Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Lead in United States during 2023

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Lead in United States during 2023 is USD 157,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 14 individual salaries reported during 2023

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Security Lead salary lies between USD 125,000 and USD 165,000 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 Lead
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2023
Sample size
14
Top 10%
$ 210,800
Top 25%
$ 165,000
Median
$ 157,500
Bottom 25%
$ 125,000
Bottom 10%
$ 125,000

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.

Last updated: Sept. 15, 2024

Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Security Lead roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Security Lead job listings are Compliance, Cloud and Strategy. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2023 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Compliance | 28 jobs Cloud | 24 jobs Strategy | 18 jobs Network security | 17 jobs Incident response | 16 jobs Vulnerabilities | 16 jobs Python | 16 jobs Risk assessment | 15 jobs Computer Science | 15 jobs AWS | 14 jobs Automation | 14 jobs Privacy | 14 jobs Monitoring | 14 jobs Finance | 12 jobs Audits | 11 jobs Firewalls | 11 jobs TCP/IP | 10 jobs Kubernetes | 10 jobs Governance | 10 jobs Vulnerability management | 9 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Security Lead job listings are Career development, Health care and Team events. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2023 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 29 jobs Health care | 24 jobs Team events | 20 jobs Flex hours | 16 jobs Insurance | 16 jobs Equity / stock options | 15 jobs Competitive pay | 15 jobs Flex vacation | 10 jobs Startup environment | 10 jobs Parental leave | 8 jobs Medical leave | 8 jobs 401(k) matching | 6 jobs Salary bonus | 6 jobs Travel | 5 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 4 jobs Wellness | 3 jobs Gear | 3 jobs Fitness / gym | 2 jobs Home office stipend | 2 jobs Transparency | 1 jobs

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