Security Specialist Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Security Specialist Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 106,788
✏️ This salary info is based on 428 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Security Specialist salary lies between USD 82,000 and USD 148,000 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 Specialist
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 428
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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 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:
Compliance | 821 jobs Cloud | 564 jobs Monitoring | 456 jobs CISSP | 447 jobs Vulnerabilities | 443 jobs Computer Science | 441 jobs Risk management | 405 jobs Incident response | 403 jobs Clearance | 397 jobs NIST | 385 jobs Audits | 346 jobs Risk assessment | 322 jobs Firewalls | 284 jobs DoD | 280 jobs Strategy | 263 jobs ISO 27001 | 259 jobs Governance | 250 jobs SIEM | 244 jobs Azure | 239 jobs Privacy | 233 jobsTop 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 | 801 jobs Health care | 563 jobs Flex hours | 413 jobs Competitive pay | 369 jobs Team events | 329 jobs Equity / stock options | 284 jobs Insurance | 265 jobs Flex vacation | 208 jobs Startup environment | 200 jobs Salary bonus | 175 jobs Medical leave | 162 jobs 401(k) matching | 137 jobs Wellness | 136 jobs Parental leave | 131 jobs Relocation support | 65 jobs Flexible spending account | 53 jobs Conferences | 45 jobs Gear | 42 jobs Fitness / gym | 36 jobs Transparency | 31 jobsRelated salaries
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