Salary for Senior-level / Expert Application Security Lead in United States during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Application Security Lead in United States during 2024 is USD 152,500

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Application Security Lead salary lies between USD 125,760 and USD 182,780 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
Application Security Lead
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 188,640
Top 25%
$ 182,780
Median
$ 152,500
Bottom 25%
$ 125,760
Bottom 10%
$ 96,100

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 Senior-level / Expert Application Security Lead roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Application Security Lead job listings are Application security, Vulnerabilities and SDLC. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Application security | 32 jobs Vulnerabilities | 23 jobs SDLC | 15 jobs SAST | 15 jobs Security assessment | 14 jobs Pentesting | 14 jobs Compliance | 14 jobs DAST | 14 jobs OWASP | 14 jobs Cloud | 13 jobs Computer Science | 13 jobs Java | 12 jobs Python | 11 jobs Azure | 10 jobs CISSP | 10 jobs CI/CD | 10 jobs Strategy | 9 jobs DevOps | 9 jobs Vulnerability management | 8 jobs AWS | 8 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Application Security Lead roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Application Security Lead job listings are Career development, Team events and Competitive pay. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 20 jobs Team events | 11 jobs Competitive pay | 10 jobs Equity / stock options | 9 jobs Health care | 9 jobs Salary bonus | 8 jobs Flex hours | 7 jobs Insurance | 7 jobs Medical leave | 6 jobs Startup environment | 5 jobs Flex vacation | 4 jobs Wellness | 4 jobs Fitness / gym | 4 jobs 401(k) matching | 2 jobs Parental leave | 2 jobs Home office stipend | 2 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 2 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs

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