Security Manager Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Security Manager Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 150,950

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The average Security Manager salary lies between USD 109,200 and USD 220,000 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 Manager
Experience
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 260,000
Top 25%
$ 220,000
Median
$ 150,950
Bottom 25%
$ 109,200
Bottom 10%
$ 80,000

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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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 | 140 jobs CISSP | 101 jobs Risk management | 99 jobs Audits | 89 jobs NIST | 83 jobs Clearance | 75 jobs Monitoring | 74 jobs CISM | 73 jobs Vulnerabilities | 72 jobs Incident response | 69 jobs Computer Science | 69 jobs Cloud | 68 jobs Risk assessment | 67 jobs ISO 27001 | 60 jobs Governance | 49 jobs IAM | 49 jobs DoD | 47 jobs RMF | 47 jobs Strategy | 45 jobs Security Clearance | 44 jobs

Top 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 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:

Career development | 104 jobs Health care | 74 jobs Insurance | 50 jobs Flex hours | 48 jobs Competitive pay | 43 jobs 401(k) matching | 35 jobs Team events | 34 jobs Equity / stock options | 31 jobs Flex vacation | 29 jobs Medical leave | 25 jobs Salary bonus | 24 jobs Parental leave | 23 jobs Startup environment | 20 jobs Wellness | 15 jobs Relocation support | 15 jobs Transparency | 5 jobs Flexible spending account | 5 jobs Gear | 4 jobs Travel | 3 jobs Pet friendly | 3 jobs

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