Security Administrator Salary in 2025
💰 The median Security Administrator Salary in 2025 is USD 91,685
✏️ This salary info is based on 40 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Security Administrator salary lies between USD 73,100 and USD 120,750 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.
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- Security Administrator
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- all levels
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 40
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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 Security Administrator roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Security Administrator job listings are Compliance, Clearance and Monitoring. 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:
Compliance | 30 jobs Clearance | 28 jobs Monitoring | 27 jobs Computer Science | 23 jobs Incident response | 21 jobs Audits | 19 jobs Firewalls | 19 jobs Windows | 17 jobs Security Clearance | 17 jobs Cloud | 17 jobs Linux | 15 jobs Network security | 14 jobs Vulnerabilities | 14 jobs DoD | 14 jobs SIEM | 13 jobs CISSP | 13 jobs Azure | 12 jobs Active Directory | 12 jobs NIST | 12 jobs Intrusion detection | 12 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Administrator roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Security Administrator job listings are Health care, Career development and Insurance. 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 | 39 jobs Career development | 39 jobs Insurance | 27 jobs 401(k) matching | 22 jobs Flex hours | 21 jobs Team events | 16 jobs Flex vacation | 14 jobs Competitive pay | 12 jobs Medical leave | 11 jobs Parental leave | 10 jobs Wellness | 10 jobs Equity / stock options | 9 jobs Flexible spending account | 6 jobs Startup environment | 5 jobs Gear | 3 jobs Salary bonus | 3 jobs Transparency | 2 jobs Home office stipend | 2 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 2 jobs Lunch / meals | 1 jobsRelated salaries
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