Security Administrator Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Security Administrator Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 94,085

✏️ This salary info is based on 36 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Security Administrator salary lies between USD 80,000 and USD 123,000 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 Administrator
Experience
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
36
Top 10%
$ 143,100
Top 25%
$ 123,000
Median
$ 94,085
Bottom 25%
$ 80,000
Bottom 10%
$ 66,000

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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Salary trend

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 jobs

Top 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 jobs

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