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

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Incident Response Lead in United States during 2024 is USD 145,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 16 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Incident Response Lead salary lies between USD 115,000 and USD 162,000 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 Lead
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
16
Top 10%
$ 195,903
Top 25%
$ 162,000
Median
$ 145,000
Bottom 25%
$ 115,000
Bottom 10%
$ 103,000

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 Lead roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Incident Response Lead job listings are Incident response, Cloud and Monitoring. 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 | 41 jobs Cloud | 25 jobs Monitoring | 24 jobs Computer Science | 24 jobs Forensics | 22 jobs CISSP | 22 jobs GCIH | 22 jobs EDR | 20 jobs SIEM | 19 jobs Threat intelligence | 19 jobs Firewalls | 19 jobs AWS | 19 jobs Compliance | 19 jobs Azure | 18 jobs Windows | 17 jobs Linux | 16 jobs CEH | 15 jobs SOC | 15 jobs Risk assessment | 14 jobs Vulnerabilities | 13 jobs

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

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

Health care | 23 jobs Career development | 19 jobs Team events | 19 jobs Insurance | 18 jobs Flex hours | 13 jobs Salary bonus | 13 jobs 401(k) matching | 11 jobs Competitive pay | 11 jobs Flex vacation | 8 jobs Equity / stock options | 7 jobs Wellness | 7 jobs Medical leave | 6 jobs Parental leave | 5 jobs Startup environment | 5 jobs Fitness / gym | 4 jobs Home office stipend | 4 jobs Gear | 1 jobs Transparency | 1 jobs Conferences | 1 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 1 jobs

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