Security Manager Salary in 2025
💰 The median Security Manager Salary in 2025 is USD 140,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 56 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Security Manager salary lies between USD 110,590 and USD 184,200 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.
- Job title
- Security Manager
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 56
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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 Manager roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Security Manager job listings are Compliance, CISSP and Risk management. 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 | 551 jobs CISSP | 411 jobs Risk management | 379 jobs NIST | 334 jobs Audits | 322 jobs Cloud | 295 jobs CISM | 294 jobs Monitoring | 290 jobs Vulnerabilities | 278 jobs Risk assessment | 270 jobs Incident response | 265 jobs Computer Science | 263 jobs Clearance | 261 jobs RMF | 204 jobs Strategy | 203 jobs ISO 27001 | 191 jobs DoD | 181 jobs Governance | 176 jobs IAM | 175 jobs Security assessment | 159 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Manager roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Security Manager job listings are Career development, Health care and Competitive pay. 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 | 421 jobs Health care | 317 jobs Competitive pay | 192 jobs Insurance | 190 jobs Flex hours | 181 jobs Team events | 152 jobs Flex vacation | 126 jobs Medical leave | 125 jobs 401(k) matching | 117 jobs Equity / stock options | 117 jobs Parental leave | 109 jobs Salary bonus | 92 jobs Startup environment | 90 jobs Wellness | 84 jobs Relocation support | 68 jobs Gear | 28 jobs Flexible spending account | 28 jobs Travel | 18 jobs Transparency | 17 jobs Conferences | 10 jobsRelated salaries
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