Salary for Senior-level / Expert Cyber Engineer in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Cyber Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 152,366
✏️ This salary info is based on 72 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Cyber Engineer salary lies between USD 115,143 and USD 187,531 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 Engineer
- Experience
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 72
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Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Cyber Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Cyber Engineer job listings are DoD, Clearance and Cloud. 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:
DoD | 41 jobs Clearance | 40 jobs Cloud | 40 jobs Computer Science | 38 jobs TS/SCI | 37 jobs Compliance | 35 jobs Vulnerabilities | 28 jobs DoDD 8570 | 27 jobs Monitoring | 24 jobs Azure | 23 jobs Linux | 23 jobs AWS | 22 jobs NIST | 22 jobs CISSP | 22 jobs Windows | 22 jobs Risk management | 22 jobs GCP | 22 jobs Scripting | 22 jobs Security Clearance | 20 jobs Firewalls | 19 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Cyber Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Cyber Engineer job listings are Career development, 401(k) matching 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 | 53 jobs 401(k) matching | 34 jobs Flex hours | 34 jobs Flex vacation | 31 jobs Health care | 21 jobs Team events | 18 jobs Insurance | 17 jobs Competitive pay | 12 jobs Salary bonus | 12 jobs Medical leave | 11 jobs Parental leave | 10 jobs Relocation support | 8 jobs Equity / stock options | 7 jobs Transparency | 5 jobs Startup environment | 4 jobs Conferences | 4 jobs Wellness | 3 jobs Yoga | 1 jobs Fertility benefits | 1 jobsRelated salaries
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