Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Analyst in United States during 2023

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Analyst in United States during 2023 is USD 120,350

✏️ This salary info is based on 126 individual salaries reported during 2023

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Security Analyst salary lies between USD 90,000 and USD 148,000 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
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2023
Sample size
126
Top 10%
$ 179,000
Top 25%
$ 148,000
Median
$ 120,350
Bottom 25%
$ 90,000
Bottom 10%
$ 74,400

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 Senior-level / Expert Security Analyst roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Security Analyst job listings are Cloud, Compliance and Monitoring. 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:

Cloud | 279 jobs Compliance | 216 jobs Monitoring | 206 jobs Incident response | 201 jobs SIEM | 187 jobs Computer Science | 175 jobs Vulnerabilities | 174 jobs CISSP | 167 jobs SOC | 152 jobs NIST | 129 jobs Windows | 123 jobs AWS | 116 jobs Firewalls | 112 jobs Linux | 111 jobs Malware | 110 jobs Audits | 105 jobs Risk management | 105 jobs Scripting | 104 jobs Python | 100 jobs Risk assessment | 99 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Security Analyst roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert 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 2023 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 230 jobs Team events | 177 jobs Health care | 165 jobs Equity | 120 jobs Flex hours | 119 jobs Startup environment | 100 jobs Flex vacation | 93 jobs Salary bonus | 91 jobs Insurance | 87 jobs Competitive pay | 75 jobs Parental leave | 64 jobs Wellness | 51 jobs Medical leave | 48 jobs 401(k) matching | 37 jobs Gear | 21 jobs Home office stipend | 21 jobs Fitness / gym | 16 jobs Transparency | 12 jobs Relocation support | 12 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 10 jobs

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