Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Cyber Security in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Cyber Security in United States during 2025 is USD 105,550
✏️ This salary info is based on 86 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average mid-level / intermediate Cyber Security salary lies between USD 84,820 and USD 146,600 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
- Mid-level / Intermediate
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 86
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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 Mid-level / Intermediate Cyber Security roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Cyber Security 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 | 325 jobs Cloud | 311 jobs CISSP | 269 jobs Monitoring | 247 jobs Computer Science | 247 jobs NIST | 234 jobs Incident response | 230 jobs Vulnerabilities | 216 jobs Risk management | 213 jobs SIEM | 195 jobs Firewalls | 184 jobs Clearance | 183 jobs Strategy | 182 jobs Risk assessment | 146 jobs CISM | 141 jobs ISO 27001 | 137 jobs Linux | 134 jobs Network security | 129 jobs Audits | 127 jobs Azure | 127 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Cyber Security roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate 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 | 379 jobs Health care | 227 jobs Team events | 207 jobs Competitive pay | 167 jobs Flex hours | 161 jobs Insurance | 105 jobs Flex vacation | 96 jobs Startup environment | 89 jobs 401(k) matching | 80 jobs Equity / stock options | 68 jobs Medical leave | 68 jobs Wellness | 67 jobs Salary bonus | 67 jobs Parental leave | 65 jobs Relocation support | 20 jobs Fitness / gym | 19 jobs Conferences | 19 jobs Transparency | 16 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 14 jobs Travel | 13 jobsRelated salaries
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