Salary for Entry-level / Junior SOC Analyst in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior SOC Analyst in United States during 2025 is USD 80,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 70 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior SOC Analyst salary lies between USD 68,160 and USD 114,500 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
- SOC Analyst
- Experience
- Entry-level / Junior
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 70
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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 SOC Analyst roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior SOC Analyst job listings are SOC, Monitoring and SIEM. 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:
SOC | 173 jobs Monitoring | 115 jobs SIEM | 113 jobs Incident response | 100 jobs Cloud | 66 jobs EDR | 65 jobs Linux | 59 jobs Windows | 55 jobs Malware | 53 jobs Firewalls | 51 jobs Vulnerabilities | 43 jobs Threat intelligence | 42 jobs Scripting | 42 jobs Splunk | 40 jobs Computer Science | 40 jobs Clearance | 39 jobs IDS | 38 jobs Python | 38 jobs CompTIA | 37 jobs Compliance | 36 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior SOC Analyst roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior SOC Analyst job listings are Team events, Career development 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:
Team events | 116 jobs Career development | 89 jobs Health care | 65 jobs Flex hours | 37 jobs Insurance | 36 jobs Competitive pay | 31 jobs Salary bonus | 29 jobs Medical leave | 28 jobs Parental leave | 27 jobs Startup environment | 24 jobs Equity / stock options | 21 jobs Flex vacation | 21 jobs 401(k) matching | 16 jobs Wellness | 10 jobs Gear | 7 jobs Transparency | 5 jobs Flexible spending account | 5 jobs Fitness / gym | 4 jobs Conferences | 3 jobs Relocation support | 3 jobsRelated salaries
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