33,544

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 Security Administrator roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Security Administrator job listings are Compliance, Clearance and Security Clearance. 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 | 7 jobs Clearance | 6 jobs Security Clearance | 5 jobs Firewalls | 4 jobs Monitoring | 4 jobs Audits | 3 jobs Industrial | 3 jobs Vulnerabilities | 3 jobs Azure | 3 jobs Top Secret | 3 jobs TS/SCI | 3 jobs Risk management | 3 jobs DoD | 3 jobs Governance | 3 jobs Cloud | 3 jobs NISPOM | 3 jobs SharePoint | 3 jobs Computer Science | 3 jobs Confluence | 3 jobs Incident response | 2 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior Security Administrator roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior Security Administrator 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 | 11 jobs Team events | 8 jobs Health care | 7 jobs Insurance | 7 jobs 401(k) matching | 6 jobs Flex hours | 5 jobs Flex vacation | 5 jobs Flexible spending account | 4 jobs Competitive pay | 3 jobs Wellness | 2 jobs Startup environment | 2 jobs Lunch / meals | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs

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