Salary for Executive-level / Director Cyber Security in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Executive-level / Director Cyber Security in United States during 2025 is USD 198,500
✏️ This salary info is based on 8 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average executive-level / director Cyber Security salary lies between USD 168,350 and USD 210,000 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
- Cyber Security
- 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.
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Top 20 Job Tags for Executive-level / Director Cyber Security roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with executive-level / director Cyber Security job listings are Compliance, CISM and Risk management. 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 | 21 jobs CISM | 18 jobs Risk management | 18 jobs CISSP | 17 jobs Strategy | 15 jobs Governance | 13 jobs Incident response | 12 jobs Cloud | 12 jobs CISO | 12 jobs ISO 27001 | 10 jobs Automation | 9 jobs Privacy | 9 jobs SIEM | 8 jobs Vulnerability management | 8 jobs Risk assessment | 8 jobs NIST | 8 jobs Computer Science | 8 jobs Audits | 7 jobs C | 7 jobs Security strategy | 7 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Executive-level / Director Cyber Security roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with executive-level / director Cyber Security 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 | 24 jobs Health care | 12 jobs Team events | 9 jobs Equity / stock options | 8 jobs Parental leave | 8 jobs Competitive pay | 8 jobs Flex hours | 7 jobs Salary bonus | 7 jobs Medical leave | 5 jobs Flex vacation | 4 jobs Insurance | 3 jobs 401(k) matching | 2 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Travel | 1 jobs Startup environment | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs Home office stipend | 1 jobsRelated salaries
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