Salary for Entry-level / Junior Security Analyst in United States during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Security Analyst in United States during 2024 is USD 103,116

✏️ This salary info is based on 108 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average entry-level / junior Security Analyst salary lies between USD 86,000 and USD 138,000 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 Analyst
Experience
Entry-level / Junior
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
108
Top 10%
$ 155,899
Top 25%
$ 138,000
Median
$ 103,116
Bottom 25%
$ 86,000
Bottom 10%
$ 74,598

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

Last updated: April 28, 2024

Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Entry-level / Junior Security Analyst roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Security Analyst job listings are Monitoring, Compliance and Cloud. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Monitoring | 177 jobs Compliance | 162 jobs Cloud | 160 jobs Vulnerabilities | 155 jobs Incident response | 149 jobs SIEM | 134 jobs Computer Science | 128 jobs SOC | 99 jobs Firewalls | 95 jobs Windows | 94 jobs CISSP | 87 jobs Linux | 86 jobs Risk management | 83 jobs Privacy | 81 jobs NIST | 78 jobs Audits | 75 jobs Automation | 72 jobs Scripting | 70 jobs IDS | 68 jobs Vulnerability management | 68 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior Security Analyst roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior Security Analyst 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 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 217 jobs Team events | 158 jobs Health care | 133 jobs Flex hours | 110 jobs Competitive pay | 79 jobs Flex vacation | 78 jobs Startup environment | 69 jobs Insurance | 69 jobs Equity | 63 jobs Medical leave | 49 jobs Salary bonus | 48 jobs Parental leave | 38 jobs Wellness | 34 jobs 401(k) matching | 30 jobs Gear | 13 jobs Fitness / gym | 12 jobs Home office stipend | 12 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 11 jobs Relocation support | 9 jobs Transparency | 6 jobs

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