IT Security Director Salary in Rockford, Illinois

How much does an IT Security Director make in Rockford, IL?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for an IT Security Director in Rockford, IL is $185,780. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $170,182 to $202,490, with most professionals earning between $155,980 and $217,703.

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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 Rockford, IL

Average Base Salary

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170182

202490

185780

Average Total Cash Compensation

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190162

235614

210747

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 Rockford, IL. The base salary for IT Security Director ranges from $170,182 to $202,490 with the average base salary of $185,780. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $190,162 to $235,614 with the average total cash compensation of $210,747.

View Average Salary for IT Security Director as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$185,780	$170,182 - $202,490
Bonus	$24,966	$19,981 - $33,124
Total Pay	$210,747	$190,162 - $235,614

* 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 Rockford, IL

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Rockford, IL
CITY, STATE Janesville, WI	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $170,623 - $203,015	COMPARE TO Rockford, IL
CITY, STATE Elgin, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $179,564 - $213,653	COMPARE TO Rockford, IL
CITY, STATE Hoffman Estates, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $181,012 - $215,377	COMPARE TO Rockford, IL
CITY, STATE Aurora, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $181,172 - $215,566	COMPARE TO Rockford, IL
CITY, STATE Madison, WI	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $174,069 - $207,115	COMPARE TO Rockford, IL
CITY, STATE Wheaton, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $180,129 - $214,326	COMPARE TO Rockford, IL

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About Rockford, Illinois

Rockford is a city in Winnebago County in the U.S. state of Illinois, in far northern Illinois. Located on the banks of the Rock River, Rockford is the county seat of Winnebago County (a small portion of the city is located in Ogle County). The largest city in Illinois outside of the Chicago metropolitan area, Rockford is the third-largest city in the state and the 171st most populous in the United States According to 2010 U.S. Census Data, the City of Rockford had a population of 152,871, with an outlying metropolitan area population of 348,360. The City of Rockford's population is 147,051...

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