Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Associate during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Associate during 2025 is USD 130,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 194 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Associate salary lies between USD 96,000 and USD 175,000 globally. 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
Associate
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
194
Top 10%
$ 220,000
Top 25%
$ 175,000
Median
$ 130,000
Bottom 25%
$ 96,000
Bottom 10%
$ 70,000

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Mid-level / Intermediate Associate roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Associate job listings are Compliance, Cloud 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 | 605 jobs Cloud | 465 jobs CISSP | 372 jobs Risk management | 371 jobs Computer Science | 371 jobs Strategy | 350 jobs Monitoring | 349 jobs Governance | 328 jobs Privacy | 318 jobs Vulnerabilities | 317 jobs Incident response | 282 jobs NIST | 262 jobs Audits | 260 jobs CISA | 244 jobs Clearance | 236 jobs Python | 229 jobs Azure | 221 jobs Automation | 218 jobs Agile | 218 jobs Risk assessment | 217 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Associate roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Associate 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 | 694 jobs Health care | 329 jobs Team events | 297 jobs Flex hours | 257 jobs Competitive pay | 227 jobs Insurance | 207 jobs Salary bonus | 179 jobs Equity / stock options | 145 jobs Medical leave | 144 jobs Flex vacation | 130 jobs Wellness | 119 jobs Parental leave | 116 jobs Startup environment | 109 jobs Transparency | 80 jobs Relocation support | 73 jobs 401(k) matching | 71 jobs Conferences | 25 jobs Home office stipend | 25 jobs Travel | 23 jobs Flexible spending account | 21 jobs

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