Threat Hunter Salary in 2025
💰 The median Threat Hunter Salary in 2025 is USD 156,925
✏️ This salary info is based on 24 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Threat Hunter salary lies between USD 120,000 and USD 193,300 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.
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- Threat Hunter
- Experience
- all levels
- Region
- global/worldwide
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 24
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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 Threat Hunter roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with Threat Hunter job listings are Incident response, Threat intelligence 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 | 36 jobs Threat intelligence | 34 jobs Malware | 32 jobs SIEM | 28 jobs Python | 28 jobs SOC | 28 jobs Cloud | 27 jobs Monitoring | 26 jobs Splunk | 23 jobs EDR | 23 jobs Scripting | 23 jobs Threat detection | 20 jobs CISSP | 20 jobs Clearance | 20 jobs GCFA | 19 jobs Windows | 19 jobs TTPs | 18 jobs Forensics | 18 jobs Linux | 18 jobs GIAC | 16 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Threat Hunter roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Threat Hunter job listings are Career development, Team events 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:
Career development | 31 jobs Team events | 18 jobs Health care | 11 jobs Equity / stock options | 10 jobs Flex hours | 8 jobs Parental leave | 6 jobs Medical leave | 6 jobs 401(k) matching | 5 jobs Flex vacation | 5 jobs Competitive pay | 5 jobs Insurance | 5 jobs Startup environment | 4 jobs Salary bonus | 4 jobs Conferences | 3 jobs Wellness | 1 jobs Fitness / gym | 1 jobs Relocation support | 1 jobs Fertility benefits | 1 jobs Flexible spending account | 1 jobsRelated salaries
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