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

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Officer in United States during 2024 is USD 141,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 10 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Security Officer salary lies between USD 110,000 and USD 167,453 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 Officer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
10
Top 10%
$ 179,000
Top 25%
$ 167,453
Median
$ 141,500
Bottom 25%
$ 110,000
Bottom 10%
$ 69,685

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

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

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Security Officer job listings are Compliance, Risk management and CISSP. 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:

Compliance | 108 jobs Risk management | 69 jobs CISSP | 68 jobs Clearance | 64 jobs NIST | 58 jobs Risk assessment | 55 jobs RMF | 53 jobs Audits | 51 jobs Security Clearance | 44 jobs Vulnerabilities | 41 jobs Cloud | 40 jobs DoD | 39 jobs Monitoring | 38 jobs Computer Science | 37 jobs CISM | 35 jobs System Security Plan | 32 jobs Governance | 29 jobs Incident response | 28 jobs Security assessment | 28 jobs IAM | 28 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Security Officer job listings are Career development, Health care and Team events. 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 | 57 jobs Health care | 51 jobs Team events | 24 jobs 401(k) matching | 21 jobs Flex hours | 21 jobs Insurance | 21 jobs Flex vacation | 16 jobs Medical leave | 15 jobs Startup environment | 14 jobs Parental leave | 13 jobs Competitive pay | 11 jobs Relocation support | 11 jobs Equity | 8 jobs Wellness | 7 jobs Salary bonus | 6 jobs Flexible spending account | 5 jobs Conferences | 4 jobs Transparency | 3 jobs Travel | 2 jobs Fitness / gym | 2 jobs

Related salaries

Security Officer @ $ 141,500 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
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Security Officer @ $ 31,875 (global) - Entry-level / Junior Details
Security Officer @ $ 210,453 (global) - Executive-level / Director Details
Security Officer @ $ 71,996 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Security Officer @ $ 103,380 (United States) Details
Security Officer @ $ 31,875 (United Kingdom) Details
Security Officer @ $ 81,644 (Canada) Details

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