Salary for Senior-level / Expert Incident Response Engineer in United States during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Incident Response Engineer in United States during 2024 is USD 184,150

✏️ This salary info is based on 26 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Incident Response Engineer salary lies between USD 120,000 and USD 210,000 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
Incident Response Engineer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
26
Top 10%
$ 264,000
Top 25%
$ 210,000
Median
$ 184,150
Bottom 25%
$ 120,000
Bottom 10%
$ 120,000

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.

Last updated: Sept. 15, 2024

Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Incident Response Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Incident Response Engineer job listings are Incident response, Cloud and Forensics. 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:

Incident response | 37 jobs Cloud | 29 jobs Forensics | 24 jobs Python | 24 jobs Monitoring | 18 jobs Scripting | 18 jobs Privacy | 16 jobs Linux | 14 jobs Windows | 13 jobs Threat intelligence | 12 jobs Automation | 12 jobs GCP | 12 jobs SOC | 12 jobs Malware | 11 jobs AWS | 10 jobs Vulnerabilities | 9 jobs Ruby | 9 jobs Strategy | 8 jobs Firewalls | 8 jobs Azure | 8 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Incident Response Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Incident Response Engineer job listings are Flex vacation, Health care and Parental leave. 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:

Flex vacation | 19 jobs Health care | 19 jobs Parental leave | 18 jobs Career development | 17 jobs Insurance | 14 jobs Equity / stock options | 13 jobs Team events | 13 jobs Medical leave | 13 jobs Salary bonus | 10 jobs Flex hours | 9 jobs Startup environment | 8 jobs Wellness | 5 jobs 401(k) matching | 4 jobs Gear | 4 jobs Competitive pay | 4 jobs Conferences | 3 jobs Transparency | 2 jobs Signing bonus | 2 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 2 jobs Flexible spending account | 2 jobs

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