Security Consultant Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Security Consultant Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 125,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 46 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Security Consultant salary lies between USD 95,000 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.
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- Security Consultant
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 46
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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 Security Consultant roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Security Consultant job listings are Cloud, Compliance and CISSP. 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:
Cloud | 201 jobs Compliance | 179 jobs CISSP | 140 jobs NIST | 136 jobs Risk management | 129 jobs Risk assessment | 104 jobs Strategy | 100 jobs Computer Science | 98 jobs Vulnerabilities | 92 jobs Incident response | 91 jobs ISO 27001 | 90 jobs Governance | 90 jobs Azure | 89 jobs CISM | 87 jobs AWS | 79 jobs Monitoring | 76 jobs Audits | 73 jobs Pentesting | 66 jobs Automation | 62 jobs Privacy | 62 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Consultant roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Security Consultant 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 | 194 jobs Health care | 94 jobs Flex hours | 93 jobs Team events | 82 jobs Startup environment | 65 jobs Competitive pay | 59 jobs Equity / stock options | 42 jobs Salary bonus | 41 jobs Insurance | 31 jobs Flex vacation | 26 jobs Conferences | 21 jobs Parental leave | 18 jobs Home office stipend | 16 jobs Medical leave | 13 jobs 401(k) matching | 6 jobs Gear | 6 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 6 jobs Flexible spending account | 5 jobs Wellness | 4 jobs Travel | 4 jobsRelated salaries
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