Salary for Executive-level / Director Ciso in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Executive-level / Director Ciso in United States during 2025 is USD 222,500
✏️ This salary info is based on 6 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average executive-level / director Ciso salary lies between USD 193,000 and USD 280,000 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
- Ciso
- Experience
- Executive-level / Director
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 6
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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.
Last updated:Top 20 Job Tags for Executive-level / Director Ciso roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with executive-level / director Ciso job listings are CISO, Strategy and Compliance. 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:
CISO | 17 jobs Strategy | 13 jobs Compliance | 12 jobs CISSP | 9 jobs CISM | 9 jobs Risk management | 9 jobs Security strategy | 8 jobs Privacy | 8 jobs Governance | 7 jobs Cloud | 7 jobs Audits | 6 jobs Incident response | 6 jobs ISO 27001 | 6 jobs GDPR | 6 jobs CISA | 6 jobs Computer Science | 6 jobs Risk assessment | 5 jobs NIST | 5 jobs C | 5 jobs IAM | 5 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Executive-level / Director Ciso roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with executive-level / director Ciso job listings are Career development, Startup environment 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 | 15 jobs Startup environment | 10 jobs Health care | 7 jobs Parental leave | 4 jobs Flex hours | 4 jobs Wellness | 4 jobs 401(k) matching | 3 jobs Equity / stock options | 3 jobs Competitive pay | 3 jobs Team events | 3 jobs Medical leave | 3 jobs Salary bonus | 3 jobs Flex vacation | 2 jobs Travel | 2 jobs Insurance | 2 jobs Home office stipend | 2 jobs Fertility benefits | 2 jobs Gear | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobsWant to contribute?
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