Cyber Security Specialist – Intermediate (Cybersecurity)
Agile Defense
- On-siteFort Huachuca, AZ
- $80k–$93k a year
- Secret clearance
- Security+
- GSEC
SOC Analyst salary in 2026
From pay that employers published in soc analyst job postings on BlueTeamJobs over the last year. Yearly US dollars; hourly and monthly pay is converted to a full-time year.
Summary
- Median
- $105,000
- Middle half of postings
- $78,000 – $140,000
- Based on
- 41 postings with pay
Light bar: 10th to 90th percentile ($52,000 – $164,000). Dark bar: the middle half. Line: median.
| Seniority | Median | Middle half | Jobs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Entry level | $49,000 | $46,000 – $61,000 | 8 | |
| Mid level | $98,000 | $82,000 – $125,000 | 19 | |
| Senior | $122,000 | $111,000 – $146,000 | 11 | |
| Lead / manager | $164,000 | $144,000 – $172,000 | 3 |
| Work arrangement | Median | Middle half | Jobs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remote | $100,000 | $82,000 – $130,000 | 12 | |
| On-site | $98,000 | $77,000 – $135,000 | 27 |
| Clearance | Median | Middle half | Jobs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No clearance | $105,000 | $57,000 – $135,000 | 23 | |
| Public Trust | $115,000 | $104,000 – $123,000 | 4 | |
| Secret | $87,000 | $82,000 – $93,000 | 7 | |
| TS/SCI | $159,000 | $123,000 – $170,000 | 6 |
| State | Median | Middle half | Jobs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | $93,000 | $81,000 – $134,000 | 11 | |
| California | $98,000 | $52,000 – $105,000 | 5 | |
| District of Columbia | $164,000 | $152,000 – $168,000 | 3 | |
| Massachusetts | $131,000 | $125,000 – $138,000 | 3 |
| Employer | Median | Middle half | Jobs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seven AI | $146,000 | $133,000 – $146,000 | 3 | |
| Data Systems Analysts, Inc. | $140,000 | $125,000 – $148,000 | 3 | |
| Agile Defense | $87,000 | $87,000 – $92,000 | 3 | |
| UltraViolet Cyber | $78,000 | $77,000 – $83,000 | 3 | |
| Rocket Lab | $46,000 | $46,000 – $50,000 | 6 |
Open SOC Analyst jobs with pay listed
Cyber Security Specialist – Associate (Cybersecurity)
Agile Defense
- On-siteFort Huachuca, AZ
- $80k–$93k a year
- Secret clearance
- Security+
- GSEC
InfoSec Analyst - Business Enablement
Elastic
- On-sitePortugal
- €39k–€61k a year
- CISM
- Elastic Security
- Python
Principal Security Operations Center Analyst
Huntress
- On-siteAustralia
- A$180k–A$215k a year
- SIEM
- Python
- PowerShell
- AWS
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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.