Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Cyber Security Specialist in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Cyber Security Specialist in United States during 2025 is USD 105,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 22 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average mid-level / intermediate Cyber Security Specialist salary lies between USD 86,000 and USD 130,400 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
- 2025
- Sample size
- 22
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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 CISSP, Monitoring 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:
CISSP | 19 jobs Monitoring | 18 jobs Computer Science | 17 jobs SIEM | 15 jobs Clearance | 15 jobs Compliance | 15 jobs NIST | 13 jobs Risk management | 13 jobs Linux | 12 jobs Network security | 11 jobs Firewalls | 11 jobs DoD | 11 jobs Vulnerabilities | 9 jobs CEH | 9 jobs Windows | 9 jobs RMF | 9 jobs Azure | 8 jobs Cloud | 8 jobs IDS | 7 jobs Incident response | 7 jobsTop 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 Career development, Health care and Competitive pay. 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 | 17 jobs Health care | 15 jobs Competitive pay | 12 jobs Flex hours | 11 jobs Team events | 10 jobs Equity / stock options | 8 jobs Insurance | 8 jobs 401(k) matching | 7 jobs Parental leave | 6 jobs Flex vacation | 4 jobs Wellness | 4 jobs Fitness / gym | 4 jobs Medical leave | 4 jobs Startup environment | 3 jobs Salary bonus | 3 jobs Gear | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs Flexible spending account | 1 jobsRelated salaries
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