IT Security Director Salary in Columbus, Ohio

How much does an IT Security Director make in Columbus, OH?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for an IT Security Director in Columbus, OH is $187,805. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $172,037 to $204,697, with most professionals earning between $157,681 and $220,076.

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Assists with the designs and implementation of disaster recovery and business continuity plans, procedures, audits, and enhancements.

January 22, 2023

Review and provide inputs on software procurement process including in house IT solutions, off the shelf software products and/or contracted software development.

February 08, 2023

Demonstrated ability to work with business users to understand their processes and requirements to be able to create the appropriate information architecture, taxonomy, and solution approach.

March 13, 2023

Leads strategic security planning to achieve business goals by prioritizing defense initiatives and coordinating the evaluation, deployment, and management of current and future security technologies using a risk-based assessment methodology.

March 16, 2023

Provide the overall direction to the IT Information Security organization as well as lead the day-to-day disaster recovery planning, security architecture, governance, compliance, data privacy, and operations teams.

March 26, 2023

Developing and maintaining an effective and efficient Computer Security Incident Response Team (CSIRT) and Electronically Stored Information (ESI) collection and management capability that will identify, contain and resolve information security incidents, meet compliance and reporting obligations, and uphold chain of custody and rules of civil procedure requirements.

March 31, 2023

Manage vendor and agency relationships to make certain contract and service levels are negotiated and aligned with strategic goals and financial commitments, and that deliverables match and meet agreed upon terms and conditions and our expectations.

March 31, 2023

Report security metrics and statistics to the CISO and other key stakeholders such as the Cybersecurity & Privacy Executive Steering Committee.

April 24, 2023

Create and maintain infrastructure and cloud policies, procedures and standards including those related to disaster recovery and redundancy ensuring maximum availability of related IT assets and capabilities.

May 04, 2023

Acts proactively to prevent potential disaster situations by ensuring that proper protections are in place, such as intrusion detection and prevention systems, firewalls, and effective physical safeguards, and provides for the availability of computer resources by ensuring a business continuity/disaster recovery plan is in place to offset the effects caused by intentional and unintentional acts.

May 15, 2023

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Average Salary Range for IT Security Director in Columbus, OH

Average Base Salary

Core compensation

172037

204697

187805

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

192235

238182

213044

What is the average salary for IT Security Director in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of IT Security Director in Columbus, OH. The base salary for IT Security Director ranges from $172,037 to $204,697 with the average base salary of $187,805. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $192,235 to $238,182 with the average total cash compensation of $213,044.

View Average Salary for IT Security Director as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$187,805	$172,037 - $204,697
Bonus	$25,239	$20,198 - $33,485
Total Pay	$213,044	$192,235 - $238,182

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

IT Security Director Salary Near Columbus, OH

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Columbus, OH
CITY, STATE Newark, OH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $170,977 - $203,436	COMPARE TO Columbus, OH
CITY, STATE Springfield, OH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $164,563 - $195,805	COMPARE TO Columbus, OH
CITY, STATE Chillicothe, OH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $161,330 - $191,958	COMPARE TO Columbus, OH
CITY, STATE Mansfield, OH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $169,122 - $201,229	COMPARE TO Columbus, OH
CITY, STATE Dayton, OH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $170,995 - $203,457	COMPARE TO Columbus, OH
CITY, STATE Lima, OH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $163,715 - $194,796	COMPARE TO Columbus, OH

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About Columbus, Ohio

The confluence of the Scioto and Olentangy rivers occurs just north-west of Downtown Columbus. Several smaller tributaries course through the Columbus metropolitan area, including Alum Creek, Big Walnut Creek, and Darby Creek. Columbus is considered to have relatively flat topography thanks to a large glacier that covered most of Ohio during the Wisconsin Ice Age. However, there are sizable differences in elevation through the area, with the high point of Franklin County being 1,132 ft (345 m) above sea level near New Albany, and the low point being 670 ft (200 m) where the Scioto River leaves...

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