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Cybersecurity salaries in United States
Cybersecurity professionals in United States earn $111–212.5K per year on average, based on 5 jobs. Cybersecurity roles in United States pay 13% above the board-wide average of $101.9–185.5K for Cybersecurity jobs on Tech Jobs.
Average salary range
$111–212.5K
Based on 5 jobs · 13% more than the average salary on Tech Jobs
25th percentile
$99K
Average
$161.8K
75th percentile
$237.5K
Cybersecurity salaries by seniority in United States
| Seniority | Avg. salary | Jobs | vs Avg. on Tech Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $105–193.4K | 4 | +4% |
Top paying titles in United States
Highest paying job titles in United States, ranked by average salary.
Software Engineering
Avg. $143.5–222.3K · 85 jobs
Software Engineer
Avg. $147.8–227.6K · 57 jobs
Backend Engineering
Avg. $162.9–252.8K · 46 jobs
Cloud Engineering
Avg. $129.6–184.6K · 37 jobs
Machine Learning Engineer
Avg. $158.2–238.4K · 36 jobs
AI Engineer
Avg. $160.8–245.7K · 31 jobs
Other top paying skills in United States
Highest paying skills in United States beyond Cybersecurity, ranked by average salary.
Python
Avg. $144.2–218.2K · 216 jobs
AWS
Avg. $144.5–215.6K · 120 jobs
Kubernetes
Avg. $144.3–215.2K · 85 jobs
SQL
Avg. $132.4–195K · 76 jobs
CI/CD
Avg. $140.7–238.4K · 76 jobs
Docker
Avg. $140.6–207.4K · 68 jobs
Cybersecurity salary FAQs for United States
All salary figures are converted to annual equivalents in USD. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.