Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Cyber Security Specialist in United States during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Cyber Security Specialist in United States during 2024 is USD 88,069

✏️ This salary info is based on 18 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Cyber Security Specialist salary lies between USD 73,000 and USD 94,000 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 Specialist
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
18
Top 10%
$ 116,213
Top 25%
$ 94,000
Median
$ 88,069
Bottom 25%
$ 73,000
Bottom 10%
$ 70,000

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.

Last updated: Sept. 15, 2024

Top 20 Job Tags for Mid-level / Intermediate Cyber Security Specialist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Cyber Security Specialist job listings are Compliance, NIST and CISSP. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Compliance | 38 jobs NIST | 34 jobs CISSP | 28 jobs Vulnerabilities | 27 jobs Clearance | 27 jobs Risk management | 26 jobs Computer Science | 21 jobs Monitoring | 20 jobs Governance | 19 jobs SIEM | 18 jobs DoD | 18 jobs RMF | 18 jobs Network security | 17 jobs Strategy | 17 jobs Firewalls | 17 jobs Windows | 16 jobs CISA | 14 jobs C | 14 jobs Vulnerability management | 13 jobs Linux | 13 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Cyber Security Specialist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Cyber Security Specialist job listings are Health care, Career development and Competitive pay. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Health care | 30 jobs Career development | 30 jobs Competitive pay | 19 jobs Insurance | 16 jobs Equity / stock options | 15 jobs 401(k) matching | 14 jobs Startup environment | 13 jobs Flex hours | 12 jobs Salary bonus | 10 jobs Flex vacation | 8 jobs Relocation support | 8 jobs Team events | 6 jobs Medical leave | 5 jobs Parental leave | 4 jobs Wellness | 4 jobs Signing bonus | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs Fertility benefits | 1 jobs

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