Salary for Senior-level / Expert Associate in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Associate in United States during 2025 is USD 122,650

✏️ This salary info is based on 34 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Associate salary lies between USD 99,100 and USD 144,200 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
Associate
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
34
Top 10%
$ 151,800
Top 25%
$ 144,200
Median
$ 122,650
Bottom 25%
$ 99,100
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.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Associate roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Associate job listings are Compliance, Cloud 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 | 63 jobs Cloud | 48 jobs Risk management | 46 jobs Clearance | 43 jobs Strategy | 41 jobs Governance | 38 jobs CISSP | 34 jobs Clearance Required | 34 jobs Privacy | 34 jobs Audits | 27 jobs Analytics | 27 jobs Vulnerabilities | 26 jobs Azure | 26 jobs Incident response | 24 jobs Monitoring | 24 jobs Encryption | 23 jobs Data Analytics | 23 jobs Risk assessment | 22 jobs CISM | 22 jobs CISA | 21 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Associate roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Associate job listings are Career development, Competitive pay and Health care. 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 | 50 jobs Competitive pay | 24 jobs Health care | 22 jobs Flex hours | 21 jobs Salary bonus | 19 jobs Team events | 11 jobs Insurance | 8 jobs Flex vacation | 7 jobs Startup environment | 7 jobs Transparency | 7 jobs Equity / stock options | 6 jobs Medical leave | 6 jobs 401(k) matching | 4 jobs Wellness | 3 jobs Parental leave | 2 jobs Gear | 2 jobs Fitness / gym | 2 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs

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