What are the main factors that influence an Account Security Specialist's salary?

The primary factors are: 1) Experience Level, 2) Geographic Location, 3) Education/Skills, 4) Company Size & Industry

What industry pays the highest salary for Account Security Specialist?

The Biotechnology industry offers the highest average compensation for Account Security Specialist roles, with salaries approximately 25% above the market median.

How does experience change An Account Security Specialist's salary?

An Account Security Specialist's salary grows with experience: starting around $62,809 for beginners, reaching about $90,622 at mid-level, and approach $99,713 for experts.

What are the highest paying states for an Account Security Specialist?

Account Security Specialist salary varies significantly by state. The top 3 highest paying states for Account Security Specialist roles are District of Columbia $103,845, California $103,451, Massachusetts $102,072. These tech hubs typically pay 10-15% above the national average.

How much do different types of Account Security Specialist roles make?

Salaries for Account Security Specialist level roles vary by specialization: Security Account Manager: $102,850; Application Security Specialist: $99,292; Senior Security Specialist: $94,190; EHR Security Access Specialist: $76,427; Industrial Security Specialist: $65,274.

Account Security Specialist Salary in Vermont

How much does an Account Security Specialist make in Vermont? As of September 01, 2026, the average salary for an Account Security Specialist in Vermont is $92,056 per year, which breaks down to an hourly rate of $44.

However, an Account Security Specialist's salary can vary significantly. Here's a look at the typical salary range:

Top Earners (90th percentile): $105,206
Majority Range (25th-75th percentile): $84,742 to $98,939
Entry-Level (10th percentile): $78,084

10% $78,084

50% (Median) $92,056

90% $105,206

Account Security Specialist Salaries by Percentile

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$98,939	$8,245	$1,903	$48
Average	$92,056	$7,671	$1,770	$44
25th Percentile	$84,742	$7,062	$1,630	$41

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Key Factors That Influence Account Security Specialist Salaries

An Account Security Specialist's salary isn't a fixed number. It's shaped by several important factors. Below, we'll explore how your years of experience, geographic location and company size can directly affect your earning potential.

How Experience Level Affects Account Security Specialist Salaries?

Experience is a primary driver of an Account Security Specialist's salary. As you build your skills and take on more complex tasks, your compensation generally increases. Here's how the average salary grows at different career stages:

Entry-Level (less than 1 year): $62,809
Early Career (1-2 years): $77,288
Mid-Level (2-4 years): $90,622
Senior-Level (5-8 years): $114,404
Expert (over 8 years): $99,713

Job Role	Years of Experience	Average Salary
System Documentation Specialist I	less than 1 year	$62,809
System Documentation Specialist II	1-2 years	$77,288
Account Security Specialist	2-4 years	$90,622
System Documentation Specialist IV	5-8 years	$114,404
System Documentation Supervisor	over 8 years	$99,713

How Do Account Security Specialist Salaries Vary from State to State?

Your salary can change significantly depending on where you work. States with a higher cost of living and strong industrial sectors often pay more to attract Account Security Specialists. For example, consider the average annual salaries in these key locations:

District of Columbia: $103,845.
California: $103,451.
Massachusetts: $102,072.

District of Columbia $103,845 California $103,451 Massachusetts $102,072 Washington $101,697 New Jersey $101,660 Alaska $101,528 Connecticut $100,234 New York $99,709

Hawaii $98,030 Rhode Island $97,242 Maryland $96,708 Minnesota $95,976 Colorado $95,695 Illinois $95,601 Oregon $95,244 Delaware $94,982

New Hampshire $94,817 Virginia $94,447 Pennsylvania $93,369 Nevada $92,825 North Dakota $92,646 Michigan $92,365 Wisconsin $92,262 Vermont $92,056

Texas $91,483 Maine $91,446 Arizona $91,390 Ohio $91,324 Georgia $90,461 Indiana $90,030 Wyoming $89,945 Utah $89,814

