Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Lead in United States during 2023

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Lead in United States during 2023 is USD 136,250

✏️ This salary info is based on 6 individual salaries reported during 2023

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The average mid-level / intermediate Security Lead salary lies between USD 90,000 and USD 186,500 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 Lead
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
United States
Salary year
2023
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 206,000
Top 25%
$ 186,500
Median
$ 136,250
Bottom 25%
$ 90,000
Bottom 10%
$ 80,000

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.

Last updated: Sept. 15, 2024

Top 20 Job Tags for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Lead roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Security Lead job listings are CISSP, Compliance and Monitoring. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2023 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

CISSP | 10 jobs Compliance | 9 jobs Monitoring | 8 jobs Strategy | 7 jobs Risk management | 7 jobs Computer Science | 7 jobs CISM | 6 jobs Audits | 5 jobs Vulnerabilities | 5 jobs Risk assessment | 5 jobs Pentesting | 5 jobs ISO 27001 | 4 jobs CISA | 4 jobs C | 4 jobs CRISC | 4 jobs Security strategy | 4 jobs Governance | 4 jobs Agile | 4 jobs Cloud | 4 jobs RMF | 4 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Lead roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Security Lead job listings are Health care, Career development and Competitive pay. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2023 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Health care | 13 jobs Career development | 9 jobs Competitive pay | 8 jobs Insurance | 7 jobs Flex hours | 6 jobs Startup environment | 6 jobs 401(k) matching | 4 jobs Equity / stock options | 4 jobs Team events | 4 jobs Parental leave | 3 jobs Flex vacation | 3 jobs Medical leave | 3 jobs Salary bonus | 3 jobs Wellness | 2 jobs Fitness / gym | 2 jobs Pet friendly | 1 jobs Paid sabbatical | 1 jobs

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