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 99,437
✏️ This salary info is based on 618 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior Security Analyst salary lies between USD 75,456 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
- Security Analyst
- Experience
- Entry-level / Junior
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 618
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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 Incident response. 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 | 683 jobs Monitoring | 569 jobs Incident response | 515 jobs Vulnerabilities | 489 jobs Cloud | 487 jobs Computer Science | 468 jobs SIEM | 421 jobs Audits | 338 jobs NIST | 336 jobs Firewalls | 324 jobs Risk management | 321 jobs CISSP | 312 jobs SOC | 300 jobs Clearance | 292 jobs Windows | 289 jobs Risk assessment | 283 jobs Linux | 262 jobs Vulnerability management | 232 jobs Governance | 226 jobs IDS | 202 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 | 735 jobs Health care | 514 jobs Team events | 469 jobs Insurance | 317 jobs Flex hours | 299 jobs Competitive pay | 277 jobs Equity / stock options | 219 jobs Flex vacation | 211 jobs Salary bonus | 201 jobs 401(k) matching | 186 jobs Startup environment | 163 jobs Medical leave | 157 jobs Parental leave | 140 jobs Wellness | 139 jobs Transparency | 64 jobs Relocation support | 44 jobs Home office stipend | 44 jobs Flexible spending account | 43 jobs Fitness / gym | 31 jobs Gear | 30 jobsRelated salaries
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