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
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
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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 | 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 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 | 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 jobsRelated salaries
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