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 129,400

✏️ This salary info is based on 258 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Security Analyst salary lies between USD 101,200 and USD 164,000 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
258
Top 10%
$ 200,000
Top 25%
$ 164,000
Median
$ 129,400
Bottom 25%
$ 101,200
Bottom 10%
$ 80,000

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 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 | 179 jobs Cloud | 147 jobs CISSP | 134 jobs Incident response | 114 jobs Clearance | 114 jobs Monitoring | 112 jobs Risk management | 110 jobs Vulnerabilities | 107 jobs Computer Science | 98 jobs NIST | 96 jobs Audits | 93 jobs SIEM | 89 jobs Security Clearance | 82 jobs Firewalls | 76 jobs Automation | 76 jobs CISM | 75 jobs Privacy | 73 jobs Top Secret | 72 jobs DoD | 66 jobs SOC | 65 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 | 208 jobs Health care | 174 jobs Insurance | 123 jobs Flex hours | 114 jobs Competitive pay | 105 jobs Team events | 104 jobs Salary bonus | 80 jobs Flex vacation | 71 jobs 401(k) matching | 69 jobs Equity / stock options | 69 jobs Medical leave | 61 jobs Parental leave | 53 jobs Relocation support | 41 jobs Wellness | 40 jobs Startup environment | 40 jobs Transparency | 18 jobs Flexible spending account | 8 jobs Home office stipend | 7 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 6 jobs Fitness / gym | 5 jobs

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