Salary for Senior-level / Expert Information Security Officer in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Information Security Officer in United States during 2025 is USD 184,320

✏️ This salary info is based on 14 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Information Security Officer salary lies between USD 142,500 and USD 220,000 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
Information Security Officer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
14
Top 10%
$ 234,240
Top 25%
$ 220,000
Median
$ 184,320
Bottom 25%
$ 142,500
Bottom 10%
$ 125,760

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 Security Officer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Information Security Officer job listings are Compliance, 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:

Compliance | 26 jobs Risk management | 22 jobs CISSP | 19 jobs CISM | 19 jobs ISO 27001 | 15 jobs Incident response | 14 jobs Cloud | 14 jobs Governance | 11 jobs Audits | 10 jobs NIST | 10 jobs CISA | 10 jobs Application security | 10 jobs Computer Science | 10 jobs Vulnerabilities | 9 jobs Strategy | 9 jobs Risk assessment | 9 jobs CISO | 9 jobs Monitoring | 8 jobs BISO | 8 jobs Vulnerability management | 7 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Information Security Officer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Information Security Officer job listings are Career development, Competitive pay and Health care. 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 | 19 jobs Competitive pay | 11 jobs Health care | 10 jobs Team events | 8 jobs Startup environment | 6 jobs Insurance | 6 jobs Equity / stock options | 5 jobs Flex hours | 5 jobs Medical leave | 4 jobs Salary bonus | 4 jobs Wellness | 3 jobs Transparency | 3 jobs Parental leave | 2 jobs 401(k) matching | 1 jobs Flex vacation | 1 jobs Flat hierarchy | 1 jobs Signing bonus | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 1 jobs Flexible spending account | 1 jobs

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