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 99,808

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Cyber Security salary lies between USD 75,200 and USD 138,000 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
Cyber Security
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
48
Top 10%
$ 215,000
Top 25%
$ 138,000
Median
$ 99,808
Bottom 25%
$ 75,200
Bottom 10%
$ 66,000

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 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 | 178 jobs Cloud | 171 jobs CISSP | 149 jobs Computer Science | 139 jobs Monitoring | 136 jobs Vulnerabilities | 126 jobs Incident response | 120 jobs NIST | 120 jobs Clearance | 116 jobs SIEM | 115 jobs Risk management | 115 jobs Strategy | 111 jobs Firewalls | 89 jobs Risk assessment | 82 jobs CISM | 81 jobs Azure | 76 jobs Network security | 72 jobs Linux | 70 jobs ISO 27001 | 69 jobs CEH | 68 jobs

Top 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 | 213 jobs Health care | 125 jobs Team events | 122 jobs Flex hours | 101 jobs Competitive pay | 91 jobs Insurance | 66 jobs Flex vacation | 49 jobs Medical leave | 49 jobs 401(k) matching | 48 jobs Startup environment | 46 jobs Salary bonus | 39 jobs Equity / stock options | 38 jobs Wellness | 38 jobs Parental leave | 36 jobs Fitness / gym | 15 jobs Transparency | 14 jobs Conferences | 14 jobs Relocation support | 12 jobs Travel | 9 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 9 jobs

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Cyber Security @ $ 50,632 (United Kingdom) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Cyber Security @ $ 49,000 (Canada) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Cyber Security @ $ 89,676 (Canada) Details
Cyber Security @ $ 136,767 (Australia) Details

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