Salary for Senior-level / Expert Cyber Defense Analyst in United States during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Cyber Defense Analyst in United States during 2024 is USD 135,000

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The average senior-level / expert Cyber Defense Analyst salary lies between USD 101,400 and USD 183,300 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
Cyber Defense Analyst
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 290,004
Top 25%
$ 183,300
Median
$ 135,000
Bottom 25%
$ 101,400
Bottom 10%
$ 49,997

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 Cyber Defense Analyst roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Cyber Defense Analyst job listings are Cyber defense, IDS and Incident response. 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:

Cyber defense | 13 jobs IDS | 9 jobs Incident response | 9 jobs Vulnerabilities | 8 jobs Clearance | 8 jobs Firewalls | 7 jobs Splunk | 7 jobs GIAC | 7 jobs Windows | 7 jobs DoD | 7 jobs Monitoring | 7 jobs GCIH | 6 jobs DoDD 8570 | 6 jobs Cloud | 6 jobs CISSP | 5 jobs UNIX | 5 jobs Compliance | 5 jobs ICS | 4 jobs ArcSight | 4 jobs Forensics | 4 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Cyber Defense Analyst roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Cyber Defense Analyst job listings are Team events, Health care and Career development. 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:

Team events | 12 jobs Health care | 3 jobs Career development | 3 jobs 401(k) matching | 2 jobs Equity / stock options | 2 jobs Startup environment | 2 jobs Conferences | 2 jobs Insurance | 2 jobs Parental leave | 1 jobs Flex hours | 1 jobs Flex vacation | 1 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Medical leave | 1 jobs

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