Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Administrator in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Administrator in United States during 2025 is USD 95,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 48 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average mid-level / intermediate Security Administrator salary lies between USD 80,000 and USD 120,750 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
- Security Administrator
- Experience
- Mid-level / Intermediate
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 48
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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 Security Administrator roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Security Administrator job listings are Compliance, Monitoring and Clearance. 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 | 27 jobs Monitoring | 27 jobs Clearance | 22 jobs Audits | 21 jobs Computer Science | 20 jobs Windows | 19 jobs Firewalls | 18 jobs Network security | 15 jobs Incident response | 14 jobs Linux | 14 jobs Cloud | 13 jobs Vulnerabilities | 12 jobs Security Clearance | 12 jobs DoD | 12 jobs NIST | 11 jobs CISSP | 10 jobs Intrusion detection | 9 jobs VMware | 9 jobs Top Secret | 8 jobs SOC | 8 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Administrator roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Security Administrator job listings are Health care, Career development and Insurance. 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:
Health care | 37 jobs Career development | 37 jobs Insurance | 21 jobs 401(k) matching | 17 jobs Team events | 17 jobs Competitive pay | 15 jobs Flex hours | 14 jobs Flex vacation | 10 jobs Medical leave | 9 jobs Parental leave | 8 jobs Wellness | 8 jobs Equity / stock options | 5 jobs Startup environment | 5 jobs Salary bonus | 4 jobs Gear | 3 jobs Fitness / gym | 3 jobs Transparency | 3 jobs Relocation support | 2 jobs Yoga | 2 jobs Home office stipend | 2 jobsRelated salaries
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