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 107,250
✏️ This salary info is based on 114 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average mid-level / intermediate Cyber Security salary lies between USD 85,000 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
- 114
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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 | 400 jobs Cloud | 385 jobs CISSP | 335 jobs Monitoring | 312 jobs Computer Science | 307 jobs NIST | 293 jobs Incident response | 289 jobs Risk management | 278 jobs Vulnerabilities | 274 jobs SIEM | 237 jobs Firewalls | 233 jobs Clearance | 228 jobs Strategy | 220 jobs Risk assessment | 179 jobs CISM | 178 jobs ISO 27001 | 171 jobs Linux | 166 jobs Audits | 159 jobs Azure | 159 jobs Network security | 154 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 | 475 jobs Health care | 303 jobs Team events | 267 jobs Competitive pay | 214 jobs Flex hours | 207 jobs Insurance | 141 jobs Flex vacation | 125 jobs Startup environment | 109 jobs 401(k) matching | 102 jobs Medical leave | 91 jobs Salary bonus | 90 jobs Equity / stock options | 88 jobs Parental leave | 87 jobs Wellness | 75 jobs Fitness / gym | 28 jobs Relocation support | 28 jobs Conferences | 23 jobs Transparency | 19 jobs Travel | 16 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 16 jobsRelated salaries
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