Iowa $89,758 Kansas $89,308 Louisiana $89,176 North Carolina $89,129 Missouri $89,111 Florida $88,745 Montana $88,548 Nebraska $88,360

Kentucky $88,257 South Carolina $87,882 Tennessee $87,647 Idaho $87,554 New Mexico $86,869 Oklahoma $86,719 Alabama $86,166 South Dakota $85,237

Arkansas $84,731 West Virginia $84,459 Mississippi $83,643

Top Paying Cities for Account Security Specialist

Salaries can also vary between different cities. Major metropolitan areas or cities with a high demand for technicians often offer more competitive pay. Here are a few examples of average annual salaries in different U.S. cities:

Adamant: $94,227
Barre: $94,368
Cabot: $94,161

Adamant, VT $94,227

Barre, VT $94,368

Cabot, VT $94,161

Calais, VT $94,244

East Barre, VT $94,225

East Calais, VT $94,227

East Montpelier, VT $94,290

Eden, VT $94,165

Eden Mills, VT $94,080

Graniteville, VT $94,363

Hyde Park, VT $94,304

Johnson, VT $94,423

Lake Elmore, VT $94,199

Marshfield, VT $94,177

Moretown, VT $94,429

Morrisville, VT $94,418

Moscow, VT $94,466

Northfield, VT $94,314

Northfield Falls, VT $94,755

North Hyde Park, VT $94,297

North Montpelier, VT $94,202

Plainfield, VT $94,189

Roxbury, VT $94,030

South Barre, VT $94,478

Waterbury, VT $94,457

Stowe, VT $94,470

Waitsfield, VT $94,417

Warren, VT $94,241

Washington, VT $94,057

Waterbury Center, VT $94,454

Websterville, VT $94,348

Williamstown, VT $94,238

Wolcott, VT $94,186

Woodbury, VT $94,094

Worcester, VT $94,187

Rutland, VT $94,185

Belmont, VT $93,894

Benson, VT $93,893

Bomoseen, VT $94,041

Brandon, VT $94,111

Bridport, VT $94,121

Castleton, VT $94,059

Center Rutland, VT $94,124

Chittenden, VT $93,907

Cuttingsville, VT $93,874

Danby, VT $94,035

East Middlebury, VT $94,172

East Poultney, VT $94,045

East Wallingford, VT $93,943

Fair Haven, VT $93,976

Florence, VT $93,944

Forest Dale, VT $94,114

Gaysville, VT $93,517

Granville, VT $93,959

Hancock, VT $93,944

Hydeville, VT $94,052

Killington, VT $93,933

Middlebury, VT $94,318

Middletown Springs, VT $93,994

Mount Holly, VT $93,907

North Clarendon, VT $94,045

Orwell, VT $94,035

Pawlet, VT $94,068

Pittsfield, VT $93,988

Pittsford, VT $94,078

Poultney, VT $94,060

Proctor, VT $94,164

Ripton, VT $94,055

Rochester, VT $94,006

Rupert, VT $93,997

Salisbury, VT $94,147

Shoreham, VT $94,067

Stockbridge, VT $93,900

Wallingford, VT $93,951

Wells, VT $94,072

West Pawlet, VT $94,104

West Rupert, VT $94,081

West Rutland, VT $94,024

Whiting, VT $94,071

Saint Johnsbury, VT $94,172

Albany, VT $94,118

Barnet, VT $94,072

Barton, VT $94,108

Beebe Plain, VT $94,136

Concord, VT $93,983

Coventry, VT $94,246

Craftsbury, VT $94,145

Craftsbury Common, VT $94,150

Danville, VT $94,093

Derby, VT $94,136

Derby Line, VT $94,066

East Burke, VT $94,063

East Charleston, VT $94,072

East Hardwick, VT $94,123

East Haven, VT $93,857

East Saint Johnsbury, VT $94,171

Glover, VT $94,080

Granby, VT $93,742

Greensboro, VT $94,048

Greensboro Bend, VT $94,108

Hardwick, VT $94,212

Irasburg, VT $94,084

