Salary for Senior-level / Expert Information Assurance Engineer in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Information Assurance Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 147,527

✏️ This salary info is based on 28 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Information Assurance Engineer salary lies between USD 125,000 and USD 162,195 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
Information Assurance Engineer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
28
Top 10%
$ 189,175
Top 25%
$ 162,195
Median
$ 147,527
Bottom 25%
$ 125,000
Bottom 10%
$ 104,000

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.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Information Assurance Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Information Assurance Engineer job listings are Clearance, Risk management 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:

Clearance | 16 jobs Risk management | 15 jobs CISSP | 14 jobs RMF | 14 jobs Compliance | 12 jobs NIST | 11 jobs Vulnerabilities | 10 jobs Security Clearance | 10 jobs Top Secret | 9 jobs TS/SCI | 8 jobs STIGs | 8 jobs CISM | 7 jobs Clearance Required | 7 jobs DoD | 7 jobs Cloud | 7 jobs System Security Plan | 7 jobs ACAS | 7 jobs NIST 800-53 | 6 jobs Analytics | 5 jobs FISMA | 5 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Information Assurance Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Information Assurance Engineer job listings are Equity / stock options, Health care and Career development. 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:

Equity / stock options | 6 jobs Health care | 6 jobs Career development | 5 jobs Competitive pay | 5 jobs Flex vacation | 4 jobs Team events | 4 jobs Salary bonus | 4 jobs Flex hours | 3 jobs Wellness | 3 jobs Parental leave | 2 jobs Transparency | 2 jobs 401(k) matching | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs Insurance | 1 jobs

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