Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate IT Specialist in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate IT Specialist in United States during 2025 is USD 140,500

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The average mid-level / intermediate IT Specialist salary lies between USD 90,475 and USD 164,000 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
IT Specialist
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 200,000
Top 25%
$ 164,000
Median
$ 140,500
Bottom 25%
$ 90,475
Bottom 10%
$ 50,050

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 IT Specialist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate IT Specialist job listings are CISSP, Audits and CISM. 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 | 9 jobs Audits | 6 jobs CISM | 6 jobs Risk management | 6 jobs Compliance | 6 jobs CISA | 5 jobs Clearance | 5 jobs Computer Science | 5 jobs IT infrastructure | 5 jobs Security Clearance | 4 jobs AWS | 3 jobs Azure | 3 jobs ISO 27001 | 3 jobs GDPR | 3 jobs PCI DSS | 3 jobs DoD | 3 jobs GCP | 3 jobs Monitoring | 3 jobs Cloud | 3 jobs SOC | 3 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate IT Specialist job listings are Career development, Team events and Equity / stock options. 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 | 7 jobs Team events | 5 jobs Equity / stock options | 2 jobs Salary bonus | 2 jobs 401(k) matching | 1 jobs Parental leave | 1 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Health care | 1 jobs Startup environment | 1 jobs Competitive pay | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs

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