Security Specialist Salary in 2025

💰 The median Security Specialist Salary in 2025 is USD 110,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 246 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Security Specialist salary lies between USD 86,000 and USD 150,800 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 Specialist
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
246
Top 10%
$ 189,175
Top 25%
$ 150,800
Median
$ 110,000
Bottom 25%
$ 86,000
Bottom 10%
$ 70,000

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Security Specialist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Security Specialist job listings are Compliance, Cloud and CISSP. 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 | 499 jobs Cloud | 344 jobs CISSP | 280 jobs Vulnerabilities | 269 jobs Monitoring | 268 jobs Computer Science | 266 jobs Clearance | 244 jobs Risk management | 237 jobs NIST | 230 jobs Incident response | 228 jobs Audits | 204 jobs Risk assessment | 182 jobs DoD | 182 jobs Firewalls | 167 jobs Strategy | 166 jobs Governance | 155 jobs Network security | 151 jobs ISO 27001 | 150 jobs SIEM | 145 jobs Azure | 143 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Specialist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Security Specialist job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. 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 | 480 jobs Health care | 345 jobs Flex hours | 252 jobs Competitive pay | 223 jobs Team events | 186 jobs Equity / stock options | 161 jobs Insurance | 157 jobs Flex vacation | 135 jobs Startup environment | 111 jobs Salary bonus | 105 jobs Medical leave | 93 jobs 401(k) matching | 87 jobs Wellness | 87 jobs Parental leave | 65 jobs Relocation support | 42 jobs Flexible spending account | 35 jobs Conferences | 32 jobs Gear | 18 jobs Fitness / gym | 17 jobs Transparency | 16 jobs

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Security Specialist @ $ 120,500 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Security Specialist @ $ 70,000 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Security Specialist @ $ 107,682 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Security Specialist @ $ 70,000 (United States) - Entry-level / Junior Details
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Security Specialist @ $ 129,960 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Security Specialist @ $ 106,238 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Security Specialist @ $ 107,682 (Canada) Details
Security Specialist @ $ 111,341 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details

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