Incident Responder salary in 2026
From pay that employers published in incident responder job postings on BlueTeamJobs over the last year. Yearly US dollars; hourly and monthly pay is converted to a full-time year.
Summary
- Median
- $142,000
- Middle half of postings
- $124,000 – $170,000
- Based on
- 11 postings with pay
Light bar: 10th to 90th percentile ($110,000 – $194,000). Dark bar: the middle half. Line: median.
| Seniority | Median | Middle half | Jobs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid level | $135,000 | $124,000 – $139,000 | 3 | |
| Senior | $172,000 | $110,000 – $194,000 | 5 | |
| Lead / manager | $144,000 | $143,000 – $156,000 | 3 |
| Work arrangement | Median | Middle half | Jobs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remote | $113,000 | $111,000 – $128,000 | 3 | |
| On-site | $142,000 | $139,000 – $183,000 | 7 |
| Clearance | Median | Middle half | Jobs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No clearance | $172,000 | $144,000 – $194,000 | 5 | |
| TS/SCI | $142,000 | $129,000 – $149,000 | 4 |
| State | Median | Middle half | Jobs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | $142,000 | $142,000 – $155,000 | 3 |
| Employer | Median | Middle half | Jobs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Agile Defense | $113,000 | $101,000 – $140,000 | 3 |
Open Incident Responder jobs with pay listed
Senior Cyber Security Incident Response Analyst
Agile Defense
- On-siteFort Huachuca, AZ
- $89k–$91k a year
- TS/SCI clearance
- Security+
- CySA+
- CEH
- SIEM
Incident Response Analyst
Agile Defense
- Remote
- $100k–$125k a year
- Public Trust clearance
- EDR
- Splunk
- Defender for Endpoint
Senior Incident Response Analyst - InfoSec
Elastic
- On-siteUnited States
- $133k–$211k a year
- SIEM
- Elastic Security
Incident Response Specialist
AnaVation
- On-siteReston, VA
- $89k–$196k a year
- TS/SCI clearance
- Security+
- CySA+
- GCIH
- GCIA
Other blue team salaries
- SOC Analyst salary
- Digital Forensics (DFIR) salary
- Threat Hunter salary
- Threat Intelligence (CTI) Analyst salary
- Detection Engineer salary
- Security Engineer salary
- Cloud Security Engineer salary
- Vulnerability Management salary
- Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) salary
- Identity and Access Management (IAM) salary
- Security Operations Leadership salary
How we calculate this
Each posting counts once, at the midpoint of its published range. We use postings first seen in the last year, including ones that have since closed, and leave out pay outside $25,000–$1,000,000 a year. Rows need at least three postings. Figures are rounded to the nearest $1,000.