Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Analyst in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Analyst in United States during 2025 is USD 126,100
✏️ This salary info is based on 1025 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average senior-level / expert Security Analyst salary lies between USD 100,000 and USD 165,000 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
- Security Analyst
- Experience
- Senior-level / Expert
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 1025
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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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Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Security Analyst roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Security Analyst 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 | 822 jobs Cloud | 599 jobs CISSP | 557 jobs Monitoring | 542 jobs Incident response | 521 jobs Computer Science | 464 jobs Vulnerabilities | 461 jobs Risk management | 425 jobs NIST | 420 jobs Clearance | 420 jobs SIEM | 408 jobs Audits | 382 jobs Automation | 324 jobs Risk assessment | 295 jobs Firewalls | 288 jobs CISM | 288 jobs Governance | 288 jobs SOC | 288 jobs Security Clearance | 280 jobs Privacy | 280 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Security Analyst roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Security Analyst job listings are Career development, Health care and Insurance. 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 | 793 jobs Health care | 711 jobs Insurance | 493 jobs Team events | 453 jobs Flex hours | 378 jobs Competitive pay | 369 jobs Salary bonus | 299 jobs Equity / stock options | 272 jobs Flex vacation | 269 jobs Parental leave | 235 jobs Medical leave | 233 jobs 401(k) matching | 232 jobs Startup environment | 180 jobs Wellness | 158 jobs Relocation support | 123 jobs Transparency | 65 jobs Flexible spending account | 49 jobs Fitness / gym | 33 jobs Home office stipend | 19 jobs Gear | 17 jobsRelated salaries
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