Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Control Assessor during 2025

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Control Assessor during 2025 is USD 147,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 28 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Security Control Assessor salary lies between USD 120,800 and USD 179,000 globally. 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 Control Assessor
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
28
Top 10%
$ 221,800
Top 25%
$ 179,000
Median
$ 147,500
Bottom 25%
$ 120,800
Bottom 10%
$ 112,000

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 Control Assessor roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Security Control Assessor job listings are Clearance, DoD and Risk management. 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:

Clearance | 32 jobs DoD | 27 jobs Risk management | 26 jobs Compliance | 26 jobs RMF | 25 jobs Security assessment | 24 jobs Vulnerabilities | 24 jobs Cloud | 20 jobs DoDD 8570 | 19 jobs Monitoring | 19 jobs CISSP | 18 jobs NIST | 17 jobs Polygraph | 17 jobs Security Assessment Report | 17 jobs POA&M | 17 jobs Top Secret | 16 jobs SAP | 15 jobs TS/SCI | 14 jobs CISA | 12 jobs Security Clearance | 12 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Security Control Assessor roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Security Control Assessor job listings are Health care, Insurance and Career development. 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:

Health care | 25 jobs Insurance | 23 jobs Career development | 15 jobs 401(k) matching | 14 jobs Flex vacation | 14 jobs Salary bonus | 12 jobs Equity / stock options | 10 jobs Competitive pay | 9 jobs Medical leave | 8 jobs Parental leave | 7 jobs Flex hours | 5 jobs Wellness | 4 jobs Startup environment | 4 jobs Relocation support | 3 jobs Team events | 2 jobs Flexible spending account | 2 jobs Travel | 1 jobs Fertility benefits | 1 jobs

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