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 247,500
✏️ This salary info is based on 8 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
- 8
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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, Compliance and Strategy. 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 | 34 jobs Compliance | 27 jobs Strategy | 23 jobs Risk management | 22 jobs CISSP | 18 jobs Governance | 17 jobs Cloud | 17 jobs Incident response | 16 jobs Risk assessment | 16 jobs CISM | 16 jobs ISO 27001 | 15 jobs GDPR | 15 jobs NIST | 14 jobs Security strategy | 14 jobs Privacy | 14 jobs Audits | 13 jobs Computer Science | 13 jobs HIPAA | 12 jobs Network security | 11 jobs CISA | 11 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 | 25 jobs Startup environment | 13 jobs Health care | 11 jobs Team events | 8 jobs Medical leave | 8 jobs Equity / stock options | 7 jobs 401(k) matching | 6 jobs Parental leave | 6 jobs Wellness | 6 jobs Competitive pay | 6 jobs Flex hours | 5 jobs Flex vacation | 5 jobs Salary bonus | 5 jobs Insurance | 4 jobs Home office stipend | 4 jobs Fertility benefits | 4 jobs Gear | 3 jobs Fitness / gym | 3 jobs Transparency | 3 jobs Flexible spending account | 3 jobsWant to contribute?
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