Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Consultant in United States during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Consultant in United States during 2024 is USD 142,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 18 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Security Consultant salary lies between USD 123,720 and USD 161,000 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 Consultant
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
18
Top 10%
$ 241,000
Top 25%
$ 161,000
Median
$ 142,500
Bottom 25%
$ 123,720
Bottom 10%
$ 85,000

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: April 28, 2024

Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Senior-level / Expert Security Consultant roles

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

Cloud | 63 jobs Compliance | 52 jobs NIST | 47 jobs Governance | 41 jobs Computer Science | 41 jobs Risk assessment | 40 jobs CISSP | 38 jobs Risk management | 37 jobs Strategy | 34 jobs Azure | 33 jobs Monitoring | 33 jobs C | 31 jobs CISM | 30 jobs Vulnerabilities | 28 jobs ISO 27001 | 28 jobs Pentesting | 28 jobs GCP | 28 jobs Audits | 26 jobs AWS | 26 jobs Security assessment | 24 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Security Consultant job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. 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 | 75 jobs Health care | 45 jobs Flex hours | 39 jobs Team events | 33 jobs Competitive pay | 32 jobs Equity | 28 jobs Startup environment | 19 jobs Salary bonus | 15 jobs Flex vacation | 13 jobs Parental leave | 9 jobs Insurance | 9 jobs Medical leave | 7 jobs 401(k) matching | 5 jobs Travel | 5 jobs Fitness / gym | 5 jobs Conferences | 5 jobs Relocation support | 4 jobs Flexible spending account | 3 jobs Wellness | 2 jobs Flat hierarchy | 1 jobs

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