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Cyber salary data

Cybersecurity
salary data

Credible, current pay data by role, level and location — and a way to increase your earning power through verified skills.

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The headline figure

Average cybersecurity salary

There is no single cybersecurity salary worth quoting until it is dated and cited. Pay depends on the role, the level and the location. This page is where those cuts are set out. A headline average is not shown until it comes from a dated, citable source.

The data

Cybersecurity salary by role

Five roles, each linking to its role guide. A range and its source appear only when both come from a dated, citable source.

Cybersecurity salary by role
Role Salary range Source and date
Security analyst Salary range Not published Source and date Not published
Security engineer Salary range Not published Source and date Not published
Penetration tester Salary range Not published Source and date Not published
GRC analyst Salary range Not published Source and date Not published
Cloud security engineer Salary range Not published Source and date Not published

No figure has been entered. Salary figures must come from a real, dated, citable source, and any estimate will be labelled as an estimate.

The other cuts

Salary by experience level and by location

Entry, mid and senior, then state, metro or remote. Both need a cited source before a figure is shown.

The path

How to increase your cybersecurity salary

In-demand skills, verified, then matched.

  1. Step 01

    In-demand skills

    Identify what the market is paying for.

  2. Step 02

    Verify them

    Turn them into a Skills Wallet employers trust.

  3. Step 03

    Better matches

    Verified skills feed better role matching.

  4. Step 04

    Upskill

    Close the gaps to the higher-paying roles.

Related

A single average is not published on this page. Pay depends on the role, the level and the location, and a useful figure has to be dated and cited. No number is shown until that source is confirmed.
That ranking has to come from the by-role table, and every range in that table is still unpublished. This page will not guess which role pays the most.
An entry-level figure is not published here. Entry-level pay depends on the role and the location, and it will be cited with the rest of the by-level data. What those roles involve is on the entry-level cybersecurity jobs page. Entry-level cybersecurity jobs
Yes. State, metro and remote context all change what a role pays. Figures for those cuts are not shown until they come from a cited source.
By proving in-demand skills rather than describing them. A Skills Wallet holds that evidence, verified skills feed better role matching, and upskilling closes the gaps to higher-paying roles.

Frequently asked questions

Salary questions,
answered with data

Each answer is written to stand alone for featured snippets, People Also Ask and AI answers.

Next step

Turn verified skills into earning power

Create a free skills profile so employers can see what you can prove,
or explore cybersecurity jobs.

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