Salary for Executive-level / Director Director of Security in United States during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Executive-level / Director Director of Security in United States during 2024 is USD 194,700

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Salary details

The average executive-level / director Director of Security salary lies between USD 137,600 and USD 200,000 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
Director of Security
Experience
Executive-level / Director
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
8
Top 10%
$ 296,000
Top 25%
$ 200,000
Median
$ 194,700
Bottom 25%
$ 137,600
Bottom 10%
$ 114,800

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 Director of Security roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with executive-level / director Director of Security job listings are Compliance, Incident response and Monitoring. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Compliance | 28 jobs Incident response | 24 jobs Monitoring | 23 jobs CISSP | 21 jobs Strategy | 20 jobs CISM | 17 jobs Cloud | 17 jobs Computer Science | 16 jobs Risk assessment | 14 jobs Risk management | 13 jobs Privacy | 13 jobs NIST | 12 jobs Governance | 12 jobs Audits | 11 jobs AWS | 11 jobs Automation | 11 jobs Security strategy | 11 jobs Vulnerability management | 10 jobs Application security | 10 jobs SOC | 10 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Executive-level / Director Director of Security roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with executive-level / director Director of Security job listings are Career development, Health care and Equity / stock options. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 30 jobs Health care | 18 jobs Equity / stock options | 17 jobs Team events | 13 jobs Competitive pay | 12 jobs Parental leave | 11 jobs Medical leave | 11 jobs Wellness | 9 jobs Flex vacation | 8 jobs Insurance | 8 jobs Startup environment | 7 jobs Salary bonus | 7 jobs Flex hours | 5 jobs Gear | 5 jobs 401(k) matching | 3 jobs Travel | 3 jobs Lunch / meals | 2 jobs Transparency | 2 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 2 jobs Paid sabbatical | 2 jobs

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