Salary for Senior-level / Expert Threat Detection Engineer in United States during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Threat Detection Engineer in United States during 2024 is USD 162,557

✏️ This salary info is based on 10 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Threat Detection Engineer salary lies between USD 125,000 and USD 200,200 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
Threat Detection Engineer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
10
Top 10%
$ 218,942
Top 25%
$ 200,200
Median
$ 162,557
Bottom 25%
$ 125,000
Bottom 10%
$ 85,500

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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Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Threat Detection Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Threat Detection Engineer job listings are Threat detection, Cloud and Python. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Threat detection | 46 jobs Cloud | 32 jobs Python | 28 jobs SIEM | 27 jobs Splunk | 26 jobs Threat intelligence | 25 jobs Scripting | 22 jobs Automation | 19 jobs TTPs | 18 jobs MITRE ATT&CK | 18 jobs Computer Science | 18 jobs SOC | 17 jobs Incident response | 15 jobs Monitoring | 14 jobs Malware | 13 jobs Analytics | 13 jobs SaaS | 12 jobs Open Source | 12 jobs Vulnerabilities | 11 jobs SOAR | 11 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Threat Detection Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Threat Detection Engineer job listings are Career development, Equity / stock options and Team events. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 27 jobs Equity / stock options | 25 jobs Team events | 21 jobs Flex hours | 19 jobs Health care | 19 jobs Flex vacation | 18 jobs Parental leave | 15 jobs Salary bonus | 15 jobs Competitive pay | 14 jobs Conferences | 10 jobs Wellness | 6 jobs 401(k) matching | 5 jobs Startup environment | 5 jobs Insurance | 5 jobs Fitness / gym | 4 jobs Medical leave | 4 jobs Transparency | 2 jobs Lunch / meals | 1 jobs Gear | 1 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 1 jobs

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