Salary for Senior-level / Expert Cyber Security in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Cyber Security in United States during 2025 is USD 160,630
✏️ This salary info is based on 76 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Cyber Security salary lies between USD 114,700 and USD 194,900 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 Security
- Experience
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 76
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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 Senior-level / Expert Cyber Security roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Cyber Security job listings are Compliance, Cloud and CISSP. 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 | 425 jobs Cloud | 407 jobs CISSP | 381 jobs Computer Science | 318 jobs NIST | 299 jobs Incident response | 295 jobs Vulnerabilities | 290 jobs Monitoring | 283 jobs Risk management | 270 jobs Clearance | 264 jobs Firewalls | 224 jobs SIEM | 219 jobs CISM | 209 jobs Strategy | 201 jobs Risk assessment | 195 jobs Automation | 184 jobs Audits | 180 jobs Azure | 175 jobs Network security | 168 jobs AWS | 158 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Cyber Security roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Cyber Security 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 | 454 jobs Health care | 310 jobs Flex hours | 227 jobs Team events | 200 jobs Insurance | 180 jobs Competitive pay | 179 jobs Equity / stock options | 162 jobs Flex vacation | 123 jobs Medical leave | 119 jobs 401(k) matching | 107 jobs Parental leave | 101 jobs Startup environment | 96 jobs Salary bonus | 94 jobs Wellness | 68 jobs Relocation support | 32 jobs Conferences | 25 jobs Transparency | 21 jobs Flexible spending account | 21 jobs Fitness / gym | 18 jobs Gear | 15 jobsRelated salaries
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