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 92,500

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Security Administrator salary lies between USD 80,000 and USD 110,000 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
Security Administrator
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
10
Top 10%
$ 120,750
Top 25%
$ 110,000
Median
$ 92,500
Bottom 25%
$ 80,000
Bottom 10%
$ 63,000

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.

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Salary trend

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 Clearance, Compliance and Incident response. 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:

Clearance | 5 jobs Compliance | 5 jobs Incident response | 4 jobs Security Clearance | 4 jobs Audits | 3 jobs Vulnerabilities | 3 jobs Risk assessment | 3 jobs NIST | 3 jobs Intrusion detection | 3 jobs SOC | 3 jobs IDS | 2 jobs IPS | 2 jobs SIEM | 2 jobs Security assessment | 2 jobs Industrial | 2 jobs Firewalls | 2 jobs GDPR | 2 jobs CISSP | 2 jobs Top Secret | 2 jobs DoD | 2 jobs

Top 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 | 6 jobs Career development | 6 jobs Insurance | 6 jobs 401(k) matching | 5 jobs Medical leave | 4 jobs Parental leave | 3 jobs Flex hours | 3 jobs Competitive pay | 3 jobs Team events | 3 jobs Flex vacation | 1 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobs Startup environment | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs Yoga | 1 jobs

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