Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Information Security Specialist in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Information Security Specialist in United States during 2025 is USD 109,300
✏️ This salary info is based on 12 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average mid-level / intermediate Information Security Specialist salary lies between USD 85,000 and USD 120,000 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
- Information Security Specialist
- Experience
- Mid-level / Intermediate
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 12
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Top 20 Job Tags for Mid-level / Intermediate Information Security Specialist roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Information Security Specialist job listings are Compliance, Risk management and Cloud. 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 | 48 jobs Risk management | 33 jobs Cloud | 31 jobs Computer Science | 31 jobs CISSP | 26 jobs CISA | 26 jobs ISO 27001 | 24 jobs Incident response | 23 jobs Audits | 19 jobs Vulnerabilities | 18 jobs Clearance | 17 jobs Risk assessment | 16 jobs Vulnerability management | 15 jobs NIST | 15 jobs DoDD 8570 | 15 jobs DoD | 15 jobs Monitoring | 15 jobs RMF | 15 jobs Active Directory | 14 jobs CompTIA | 14 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Information Security Specialist roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Information 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 | 29 jobs Health care | 22 jobs Competitive pay | 19 jobs Insurance | 16 jobs Relocation support | 12 jobs Wellness | 11 jobs Team events | 9 jobs Equity / stock options | 7 jobs Flex hours | 7 jobs Medical leave | 7 jobs Startup environment | 5 jobs Parental leave | 3 jobs Flex vacation | 3 jobs Salary bonus | 3 jobs Lunch / meals | 2 jobs Fitness / gym | 2 jobs Conferences | 2 jobs Flexible spending account | 2 jobs 401(k) matching | 1 jobs Travel | 1 jobsRelated salaries
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