Security Specialist Salary in 2024

💰 The median Security Specialist Salary in 2024 is USD 98,650

✏️ This salary info is based on 46 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average Security Specialist salary lies between USD 81,600 and USD 138,000 globally. 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
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
46
Top 10%
$ 160,000
Top 25%
$ 138,000
Median
$ 98,650
Bottom 25%
$ 81,600
Bottom 10%
$ 66,000

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

Last updated: May 5, 2024

Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Security Specialist roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Security Specialist job listings are Compliance, Cloud and Vulnerabilities. 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 | 190 jobs Cloud | 144 jobs Vulnerabilities | 129 jobs Monitoring | 118 jobs CISSP | 110 jobs Risk assessment | 91 jobs Audits | 90 jobs Risk management | 90 jobs NIST | 89 jobs Computer Science | 82 jobs Governance | 80 jobs Incident response | 78 jobs SIEM | 76 jobs Network security | 75 jobs Firewalls | 71 jobs AWS | 68 jobs Azure | 68 jobs Clearance | 61 jobs SOC | 57 jobs Vulnerability management | 54 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Specialist roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Security Specialist 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 | 179 jobs Health care | 110 jobs Flex hours | 97 jobs Team events | 97 jobs Competitive pay | 68 jobs Startup environment | 65 jobs Equity | 55 jobs Flex vacation | 48 jobs Insurance | 42 jobs Salary bonus | 40 jobs 401(k) matching | 33 jobs Parental leave | 31 jobs Medical leave | 26 jobs Wellness | 25 jobs Relocation support | 15 jobs Gear | 14 jobs Flexible spending account | 13 jobs Conferences | 11 jobs Home office stipend | 11 jobs Fitness / gym | 9 jobs

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Security Specialist @ $ 106,000 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Security Specialist @ $ 98,650 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details

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