Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Associate in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Associate in United States during 2025 is USD 129,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 42 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Associate salary lies between USD 90,000 and USD 160,100 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
Associate
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
42
Top 10%
$ 219,700
Top 25%
$ 160,100
Median
$ 129,500
Bottom 25%
$ 90,000
Bottom 10%
$ 62,000

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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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 Computer Science. 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 | 147 jobs Cloud | 101 jobs Computer Science | 92 jobs Monitoring | 89 jobs Strategy | 87 jobs Governance | 83 jobs CISSP | 81 jobs Risk management | 81 jobs Clearance | 78 jobs Privacy | 77 jobs Incident response | 65 jobs NIST | 64 jobs Vulnerabilities | 62 jobs Audits | 54 jobs Python | 53 jobs Agile | 52 jobs Azure | 51 jobs CISA | 49 jobs CISM | 48 jobs Clearance Required | 48 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 | 157 jobs Health care | 81 jobs Team events | 65 jobs Competitive pay | 55 jobs Insurance | 51 jobs Flex hours | 50 jobs Salary bonus | 44 jobs Medical leave | 31 jobs Equity / stock options | 29 jobs Flex vacation | 28 jobs Wellness | 25 jobs Startup environment | 24 jobs Relocation support | 23 jobs Parental leave | 22 jobs 401(k) matching | 21 jobs Transparency | 20 jobs Travel | 8 jobs Conferences | 8 jobs Home office stipend | 6 jobs Gear | 5 jobs

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