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 127,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 472 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Security Analyst salary lies between USD 100,000 and USD 162,600 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
472
Top 10%
$ 198,000
Top 25%
$ 162,600
Median
$ 127,000
Bottom 25%
$ 100,000
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 | 366 jobs Cloud | 276 jobs CISSP | 268 jobs Monitoring | 245 jobs Incident response | 239 jobs Vulnerabilities | 217 jobs Computer Science | 215 jobs Risk management | 204 jobs Clearance | 203 jobs SIEM | 181 jobs NIST | 181 jobs Audits | 179 jobs Automation | 149 jobs Firewalls | 145 jobs Security Clearance | 139 jobs Privacy | 135 jobs CISM | 133 jobs Risk assessment | 132 jobs DoD | 124 jobs SOC | 122 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 | 371 jobs Health care | 338 jobs Insurance | 238 jobs Team events | 202 jobs Flex hours | 187 jobs Competitive pay | 185 jobs Salary bonus | 149 jobs Equity / stock options | 135 jobs Flex vacation | 129 jobs 401(k) matching | 120 jobs Medical leave | 113 jobs Parental leave | 101 jobs Startup environment | 82 jobs Wellness | 75 jobs Relocation support | 63 jobs Transparency | 36 jobs Flexible spending account | 22 jobs Home office stipend | 12 jobs Fitness / gym | 11 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 9 jobs

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