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 90,150

✏️ This salary info is based on 24 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Cyber Security salary lies between USD 75,000 and USD 140,000 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
24
Top 10%
$ 269,000
Top 25%
$ 140,000
Median
$ 90,150
Bottom 25%
$ 75,000
Bottom 10%
$ 61,128

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 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 | 83 jobs Cloud | 80 jobs Computer Science | 65 jobs CISSP | 62 jobs Clearance | 60 jobs Risk management | 60 jobs Monitoring | 56 jobs SIEM | 55 jobs Strategy | 54 jobs NIST | 52 jobs Incident response | 51 jobs Vulnerabilities | 51 jobs Firewalls | 43 jobs Linux | 39 jobs Azure | 38 jobs Network security | 35 jobs Risk assessment | 35 jobs Python | 33 jobs Governance | 33 jobs CEH | 32 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 | 110 jobs Health care | 59 jobs Team events | 56 jobs Flex hours | 45 jobs Competitive pay | 40 jobs Insurance | 33 jobs 401(k) matching | 26 jobs Flex vacation | 26 jobs Startup environment | 23 jobs Equity / stock options | 22 jobs Medical leave | 20 jobs Wellness | 19 jobs Parental leave | 16 jobs Salary bonus | 15 jobs Transparency | 11 jobs Conferences | 8 jobs Relocation support | 7 jobs Fitness / gym | 6 jobs Flexible spending account | 4 jobs Home office stipend | 3 jobs

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Cyber Security @ $ 31,891 (United Kingdom) Details
Cyber Security @ $ 30,755 (United Kingdom) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Cyber Security @ $ 140,744 (Australia) Details

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