Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Operations Engineer in United States during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Operations Engineer in United States during 2024 is USD 147,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 14 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Security Operations Engineer salary lies between USD 94,300 and USD 198,600 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 Operations Engineer
Experience
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
14
Top 10%
$ 238,600
Top 25%
$ 198,600
Median
$ 147,000
Bottom 25%
$ 94,300
Bottom 10%
$ 78,800

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

Top 20 Job Tags for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Operations Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Security Operations Engineer job listings are Incident response, Cloud and SIEM. 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:

Incident response | 23 jobs Cloud | 21 jobs SIEM | 19 jobs AWS | 15 jobs Monitoring | 15 jobs Vulnerabilities | 12 jobs Computer Science | 12 jobs GCP | 11 jobs Automation | 10 jobs Python | 10 jobs NIST | 9 jobs CISSP | 8 jobs IDS | 7 jobs Vulnerability management | 7 jobs Azure | 7 jobs Compliance | 7 jobs EDR | 7 jobs Network security | 6 jobs ISO 27001 | 6 jobs Linux | 6 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Operations Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Security Operations Engineer 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 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Team events | 16 jobs Career development | 14 jobs Health care | 11 jobs Flex hours | 9 jobs Competitive pay | 8 jobs Startup environment | 6 jobs Equity | 5 jobs Flex vacation | 5 jobs Gear | 5 jobs Medical leave | 5 jobs Salary bonus | 4 jobs Insurance | 3 jobs Home office stipend | 3 jobs 401(k) matching | 2 jobs Parental leave | 2 jobs Wellness | 2 jobs Relocation support | 2 jobs

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