Security Operations Specialist Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Security Operations Specialist Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 102,255

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The average Security Operations Specialist salary lies between USD 68,400 and USD 143,700 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 Specialist
Experience
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
10
Top 10%
$ 143,700
Top 25%
$ 143,700
Median
$ 102,255
Bottom 25%
$ 68,400
Bottom 10%
$ 68,400

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 Specialist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Security Operations Specialist job listings are Incident response, CSOC and Malware. 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 | 12 jobs CSOC | 9 jobs Malware | 8 jobs DoDD 8570 | 8 jobs DoD | 8 jobs Monitoring | 8 jobs Cloud | 8 jobs SIEM | 7 jobs Clearance | 7 jobs Analytics | 6 jobs NIST | 5 jobs TS/SCI | 5 jobs Vulnerability management | 4 jobs Firewalls | 4 jobs AWS | 4 jobs Splunk | 4 jobs Red team | 4 jobs CEH | 4 jobs DoDD 8140 | 4 jobs SOAR | 4 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Operations Specialist roles

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

Team events | 12 jobs Career development | 10 jobs Competitive pay | 6 jobs Flex hours | 5 jobs Flex vacation | 5 jobs Health care | 5 jobs Parental leave | 3 jobs Conferences | 2 jobs 401(k) matching | 1 jobs Equity / stock options | 1 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Startup environment | 1 jobs Transparency | 1 jobs Medical leave | 1 jobs Insurance | 1 jobs Flexible spending account | 1 jobs Cell phone stipend | 1 jobs

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