Salary for Entry-level / Junior Security Analyst in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Security Analyst in United States during 2025 is USD 104,611
✏️ This salary info is based on 28 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior Security Analyst salary lies between USD 80,000 and USD 128,000 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
- Security Analyst
- Experience
- Entry-level / Junior
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 28
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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 Security Analyst roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Security Analyst job listings are Compliance, Monitoring and Cloud. 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 | 81 jobs Monitoring | 64 jobs Cloud | 59 jobs Incident response | 57 jobs Vulnerabilities | 57 jobs Computer Science | 51 jobs SIEM | 48 jobs Risk management | 45 jobs NIST | 38 jobs Audits | 35 jobs Clearance | 34 jobs CISSP | 33 jobs Windows | 33 jobs Firewalls | 30 jobs Risk assessment | 29 jobs SOC | 29 jobs Automation | 28 jobs Privacy | 28 jobs IAM | 28 jobs Network security | 27 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior Security Analyst roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior Security Analyst job listings are Career development, Health care and Team events. 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 | 83 jobs Health care | 64 jobs Team events | 54 jobs Insurance | 41 jobs Competitive pay | 35 jobs Salary bonus | 34 jobs Flex hours | 31 jobs Equity / stock options | 29 jobs Flex vacation | 27 jobs 401(k) matching | 21 jobs Medical leave | 21 jobs Parental leave | 18 jobs Startup environment | 16 jobs Wellness | 11 jobs Home office stipend | 11 jobs Relocation support | 9 jobs Transparency | 8 jobs Lunch / meals | 6 jobs Flexible spending account | 4 jobs Fitness / gym | 3 jobsRelated salaries
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