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
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
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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 | 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 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 | 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 jobsRelated salaries
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