Island Pond, VT $93,930

Lowell, VT $94,052

Lower Waterford, VT $94,160

Lyndon, VT $94,143

Lyndon Center, VT $94,249

Lyndonville, VT $94,147

Morgan, VT $93,977

Newport, VT $94,192

Newport Center, VT $94,072

North Concord, VT $93,826

North Troy, VT $94,085

Orleans, VT $94,050

Passumpsic, VT $94,178

Peacham, VT $93,989

Saint Johnsbury Center, VT $94,181

Sheffield, VT $94,014

Sutton, VT $94,006

Troy, VT $94,095

West Burke, VT $94,069

West Charleston, VT $94,025

West Danville, VT $94,098

Westfield, VT $94,023

West Glover, VT $94,088

Averill, VT $93,540

Beecher Falls, VT $94,147

Canaan, VT $93,913

Gilman, VT $94,326

Guildhall, VT $93,789

Lunenburg, VT $93,993

Norton, VT $93,728

North Bennington, VT $94,775

North Pownal, VT $94,966

Pownal, VT $95,019

White River Junction, VT $94,160

Ascutney, VT $94,204

Barnard, VT $93,946

Bethel, VT $94,005

Bradford, VT $94,103

Bridgewater, VT $94,043

Bridgewater Corners, VT $93,856

Brookfield, VT $94,096

Brownsville, VT $94,045

Chelsea, VT $94,042

Corinth, VT $94,017

East Corinth, VT $94,056

East Randolph, VT $94,074

East Ryegate, VT $93,992

East Thetford, VT $94,109

Fairlee, VT $94,007

Groton, VT $94,033

Hartford, VT $94,405

Hartland, VT $94,075

Hartland Four Corners, VT $94,071

Mc Indoe Falls, VT $94,313

Newbury, VT $94,021

North Hartland, VT $94,141

North Pomfret, VT $93,980

North Thetford, VT $94,107

Norwich, VT $94,088

Plymouth, VT $93,789

Post Mills, VT $94,086

Quechee, VT $94,184

Randolph, VT $94,167

Randolph Center, VT $94,119

Reading, VT $93,867

Sharon, VT $94,003

South Pomfret, VT $93,913

South Royalton, VT $94,030

South Ryegate, VT $94,049

South Strafford, VT $94,025

South Woodstock, VT $93,890

Strafford, VT $93,944

Taftsville, VT $94,191

Thetford, VT $94,109

Thetford Center, VT $94,010

Topsham, VT $93,982

Tunbridge, VT $94,000

Vershire, VT $93,956

Wells River, VT $94,055

West Fairlee, VT $94,228

West Hartford, VT $93,982

West Newbury, VT $94,019

West Topsham, VT $94,057

Wilder, VT $94,410

Windsor, VT $94,113

Woodstock, VT $93,998

Bellows Falls, VT $94,341

Cambridgeport, VT $94,233

Cavendish, VT $93,920

Chester, VT $94,014

Chester Depot, VT $93,980

Grafton, VT $93,943

Londonderry, VT $94,111

Ludlow, VT $93,969

North Springfield, VT $94,297

Perkinsville, VT $94,041

Peru, VT $94,013

Proctorsville, VT $93,936

Saxtons River, VT $94,322

South Londonderry, VT $94,170

Springfield, VT $94,251

Westminster, VT $94,340

Westminster Station, VT $94,347

Weston, VT $93,916

Shaftsbury, VT $94,662

Brattleboro, VT $94,534

Bondville, VT $94,142

East Dover, VT $94,334

Jacksonville, VT $94,571

Jamaica, VT $94,144

Marlboro, VT $95,002

Newfane, VT $94,272

Putney, VT $94,252

Readsboro, VT $95,013

South Newfane, VT $94,305

Stamford, VT $94,944

Townshend, VT $94,186

Vernon, VT $94,822

Wardsboro, VT $94,255

West Dover, VT $94,410

West Dummerston, VT $94,295

West Halifax, VT $94,441

West Townshend, VT $94,060

West Wardsboro, VT $94,062

Whitingham, VT $94,537

Williamsville, VT $94,295

