Salary Report

Information Technology Job

IT Security
Director

United States Location

United States of America

Competitive Position® Salary Report

Data Observed 2/1/24 to 1/30/25

Salary Average

$167,246

Experience Requirement

8 Years

Raise +1 Year

$5,514 at 3.30%

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Salary and Number of Jobs

Graph of succeeding salary information

About Salary and Jobs

Salary Range :

At required Experience of 8 Years: $167,246 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $141,269 & $193,222; and, 5% of Jobs top $231,134.

Number of Jobs :

Most Jobs are available closest to the Salary Average.

Fewer Jobs are available at Lower and Higher Salaries.

Salary End Points :

$26,400 = annual salary at $15 per hour working between: 44 weeks at 40 hours a week, to, 52 weeks at 34 hours a week.

$461,926 = annual salary for the highest paying IT Job in the highest paying US City at the Top 2.5% Experience and Top 2.5% Salary.

Job Market :

Job offers, publicly posted in want ads by employers, were observed and measured from 2/1/24 to 1/30/25.

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Top Salaries

Top Percentile of Job market Top Salary
2.5% $243,701
5% $231,134
10% $216,823
25% $193,222
33% $183,641
50% $167,246
Top Percentile of Job Market =

Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 8 Years Experience.

Salary Range and Jobs

Percentage of Jobs within Salary Lows and Highs
Percent of Job Market Salary Range
Low Salary High Salary
10% $162,414 $172,077
25% $154,990 $179,501
33% $150,850 $183,641
50% $141,269 $193,222
67% $129,660 $204,831
95% $90,790 $243,701
Salary Average =

$167,246

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 8 Years Experience.

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Salary and Experience

Graph of succeeding salary information

Salary ±1 Year

Experience Salary Average Raise +1 Year
7 Years $161,731 $5,514 at 3.41%
8 Years $167,246 $5,514 at 3.30%
9 Years $172,760 $5,514 at 3.19%

About Salary and Experience

Salary by Year :

Salary increases steadily in the first years, rises stably with greater experience and grows consistently into maturity.

Salary Growth Overall :

The increase in Salary average from low to high experience is equal to that in the USA IT job market as a whole.

Salary and Experience Range :

Salary average rises with experience: $124,051 at the low experience of 2 Months; $166,326 at the average experience of 7 Years and 10 Months; and, $208,602 at the top experience of 15 Years and 6 Months.

Experience End Points :

0 = Entry Level.

15 Years and 6 Months = Top 2.5% Experience in the IT Job with the highest required experience in the USA.

Job Market :

Job offers, publicly posted in want ads by employers, were observed and measured from 2/1/24 to 1/30/25.

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Salary and Experience Range

95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top

Qualifications

Description

Directing information technology security, cost efficient staff leadership optimizing encryption, threat testing, intrusion readiness-response, id access and data integrity protection, is the position's primary responsibility.

Skills

The qualifications of this information technology Job:
  • Director,
    Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Director of Information Technology (IT) or Information Technology (IT) Vice President;
  • IT Security,
    Cybersecurity, Infosec or Information Technology (IT) Security.

Characteristics

A+ Skills
Additional IT skills requested in some job descriptions:
Project Lead,
Development Manager, Lead Developer, Project Lead, Project Manager, Project Supervisor, Team Lead, Team Supervisor or Technical Lead,
13% of job descriptions;
Master of Arts/Science or Ph.D. Graduate Degree,
36.2% of job descriptions;
Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
62.3% of job descriptions;
Financial Sector,
Asset Management, Banking, Brokerage, Commodity Trading, Derivative Trading, Equity Trading, Finance, Insurance, Investment, Securities Trading, Stock Market or Wall Street,
34.8% of job descriptions;
USA Federal Government,
8.7% of job descriptions;
Security Clearance,
5.8% of job descriptions;
CISSP (Certified Information Systems Security Professional),
8.7% of job descriptions;
CISM (Certified Information Security Manager),
31.9% of job descriptions;
CISA (Certified Information Systems Auditor),
17.4% of job descriptions;
ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library),
8.7% of job descriptions;
GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification),
17.4% of job descriptions;
AWS (Amazon Web Services),
24.6% of job descriptions.

Location

United States of America