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 104 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Security Consultant salary lies between USD 105,000 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
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- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 104
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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 | 402 jobs Compliance | 356 jobs NIST | 282 jobs CISSP | 274 jobs Risk management | 234 jobs Risk assessment | 216 jobs Vulnerabilities | 211 jobs Strategy | 208 jobs Computer Science | 207 jobs ISO 27001 | 201 jobs CISM | 186 jobs Governance | 185 jobs Incident response | 179 jobs Azure | 173 jobs Monitoring | 158 jobs AWS | 153 jobs Audits | 152 jobs Pentesting | 139 jobs Privacy | 135 jobs Firewalls | 123 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 | 410 jobs Flex hours | 191 jobs Health care | 183 jobs Team events | 164 jobs Startup environment | 132 jobs Competitive pay | 122 jobs Equity / stock options | 86 jobs Salary bonus | 84 jobs Flex vacation | 60 jobs Insurance | 57 jobs Parental leave | 39 jobs Conferences | 37 jobs Medical leave | 31 jobs Home office stipend | 25 jobs Wellness | 16 jobs 401(k) matching | 14 jobs Fitness / gym | 13 jobs Gear | 10 jobs Travel | 9 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 8 jobsRelated salaries
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