Security Specialist Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Security Specialist Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 107,100
✏️ This salary info is based on 478 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Security Specialist salary lies between USD 83,000 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
- 478
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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 | 910 jobs Cloud | 620 jobs Monitoring | 496 jobs CISSP | 495 jobs Computer Science | 486 jobs Vulnerabilities | 475 jobs Clearance | 450 jobs Incident response | 444 jobs Risk management | 429 jobs NIST | 424 jobs Audits | 399 jobs Risk assessment | 348 jobs DoD | 320 jobs Firewalls | 316 jobs ISO 27001 | 284 jobs Strategy | 281 jobs Governance | 269 jobs SIEM | 265 jobs Security Clearance | 264 jobs Azure | 255 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 | 881 jobs Health care | 610 jobs Flex hours | 444 jobs Competitive pay | 396 jobs Team events | 372 jobs Equity / stock options | 300 jobs Insurance | 290 jobs Flex vacation | 219 jobs Startup environment | 213 jobs Salary bonus | 183 jobs Medical leave | 179 jobs 401(k) matching | 150 jobs Parental leave | 148 jobs Wellness | 148 jobs Relocation support | 72 jobs Flexible spending account | 55 jobs Conferences | 48 jobs Gear | 47 jobs Fitness / gym | 36 jobs Transparency | 31 jobsRelated salaries
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