Cyber Security Salary in 2024

💰 The median Cyber Security Salary in 2024 is USD 127,951

✏️ This salary info is based on 40 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average Cyber Security salary lies between USD 95,500 and USD 160,000 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Cyber Security
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
40
Top 10%
$ 203,000
Top 25%
$ 160,000
Median
$ 127,951
Bottom 25%
$ 95,500
Bottom 10%
$ 60,400

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

Last updated: Sept. 15, 2024

Top 20 Job Tags for Cyber Security roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Cyber Security job listings are Compliance, Cloud and Computer Science. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Compliance | 1440 jobs Cloud | 1265 jobs Computer Science | 1112 jobs CISSP | 995 jobs Monitoring | 949 jobs NIST | 860 jobs Vulnerabilities | 837 jobs Incident response | 812 jobs Risk management | 731 jobs SIEM | 693 jobs Strategy | 690 jobs Clearance | 662 jobs Firewalls | 642 jobs Governance | 600 jobs Linux | 561 jobs Windows | 547 jobs Risk assessment | 542 jobs CISM | 533 jobs Automation | 508 jobs Audits | 507 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Cyber Security roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Cyber Security job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 1641 jobs Health care | 920 jobs Flex hours | 811 jobs Team events | 787 jobs Competitive pay | 611 jobs Startup environment | 463 jobs Insurance | 384 jobs Equity / stock options | 344 jobs Flex vacation | 318 jobs Salary bonus | 310 jobs Medical leave | 271 jobs Parental leave | 264 jobs 401(k) matching | 251 jobs Wellness | 223 jobs Relocation support | 86 jobs Fitness / gym | 79 jobs Conferences | 71 jobs Transparency | 60 jobs Gear | 42 jobs Home office stipend | 42 jobs

Related salaries

Cyber Security @ $ 97,027 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
Cyber Security @ $ 149,000 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Cyber Security @ $ 157,687 (global) - Executive-level / Director Details
Cyber Security @ $ 149,000 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Cyber Security @ $ 157,687 (United States) - Executive-level / Director Details
Cyber Security @ $ 135,000 (United States) Details
Cyber Security @ $ 111,500 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details

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