SecOps Engineer Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median SecOps Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 140,800

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The average SecOps Engineer salary lies between USD 104,700 and USD 180,000 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
SecOps Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
8
Top 10%
$ 266,000
Top 25%
$ 180,000
Median
$ 140,800
Bottom 25%
$ 104,700
Bottom 10%
$ 88,000

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.

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Top 20 Job Tags for SecOps Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with SecOps Engineer job listings are DevSecOps, Cloud and CI/CD. 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:

DevSecOps | 703 jobs Cloud | 635 jobs CI/CD | 561 jobs Automation | 507 jobs AWS | 497 jobs Python | 496 jobs Kubernetes | 475 jobs DevOps | 467 jobs Terraform | 436 jobs Scripting | 386 jobs Compliance | 376 jobs Docker | 365 jobs Azure | 332 jobs Monitoring | 325 jobs GitLab | 320 jobs Agile | 312 jobs Ansible | 308 jobs Clearance | 302 jobs Computer Science | 302 jobs Jenkins | 293 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for SecOps Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with SecOps Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. 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 | 425 jobs Health care | 276 jobs Flex hours | 159 jobs Startup environment | 157 jobs Competitive pay | 150 jobs Insurance | 149 jobs Team events | 141 jobs Flex vacation | 136 jobs Salary bonus | 109 jobs Equity / stock options | 102 jobs 401(k) matching | 97 jobs Medical leave | 85 jobs Parental leave | 72 jobs Wellness | 54 jobs Transparency | 39 jobs Relocation support | 29 jobs Fitness / gym | 24 jobs Travel | 15 jobs Gear | 15 jobs Conferences | 14 jobs

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