Wilmington, VT $94,480

Burlington, VT $94,738

South Burlington, VT $94,732

Winooski, VT $94,738

Colchester, VT $94,738

Alburgh, VT $94,265

Bakersfield, VT $94,405

Belvidere Center, VT $94,063

Bristol, VT $94,425

Cambridge, VT $94,537

Charlotte, VT $94,609

East Berkshire, VT $94,314

East Fairfield, VT $94,455

Enosburg Falls, VT $94,194

Essex, VT $94,666

Essex Junction, VT $94,672

Fairfax, VT $94,544

Fairfield, VT $94,453

Ferrisburgh, VT $94,504

Franklin, VT $94,200

Grand Isle, VT $94,553

Highgate Center, VT $94,279

Highgate Springs, VT $94,327

Hinesburg, VT $94,608

Huntington, VT $94,536

Isle La Motte, VT $94,383

Jeffersonville, VT $94,473

Jericho, VT $94,587

Jonesville, VT $94,607

Milton, VT $94,632

Monkton, VT $94,532

Montgomery, VT $94,194

Montgomery Center, VT $94,080

New Haven, VT $94,413

North Ferrisburgh, VT $94,547

North Hero, VT $94,453

Richford, VT $94,178

Richmond, VT $94,597

Saint Albans, VT $94,495

Saint Albans Bay, VT $94,483

Shelburne, VT $94,696

Sheldon, VT $94,383

Sheldon Springs, VT $94,614

South Hero, VT $94,639

Starksboro, VT $94,480

Swanton, VT $94,366

Underhill, VT $94,565

Underhill Center, VT $94,568

Vergennes, VT $94,384

Waterville, VT $94,416

Westford, VT $94,612

Williston, VT $94,684

Montpelier, VT $94,353

Bennington, VT $94,844

Arlington, VT $94,510

Dorset, VT $94,142

East Arlington, VT $94,107

East Dorset, VT $94,144

Manchester, VT $94,398

Manchester Center, VT $94,337

Account Security Specialist Salary by Industry: Top Paying Sectors

For Account Security Specialist roles, the industry you choose can affect earning potential by as much as 65% (the gap between the highest and lowest paying industries). Data shows that the Biotechnology and Energy & Utilities sectors offer the strongest compensation, at 25% above the average. In contrast, Account Security Specialist positions in Transportation or Hospitality & Leisure typically offer lower base pay, as these industries often view Account Security Specialist as a support function rather than a direct revenue driver.

The top paying industries for an Account Security Specialist

Industry Sector	Average Annual Salary	Average Hourly Rate	Pay vs.Avg
Biotechnology	$115,069	$55.0	25%
Energy & Utilities	$105,864	$51.0	15%
Financial Services	$105,864	$51.0	15%
Aerospace & Defense	$101,261	$49.0	10%
Insurance	$101,261	$49.0	10%

Account Security Specialist Salary: Hourly Rate, Weekly Pay, and Monthly Pay

Understanding how an Account Security Specialist's annual salary breaks down can help with budgeting. Below, you can see the average hourly rate, weekly pay, and monthly pay for this role. Use the buttons to switch between different pay periods.

$84,742

Average $92,056/year

$98,939

$7,062

Average $7,671/month

$8,245

$1,630

Average $1,770/week

$1,903

$41

Average $44/hour

$48

	Annual Salary	Monthly Pay	Weekly Pay	Hourly Wage
75th Percentile	$98,939	$8,245	$1,903	$48
Average	$92,056	$7,671	$1,770	$44
25th Percentile	$84,742	$7,062	$1,630	$41

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