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 77,760
✏️ This salary info is based on 30 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior SOC Analyst salary lies between USD 68,000 and USD 100,000 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
- SOC Analyst
- Experience
- Entry-level / Junior
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 30
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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, SIEM and Monitoring. 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 | 84 jobs SIEM | 55 jobs Monitoring | 53 jobs Incident response | 47 jobs EDR | 36 jobs Linux | 33 jobs Cloud | 33 jobs Malware | 29 jobs Windows | 29 jobs Firewalls | 25 jobs Threat intelligence | 23 jobs Vulnerabilities | 22 jobs Scripting | 22 jobs Compliance | 21 jobs Splunk | 20 jobs Computer Science | 19 jobs IDS | 18 jobs CEH | 17 jobs IPS | 16 jobs Strategy | 16 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 | 51 jobs Career development | 42 jobs Health care | 29 jobs Insurance | 17 jobs Competitive pay | 14 jobs Medical leave | 13 jobs Startup environment | 12 jobs Equity / stock options | 10 jobs Parental leave | 10 jobs Flex hours | 10 jobs Salary bonus | 10 jobs 401(k) matching | 8 jobs Wellness | 6 jobs Flex vacation | 5 jobs Gear | 3 jobs Lunch / meals | 2 jobs Conferences | 2 jobs Home office stipend | 2 jobs Fertility benefits | 2 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobsRelated salaries
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