Security Operations Analyst Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Security Operations Analyst Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 90,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 6 individual salaries reported during 2025

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The average Security Operations Analyst salary lies between USD 65,000 and USD 110,000 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 Operations Analyst
Experience
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 137,000
Top 25%
$ 110,000
Median
$ 90,000
Bottom 25%
$ 65,000
Bottom 10%
$ 60,400

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 Operations Analyst roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Security Operations Analyst job listings are Incident response, SIEM and Monitoring. 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:

Incident response | 21 jobs SIEM | 18 jobs Monitoring | 18 jobs SOC | 15 jobs Firewalls | 12 jobs CISSP | 12 jobs Cloud | 12 jobs IDS | 10 jobs Threat intelligence | 10 jobs EDR | 10 jobs Malware | 9 jobs Vulnerability management | 8 jobs Vulnerabilities | 8 jobs AWS | 8 jobs GCIH | 8 jobs GCIA | 8 jobs IPS | 7 jobs Azure | 7 jobs Python | 7 jobs PowerShell | 7 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Operations Analyst roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Security Operations Analyst job listings are Team events, Career development 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:

Team events | 14 jobs Career development | 13 jobs Health care | 11 jobs Competitive pay | 7 jobs Flex hours | 6 jobs Parental leave | 5 jobs Wellness | 4 jobs Startup environment | 4 jobs Medical leave | 4 jobs Equity / stock options | 2 jobs Flex vacation | 2 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 2 jobs 401(k) matching | 1 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobs Insurance | 1 jobs Salary bonus | 1 jobs Flexible spending account | 1 jobs

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