Salary Report - IT Security Professional - USA - 1 Year
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
Information Technology
Security
Professional
United States Location
United States of America
Nationwide
Metropolitan Areas
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Salary Average
$55,704
Experience Requirement
1 Year
Raise +1 Year
$10,626 at 19.08%
Salary and Number of Jobs
About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 1 Year: $55,704 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $41,543 & $69,864; and, 5% of Jobs top $90,239.
Number of Jobs :
Most Jobs are available closest to the Salary Average.
Fewer Jobs are available at Lower and Higher Salaries.
Salary End Points :
$15,080 = minimum wage annual salary in the USA.
$187,699 = annual salary for the highest paying IT Job in the USA at the Top 2.5% Experience and Top 2.5% Salary.
Top Salaries
| Top Percentile of Job market | Top Salary |
|---|---|
| 2.5% | $96,856 |
| 5% | $90,239 |
| 10% | $82,610 |
| 25% | $69,864 |
| 33% | $64,746 |
| 50% | $55,704 |
Top Percentile of Job Market =
Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 1 Year Experience.
Salary Range and Jobs
Percentage of Jobs within Salary Lows and Highs
| Percent of Job Market | Salary Range | |
|---|---|---|
| Low Salary | High Salary | |
| 10% | $53,065 | $58,342 |
| 25% | $49,014 | $62,393 |
| 33% | $46,661 | $64,746 |
| 50% | $41,543 | $69,864 |
| 67% | $35,393 | $76,014 |
Salary Average =
$55,704
Mid Point between each Low/High pair.
Percent of Job Market =
Number of Jobs with Salary between Low/High pair
÷
Number of all Jobs at 1 Year Experience.
Salary and Experience
Salary ±1 Year
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
|---|---|---|
| Entry Level | $37,539 | $18,165 at 48.39% |
| 1 Year | $55,704 | $10,626 at 19.08% |
| 2 Years | $66,329 | $7,539 at 11.37% |
About Salary and Experience
Salary by Year :
Salary is lowest at entry level, increases rapidly with the first years of experience and approaches a ceiling as experience matures.
Salary and Experience Range :
Salary average rises with experience: $54,588 at the low experience of 11 Months; $85,212 at the average experience of 5 Years and 2 Months; and, $98,740 at the top experience of 9 Years and 4 Months.
Experience End Points :
0 = Entry Level.
11 Years and 1 Month = Top 2.5% Experience in the IT Job with the highest required experience in the USA.
Salary by Year
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Year | $55,704 | $10,625 at 19.07% |
| 2 Years | $66,329 | $7,539 at 11.37% |
| 3 Years | $73,868 | $5,848 at 7.92% |
| 4 Years | $79,716 | $4,778 at 5.99% |
| 5 Years | $84,494 | $4,040 at 4.78% |
| 6 Years | $88,534 | $3,499 at 3.95% |
| 7 Years | $92,033 | $3,087 at 3.35% |
| 8 Years | $95,120 | $2,761 at 2.9% |
| 9 Years | $97,881 | $2,498 at 2.55% |
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low | 11 Months | $54,588 | $11,003 at 20.16% |
| Average | 5 Years and 2 Months | $85,212 | $3,938 at 4.62% |
| Top | 9 Years and 4 Months | $98,740 | $2,421 at 2.45% |
Qualifications
Description
This position involves network, system and application security administration with a focus on the authentication, authorization and encryption of data transmissions; the detection, prevention and eradication of access intrusions, software vulnerabilities and virus attacks; and/or, the monitoring of firewalls and communications traffic to assure confidentiality, integrity and performance.
Skills
The qualifications of this information technology Job:
- IT Security,
- Security and One of: Administration, Administrator, Advisor, Analyst, Architect, Consultant, Developer, Engineer, Expert, Manager, Officer, Representative, Specialist, Supervisor, Technician or Technologist
- Or
- Certification and Accreditation (C&A), CISSP, Ethical Hacker, Identity Management, Information Assurance, INFOSEC, Intrusion Detection or Threat and Vulnerability.
Characteristics
A+ Skills
Additional IT skills and US Cities requested in some job descriptions:
- Manager,
- 11% of job descriptions,
- Project Leader, Project Manager, Supervisor, Team Leader or Technical Lead;
- Graduate Degree,
- 7% of job descriptions,
- Master of Science in Computer Engineering, Master of Science in Computer Science, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, MA/MS in Information Technology, MA/MS in Information Science, Master of Arts Degree, Master of Science Degree or Ph.D.;
- Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP),
- 47% of job descriptions;
- Java,
- 15% of job descriptions,
- Enterprise Java Beans (EJB), Java, Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE), Java Platform Micro Edition (Java ME), Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE), JavaApplet, Java Database Call (JDBC), Java Development Kit (JDK), Java Messaging Service (JMS), Jbuilder, JavaServer Faces (JSF), JSP, Java Swing or Sun Certified Java Programmer;
- C++,
- 9% of job descriptions;
- Microsoft C#,
- 5% of job descriptions;
- Perl,
- 9% of job descriptions;
- Cisco,
- 29% of job descriptions,
- Cisco, Cisco Certified Design Associate (CCDA), Cisco Certified Design Professional (CCDP), Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE), Cisco Certified Network Associate(CCNA), Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP), Cisco Catalyst Switch, Cisco IP Phone, Cisco PIX, Cisco Router, Cisco VoIP, CiscoWorks or IOS;
- Security Clearance,
- 24% of job descriptions;
- Finance Industry,
- 14% of job descriptions,
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Asset Management, Banking, Brokerage, Commodity Trading, Derivative Trading, Equity Trading, Financial, Insurance, Investment, Securities Trading, Stock Market or Wall Street
with
Business, Company, Corporation, Enterprise, Firm or Industry; - Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV,
- 34% of jobs;
- New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA,
- 11% of jobs.
Location
United States of America