Security Operations Engineer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Security Operations Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 135,482
✏️ This salary info is based on 24 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Security Operations Engineer salary lies between USD 135,482 and USD 204,930 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 Engineer
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 24
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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 Operations Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Security Operations Engineer job listings are Monitoring, Cloud and SIEM. 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:
Monitoring | 32 jobs Cloud | 31 jobs SIEM | 27 jobs Compliance | 26 jobs Incident response | 24 jobs AWS | 22 jobs Computer Science | 20 jobs Python | 18 jobs Automation | 16 jobs Windows | 15 jobs Azure | 13 jobs ISO 27001 | 13 jobs NIST | 13 jobs Linux | 13 jobs GCP | 13 jobs MacOS | 12 jobs Forensics | 11 jobs Strategy | 11 jobs FedRAMP | 10 jobs GCIH | 10 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Operations Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Security Operations Engineer job listings are Health care, Career development and Team events. 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:
Health care | 23 jobs Career development | 20 jobs Team events | 18 jobs Flex hours | 15 jobs Startup environment | 15 jobs Competitive pay | 15 jobs Equity / stock options | 14 jobs Salary bonus | 14 jobs Medical leave | 7 jobs Flex vacation | 6 jobs Insurance | 5 jobs 401(k) matching | 4 jobs Parental leave | 3 jobs Wellness | 3 jobs Snacks / Drinks | 2 jobs Home office stipend | 2 jobs Flexible spending account | 2 jobs Lunch / meals | 1 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobs Signing bonus | 1 jobsRelated salaries
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