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

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Control Assessor in United States during 2025 is USD 179,729

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Security Control Assessor salary lies between USD 109,800 and USD 201,250 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 Control Assessor
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 241,600
Top 25%
$ 201,250
Median
$ 179,729
Bottom 25%
$ 109,800
Bottom 10%
$ 94,400

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 Control Assessor roles

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

Vulnerabilities | 8 jobs Clearance | 8 jobs DoD | 8 jobs NIST | 7 jobs Compliance | 7 jobs RMF | 7 jobs Security assessment | 6 jobs CISSP | 6 jobs Risk management | 6 jobs Cloud | 6 jobs CISA | 5 jobs CASP+ | 5 jobs DoDD 8570 | 5 jobs Monitoring | 5 jobs Security Assessment Report | 5 jobs POA&M | 5 jobs SAP | 4 jobs AWS | 4 jobs Azure | 4 jobs Polygraph | 4 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 Career development, Health care and Competitive pay. 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 | 5 jobs Health care | 4 jobs Competitive pay | 4 jobs Insurance | 4 jobs Flex vacation | 3 jobs Medical leave | 3 jobs Salary bonus | 3 jobs 401(k) matching | 2 jobs Equity / stock options | 2 jobs Wellness | 2 jobs Startup environment | 2 jobs Parental leave | 1 jobs Flex hours | 1 jobs Team events | 1 jobs

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