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DISCOVER YOUR WORTH
Cybersecurity Salary Calculator: Discover Your Worth
Get a data-backed answer to one of the biggest career questions in cybersecurity: what should I be earning? Compare your salary against real market data using your role, skills, certifications, experience, and location.
Discover your cybersecurity market worth with AI-powered salary estimates, validated skill insights, hiring demand signals, and cybersecurity pay data by location. See how your compensation compares to the current market, explore salary ranges for roles like SOC Analyst and Cyber Analyst, and uncover opportunities to increase your earning potential.
What you get with Discover Your Worth
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Local + national comparison
Compare cybersecurity pay in your local market against the national median for the same role and see where your earning potential stands.
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Job outlook signal
A continuously updated 0–100 score that indicates whether demand for your role is growing, stable, or declining based on real hiring activity and market trends.
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Top hiring markets
Discover which cities and employers are actively hiring for your role and where the strongest opportunities are emerging.
YOUR WORTH PREVIEW
See your earning potential grow as your skills grow
Select a cybersecurity role and add your validated skills to see how your estimated salary changes in real time. Compare your position within the salary range for your role and discover which skills have the greatest impact on your earning potential. Your first report also highlights opportunities to increase your cybersecurity market worth.
Your position within the band shifts as you add validated skills. The full report shows you exactly which skills move the number — and by how much.
Reported Annual Salary
$101,600
for SOC Analyst
Skills
12
For display only. The first report uses your actual skills, certifications, validations, and salary data.
- Median
- $138,000
- Average
- $145,000
- Your fit
- $156,280
SALARY RANGE
See where your worth falls within the salary range — not just the median
Most salary tools give you a single number. Discover Your Worth shows the full salary range for your role, including low, median, and high compensation bands. It then maps your validated skills against market expectations to show where you sit today and what opportunities exist to increase your earning potential.
Why salary ranges matter
Job titles only tell part of the story. Two professionals with the same title can earn very different salaries depending on their skills, experience, certifications, and employer. Understanding where you sit within the salary range for your role helps you identify what drives higher compensation and what steps could help you move closer to the upper end of the range.
LOCAL VS NATIONAL
Compare your local market to the national median
National salary averages don’t tell the whole story. Compensation can vary significantly between cities and regions. The Geo Snapshot compares estimated earnings in your selected location against the national median for the same role, helping you understand how your local market compares at a glance.
Understand your local market
Cybersecurity salaries can vary considerably by location. The Geo Snapshot shows how your market compares to others and helps you identify where demand and compensation are strongest.
Role-specific salary data
Every comparison is tied to the role you select. Change the role and the salary estimates, market benchmarks, and insights update automatically.
Compare location and salary range
Use the Geo Snapshot alongside your salary range to see both the local market benchmark and the broader compensation range for your role. Together, they provide a more complete picture of what you could earn.
85/100 High outlook
Security engineering remains one of the most in-demand cyber roles, with cloud, identity, and detection work driving most net-new hiring.
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0–100 outlook score
A single score that combines hiring activity, role growth, and demand signals to help you understand the current outlook for your role.
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Simple interpretation
Every score includes a clear explanation so you can quickly understand whether demand is growing, stable, or slowing and what that may mean for your career plans.
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Updates with the market
The Outlook Score is not static. Revisit your report at any time to see how market conditions and demand for your role have changed.
OUTLOOK SIGNAL
A clear 0–100 outlook score for your role
Understanding what a role pays today is only part of the picture. You also need to know where demand is heading. The Outlook Score combines hiring activity, role growth, and market demand signals into a single 0–100 score, helping you understand whether opportunities for your role are increasing, stable, or declining.
Built to reflect the market, not manipulate it
The Outlook Score is designed to provide a realistic view of market demand. It is based on signals tied to the specific role you select, rather than broad cybersecurity trends or isolated data points. The result is a more accurate picture of where opportunities are growing and where demand may be slowing.
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San Francisco, CA
Median: $178,000
Companies hiring in San Francisco, CA
- Stripe
- Airbnb
- Cloudflare
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Seattle, WA
Median: $158,000
Companies hiring in Seattle, WA
- Amazon
- Microsoft
- Expedia
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New York, NY
Median: $162,000
Companies hiring in New York, NY
- Meta
- Bloomberg
- Goldman Sachs
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Boston, MA
Median: $148,000
Companies hiring in Boston, MA
- HubSpot
- Wayfair
- Akamai
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Washington, DC
Median: $152,000
Companies hiring in Washington, DC
- Capital One
- AWS Public Sector
- MITRE
Sample employers per metro
Capital One - [Not Public Sector]
+ 12 more companies in this metro
Total roles scanned
Updated weekly from live job data
METROS + COMPANIES
See the cities and companies hiring for your role
Salary is only part of the equation. Discover Your Worth shows where employers are actively hiring for your role, including compensation insights and a sample of companies recruiting in each market. Compare opportunities across cities, identify higher-paying locations, and evaluate whether a move could be worthwhile before you start applying.
Where the demand actually lives
National averages only tell part of the story. The Metro View combines hiring activity, compensation insights, and employer demand to help you understand where opportunities are growing, which companies are hiring, and which markets offer the strongest potential for your next career move.
GET THE FULL PICTURE
Ready to see what you’re worth?
Get your personalised Worth Report and see how your salary compares to the market based on your validated skills, role, location, and career outlook. As your skills grow and your validation history expands, your report updates to reflect your changing market value.
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Questions about Discover Your Worth
We use AI to generate and process data. We protect your data with encryption in transit (SSL/TLS) and at rest. Results may not always be accurate. Salary estimates, market data, and outlook scores on this page are generated by AI based on publicly available information and your profile. They are approximate and may not reflect exact market conditions. For official wage data, consult the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics (bls.gov). This site incorporates information from O*NET Web Services by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). O*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA.