Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Manager in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Manager in United States during 2025 is USD 135,750

✏️ This salary info is based on 40 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Security Manager salary lies between USD 98,100 and USD 181,900 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 Manager
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
40
Top 10%
$ 205,000
Top 25%
$ 181,900
Median
$ 135,750
Bottom 25%
$ 98,100
Bottom 10%
$ 90,000

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 Manager roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Security Manager job listings are Compliance, CISSP and Risk management. 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 | 407 jobs CISSP | 311 jobs Risk management | 266 jobs NIST | 253 jobs Audits | 231 jobs CISM | 220 jobs Vulnerabilities | 206 jobs Risk assessment | 204 jobs Cloud | 204 jobs Monitoring | 203 jobs Computer Science | 197 jobs Incident response | 196 jobs Clearance | 172 jobs ISO 27001 | 163 jobs Strategy | 141 jobs RMF | 135 jobs Governance | 134 jobs IAM | 119 jobs Privacy | 115 jobs DoD | 111 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Security Manager 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 | 310 jobs Health care | 215 jobs Competitive pay | 137 jobs Flex hours | 117 jobs Insurance | 115 jobs Team events | 113 jobs Medical leave | 82 jobs Equity / stock options | 78 jobs Parental leave | 74 jobs Flex vacation | 71 jobs Startup environment | 69 jobs 401(k) matching | 62 jobs Salary bonus | 61 jobs Wellness | 52 jobs Relocation support | 44 jobs Transparency | 16 jobs Gear | 11 jobs Flexible spending account | 11 jobs Travel | 9 jobs Conferences | 9 jobs

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