Security Consultant Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Security Consultant Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 132,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 100 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Security Consultant salary lies between USD 108,000 and USD 164,000 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
- 100
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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 NIST. 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 | 349 jobs Compliance | 299 jobs NIST | 230 jobs CISSP | 225 jobs Risk management | 206 jobs Risk assessment | 184 jobs Computer Science | 177 jobs Strategy | 176 jobs Vulnerabilities | 173 jobs ISO 27001 | 161 jobs Governance | 161 jobs Incident response | 160 jobs CISM | 151 jobs Azure | 145 jobs Monitoring | 130 jobs AWS | 128 jobs Audits | 124 jobs Pentesting | 124 jobs Privacy | 120 jobs Security assessment | 101 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, Flex hours and Health care. 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 | 354 jobs Flex hours | 164 jobs Health care | 162 jobs Team events | 137 jobs Startup environment | 118 jobs Competitive pay | 110 jobs Salary bonus | 76 jobs Equity / stock options | 73 jobs Flex vacation | 50 jobs Insurance | 50 jobs Conferences | 35 jobs Parental leave | 32 jobs Medical leave | 25 jobs Home office stipend | 22 jobs 401(k) matching | 12 jobs Wellness | 12 jobs Fitness / gym | 10 jobs Gear | 9 jobs Travel | 8 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 8 jobsRelated salaries
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