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 905 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 165,500 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
905
Top 10%
$ 200,000
Top 25%
$ 165,500
Median
$ 127,000
Bottom 25%
$ 100,000
Bottom 10%
$ 82,000

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 | 717 jobs Cloud | 520 jobs CISSP | 485 jobs Monitoring | 468 jobs Incident response | 457 jobs Computer Science | 402 jobs Vulnerabilities | 401 jobs Risk management | 387 jobs Clearance | 375 jobs NIST | 368 jobs SIEM | 349 jobs Audits | 334 jobs Automation | 275 jobs Risk assessment | 262 jobs Governance | 254 jobs Privacy | 253 jobs SOC | 251 jobs CISM | 247 jobs Security Clearance | 246 jobs Firewalls | 242 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 | 688 jobs Health care | 619 jobs Insurance | 438 jobs Team events | 385 jobs Flex hours | 335 jobs Competitive pay | 323 jobs Salary bonus | 261 jobs Equity / stock options | 245 jobs Flex vacation | 242 jobs Medical leave | 204 jobs 401(k) matching | 203 jobs Parental leave | 201 jobs Startup environment | 160 jobs Wellness | 135 jobs Relocation support | 106 jobs Transparency | 55 jobs Flexible spending account | 44 jobs Fitness / gym | 24 jobs Home office stipend | 18 jobs Conferences | 16 jobs

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