Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Specialist in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Specialist in United States during 2025 is USD 103,470
✏️ This salary info is based on 236 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average mid-level / intermediate Security Specialist salary lies between USD 79,158 and USD 136,470 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 Specialist
- Experience
- Mid-level / Intermediate
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 236
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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 Specialist roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Security Specialist job listings are Compliance, Clearance and Computer Science. 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 | 317 jobs Clearance | 183 jobs Computer Science | 169 jobs Cloud | 163 jobs Monitoring | 161 jobs Vulnerabilities | 159 jobs Risk management | 148 jobs DoD | 142 jobs Incident response | 140 jobs CISSP | 140 jobs Audits | 138 jobs NIST | 131 jobs Security Clearance | 112 jobs Risk assessment | 110 jobs Firewalls | 89 jobs ISO 27001 | 88 jobs SIEM | 84 jobs Privacy | 79 jobs Industrial | 73 jobs RMF | 73 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Specialist roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Security Specialist job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. 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 | 253 jobs Health care | 205 jobs Flex hours | 129 jobs Competitive pay | 126 jobs Team events | 111 jobs Insurance | 107 jobs Equity / stock options | 88 jobs Flex vacation | 67 jobs Startup environment | 58 jobs Wellness | 56 jobs Medical leave | 53 jobs 401(k) matching | 51 jobs Salary bonus | 42 jobs Parental leave | 40 jobs Relocation support | 34 jobs Fitness / gym | 18 jobs Gear | 16 jobs Conferences | 14 jobs Flexible spending account | 13 jobs Travel | 7 jobsRelated salaries
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