Salary for Senior-level / Expert Manager in United States during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Manager in United States during 2025 is USD 176,150

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Manager salary lies between USD 139,400 and USD 219,410 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
Manager
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
654
Top 10%
$ 257,200
Top 25%
$ 219,410
Median
$ 176,150
Bottom 25%
$ 139,400
Bottom 10%
$ 114,500

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 Manager roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Manager 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 | 1242 jobs Cloud | 1115 jobs CISSP | 996 jobs Strategy | 852 jobs Risk management | 770 jobs Computer Science | 688 jobs Monitoring | 672 jobs CISM | 631 jobs Governance | 606 jobs NIST | 584 jobs Audits | 542 jobs Incident response | 507 jobs Privacy | 474 jobs Risk assessment | 435 jobs Automation | 435 jobs CISA | 426 jobs Azure | 412 jobs Agile | 406 jobs ISO 27001 | 403 jobs AWS | 401 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Manager roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Manager 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 | 1349 jobs Health care | 945 jobs Flex hours | 621 jobs Competitive pay | 569 jobs Equity / stock options | 550 jobs Team events | 541 jobs Insurance | 495 jobs Startup environment | 462 jobs Salary bonus | 455 jobs Flex vacation | 421 jobs Medical leave | 381 jobs Parental leave | 359 jobs Wellness | 273 jobs 401(k) matching | 268 jobs Transparency | 137 jobs Relocation support | 100 jobs Travel | 82 jobs Flexible spending account | 75 jobs Fertility benefits | 53 jobs Conferences | 49 jobs

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