Salary Report

Information Technology Job

IT Security:
US Government
Threat Testing and
ID Access Readiness-Response

United States Location

Cincinnati - Hamilton
OH - KY - IN
USA Metropolitan Area

Competitive Position® Salary Report

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

Salary Average

$101,159

Experience Requirement

5 Years and 6 Months

Raise +1 Year

$17,812 at 17.61%

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Salary and Number of Jobs

Graph of succeeding salary information

About Salary and Jobs

Salary Range :

At required Experience of 5 Years & 6 Months: $101,159 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $89,853 & $112,464; and, 5% of Jobs top $128,992.

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% $134,484
5% $128,992
10% $122,747
25% $112,464
33% $108,293
50% $101,159
Top Percentile of Job Market =

Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 5 Years and 6 Months Experience.

Salary Range and Jobs

Percentage of Jobs within Salary Lows and Highs
Percent of Job Market Salary Range
Low Salary High Salary
10% $99,056 $103,261
25% $95,826 $106,492
33% $94,024 $108,293
50% $89,853 $112,464
67% $84,797 $117,520
95% $67,833 $134,484
Salary Average =

$101,159

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 5 Years and 6 Months Experience.

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Salary and Experience

Graph of succeeding salary information

Salary ±1 Year

Experience Salary Average Raise +1 Year
4 Years and 6 Months $82,337 $18,822 at 22.86%
5 Years and 6 Months $101,159 $17,812 at 17.61%
6 Years and 6 Months $118,970 $17,180 at 14.44%

About Salary and Experience

Salary by Year :

Salary increases rapidly in the first years, rises moderately with greater experience and grows robustly into maturity.

Salary Growth Overall :

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

Salary and Experience Range :

Salary average rises with experience: $52,412 at the low experience of 3 Years and 1 Month; $101,159 at the average experience of 5 Years and 6 Months; and, $143,178 at the top experience of 7 Years and 11 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
Experience Salary Average Raise +1 Year
Low 3 Years and 1 Month $52,412 $21,634 at 41.28%
Average 5 Years and 6 Months $101,159 $17,811 at 17.61%
Top 7 Years and 11 Months $143,178 $16,640 at 11.62%

Qualifications

Description

Security of federal government information technology operations, with threat testing, and ID access readiness and response, is the position's primary responsibility.

Skills

The qualifications of this information technology Job:
  • IT Security,
    Cybersecurity, Infosec or Information Technology (IT) Security;
  • USA Government agency or department;
  • Threat Testing,
    Ethical Hacker, Penetration Testing, Threat Testing, Vulnerability Testing, CEH (Certified Ethical Hacker), OSCP (Offensive Security Certified Professional), Kismet, Metasploit, Nessus, Nikto or Nmap;
  • Identity Access,
    Access Authorization, Credentials, Identity Accreditation, Identity Authentication, PKI, IdM (Identity Management), IAM (Identity and Access Management), GIAC (Global Information Assurance Certification), CA Identity Suite, F5, NetIQ, Palo Alto Networks firewall, Ping or SailPont IdentityIQ.

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,
3.2% of job descriptions;
Master of Arts/Science or Ph.D. Graduate Degree,
3.2% of job descriptions;
Security Clearance,
51.6% of job descriptions;
AWS (Amazon Web Services),
6.5% of job descriptions.

Location

Cincinnati, OH

Indiana,
Dearborn County and Ohio County;
Kentucky,
Bellevue, Boone County, Campbell County, Covington, Dayton, Edgewood, Elsmere, Erlanger, Fort Mitchell, Fort Thomas, Fort Wright, Gallatin County, Grant County, Kenton, Newport, Pendleton County, Taylor Mill and Villa Hills;
Ohio,
Blue Ash, Brentwood, Bridgetown, Brook Park, Brown County, Butler County, Centerville, Cheviot, Cincinnati, Clermont County, Covedale, Deer Park, Delhi Hills, Fairfield, Forest Park, Groesbeck, Hamilton County, Indian Hill County, Indian Hill, Kenwood, Loveland, Madeira, Mason, Middletown, Milford, Montgomery, Mount Healthy, North College Hill, Northbrook, Norwood, Reading, Sharonville, Silverton, Springdale, St. Bernard, Trenton, Warren County, White Oak, Withamsville and Wyoming.

These locations are all included in the Cincinnati, OH metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).