SOC Analyst Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median SOC Analyst Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 78,320
✏️ This salary info is based on 217 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average SOC Analyst salary lies between USD 67,600 and USD 115,000 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
- SOC Analyst
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 217
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Top 20 Job Tags for SOC Analyst roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with SOC Analyst job listings are SOC, SIEM 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:
SOC | 528 jobs SIEM | 379 jobs Monitoring | 373 jobs Incident response | 357 jobs Cloud | 238 jobs EDR | 196 jobs Firewalls | 183 jobs Malware | 180 jobs Threat intelligence | 173 jobs Vulnerabilities | 169 jobs Compliance | 169 jobs Computer Science | 164 jobs Windows | 159 jobs Scripting | 157 jobs IDS | 153 jobs Linux | 145 jobs Splunk | 134 jobs Python | 131 jobs IPS | 125 jobs Automation | 117 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for SOC Analyst roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with SOC Analyst job listings are Team events, Career development and Health care. 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 | 342 jobs Career development | 275 jobs Health care | 212 jobs Competitive pay | 135 jobs Insurance | 122 jobs Flex hours | 115 jobs Medical leave | 103 jobs Startup environment | 79 jobs Flex vacation | 77 jobs Parental leave | 69 jobs Salary bonus | 64 jobs Equity / stock options | 56 jobs Wellness | 49 jobs 401(k) matching | 41 jobs Gear | 19 jobs Flexible spending account | 16 jobs Fitness / gym | 13 jobs Home office stipend | 13 jobs Transparency | 12 jobs Relocation support | 10 jobsRelated salaries
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