Ethical Hacker Salary in 2024

💰 The median Ethical Hacker Salary in 2024 is USD 78,479

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Salary details

The average Ethical Hacker salary lies between USD 59,706 and USD 89,786 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
Ethical Hacker
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 101,000
Top 25%
$ 89,786
Median
$ 78,479
Bottom 25%
$ 59,706
Bottom 10%
$ 59,706

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

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Top 20 Job Tags for Ethical Hacker roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Ethical Hacker job listings are Cloud, Pentesting and Vulnerabilities. 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:

Cloud | 58 jobs Pentesting | 53 jobs Vulnerabilities | 49 jobs Offensive security | 40 jobs C | 40 jobs Cryptography | 35 jobs Active Directory | 32 jobs Audits | 31 jobs SANS | 29 jobs OSCP | 29 jobs R&D | 28 jobs iOS | 26 jobs Android | 26 jobs PCI QSA | 26 jobs Zero-day | 26 jobs Ethical hacking | 23 jobs Linux | 20 jobs Python | 18 jobs Scripting | 17 jobs Red team | 16 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Ethical Hacker roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Ethical Hacker job listings are Conferences, Career development and Health care. 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:

Conferences | 29 jobs Career development | 19 jobs Health care | 11 jobs Startup environment | 10 jobs Insurance | 9 jobs Wellness | 7 jobs Team events | 7 jobs Equity / stock options | 4 jobs Flex hours | 4 jobs Competitive pay | 3 jobs Medical leave | 3 jobs Parental leave | 2 jobs Fitness / gym | 2 jobs Flex vacation | 1 jobs Travel | 1 jobs

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