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 158,080
✏️ This salary info is based on 112 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Cyber Security salary lies between USD 114,700 and USD 190,000 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
- 112
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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 | 604 jobs Cloud | 583 jobs CISSP | 531 jobs Computer Science | 445 jobs NIST | 418 jobs Monitoring | 404 jobs Incident response | 401 jobs Vulnerabilities | 391 jobs Risk management | 361 jobs Clearance | 347 jobs SIEM | 318 jobs Firewalls | 306 jobs Strategy | 287 jobs CISM | 285 jobs Risk assessment | 272 jobs Automation | 262 jobs Azure | 257 jobs Network security | 242 jobs Audits | 241 jobs AWS | 232 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 | 646 jobs Health care | 439 jobs Flex hours | 333 jobs Team events | 288 jobs Insurance | 262 jobs Competitive pay | 253 jobs Equity / stock options | 213 jobs Flex vacation | 171 jobs Medical leave | 158 jobs 401(k) matching | 147 jobs Salary bonus | 145 jobs Parental leave | 139 jobs Startup environment | 139 jobs Wellness | 93 jobs Relocation support | 49 jobs Conferences | 30 jobs Flexible spending account | 30 jobs Fitness / gym | 27 jobs Transparency | 25 jobs Gear | 21 jobsRelated salaries
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