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 127,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 657 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Security Analyst salary lies between USD 100,300 and USD 165,400 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
657
Top 10%
$ 200,000
Top 25%
$ 165,400
Median
$ 127,500
Bottom 25%
$ 100,300
Bottom 10%
$ 82,900

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 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 | 517 jobs Cloud | 378 jobs CISSP | 361 jobs Monitoring | 341 jobs Incident response | 331 jobs Computer Science | 293 jobs Vulnerabilities | 289 jobs Clearance | 278 jobs Risk management | 277 jobs NIST | 268 jobs SIEM | 251 jobs Audits | 245 jobs Automation | 200 jobs Risk assessment | 195 jobs Firewalls | 189 jobs Security Clearance | 186 jobs Governance | 182 jobs SOC | 182 jobs Privacy | 180 jobs CISM | 176 jobs

Top 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 | 500 jobs Health care | 459 jobs Insurance | 324 jobs Team events | 277 jobs Flex hours | 247 jobs Competitive pay | 245 jobs Salary bonus | 201 jobs Equity / stock options | 182 jobs Flex vacation | 173 jobs Medical leave | 155 jobs 401(k) matching | 154 jobs Parental leave | 140 jobs Startup environment | 112 jobs Wellness | 101 jobs Relocation support | 82 jobs Transparency | 43 jobs Flexible spending account | 33 jobs Fitness / gym | 16 jobs Home office stipend | 15 jobs Gear | 11 jobs

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