Salary for Executive-level / Director Director of Information Security in United States during 2023

💰 The median Salary for Executive-level / Director Director of Information Security in United States during 2023 is USD 204,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 8 individual salaries reported during 2023

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Salary details

The average executive-level / director Director of Information Security salary lies between USD 171,500 and USD 228,700 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
Director of Information Security
Experience
Executive-level / Director
Region
United States
Salary year
2023
Sample size
8
Top 10%
$ 290,000
Top 25%
$ 228,700
Median
$ 204,500
Bottom 25%
$ 171,500
Bottom 10%
$ 147,000

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: May 19, 2024

Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Executive-level / Director Director of Information Security roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with executive-level / director Director of Information Security job listings are Compliance, Strategy and CISSP. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2023 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Compliance | 19 jobs Strategy | 14 jobs CISSP | 14 jobs Incident response | 12 jobs SOC 2 | 11 jobs ISO 27001 | 10 jobs Privacy | 10 jobs Monitoring | 10 jobs GDPR | 9 jobs CISM | 9 jobs CISA | 9 jobs Cloud | 9 jobs Audits | 8 jobs Risk management | 8 jobs Governance | 8 jobs Risk assessment | 7 jobs SOC | 7 jobs IDS | 5 jobs IPS | 5 jobs Firewalls | 5 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Executive-level / Director Director of Information Security roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with executive-level / director Director of Information Security job listings are Career development, Health care and Competitive pay. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2023 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 11 jobs Health care | 9 jobs Competitive pay | 8 jobs Parental leave | 7 jobs 401(k) matching | 6 jobs Equity | 6 jobs Insurance | 6 jobs Flex hours | 5 jobs Team events | 5 jobs Salary bonus | 5 jobs Flex vacation | 4 jobs Wellness | 4 jobs Startup environment | 4 jobs Medical leave | 3 jobs Fertility benefits | 1 jobs

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