Salary for Executive-level / Director Director of Security in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Executive-level / Director Director of Security in United States during 2025 is USD 208,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 15 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average executive-level / director Director of Security salary lies between USD 175,000 and USD 258,500 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
- 2025
- Sample size
- 15
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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 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 CISSP. 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 | 18 jobs Incident response | 17 jobs CISSP | 15 jobs CISM | 15 jobs Strategy | 13 jobs Cloud | 13 jobs Computer Science | 13 jobs SOC | 13 jobs Privacy | 11 jobs GDPR | 9 jobs Risk management | 9 jobs Monitoring | 9 jobs Vulnerability management | 8 jobs Vulnerabilities | 8 jobs Risk assessment | 8 jobs ISO 27001 | 8 jobs SOC 2 | 8 jobs Security strategy | 8 jobs AWS | 7 jobs Automation | 7 jobsTop 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 Health care, Career development and Equity / stock options. 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:
Health care | 15 jobs Career development | 15 jobs Equity / stock options | 13 jobs Flex vacation | 7 jobs Wellness | 7 jobs Startup environment | 7 jobs Competitive pay | 7 jobs Medical leave | 7 jobs Salary bonus | 7 jobs Parental leave | 6 jobs 401(k) matching | 5 jobs Team events | 5 jobs Flex hours | 4 jobs Insurance | 4 jobs Transparency | 2 jobs Lunch / meals | 1 jobs Gear | 1 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 1 jobs Home office stipend | 1 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 1 jobsRelated salaries
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