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

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Security Specialist in United States during 2023 is USD 105,481

✏️ This salary info is based on 20 individual salaries reported during 2023

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Security Specialist salary lies between USD 80,000 and USD 154,800 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 Specialist
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2023
Sample size
20
Top 10%
$ 168,400
Top 25%
$ 154,800
Median
$ 105,481
Bottom 25%
$ 80,000
Bottom 10%
$ 70,200

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 Specialist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Security Specialist job listings are Compliance, Monitoring and Cloud. 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 | 114 jobs Monitoring | 76 jobs Cloud | 76 jobs CISSP | 75 jobs Vulnerabilities | 61 jobs Risk management | 58 jobs Incident response | 56 jobs Automation | 50 jobs NIST | 49 jobs Computer Science | 49 jobs Firewalls | 46 jobs Azure | 46 jobs Risk assessment | 44 jobs AWS | 43 jobs CISM | 43 jobs SOC | 43 jobs Linux | 42 jobs Clearance | 42 jobs Governance | 42 jobs Privacy | 41 jobs

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

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Security Specialist job listings are Career development, Team events and Flex hours. 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 | 119 jobs Team events | 93 jobs Flex hours | 81 jobs Health care | 56 jobs Startup environment | 55 jobs Competitive pay | 49 jobs Equity | 41 jobs Flex vacation | 35 jobs Parental leave | 25 jobs Medical leave | 24 jobs Salary bonus | 23 jobs Conferences | 20 jobs Insurance | 17 jobs 401(k) matching | 13 jobs Wellness | 13 jobs Transparency | 11 jobs Home office stipend | 11 jobs Fitness / gym | 7 jobs Lunch / meals | 6 jobs Gear | 6 jobs

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