Penetration Tester Salary in United States during 2024

💰 The median Penetration Tester Salary in United States during 2024 is USD 138,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 147 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average Penetration Tester salary lies between USD 102,900 and USD 179,000 in the United States. 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
Penetration Tester
Experience
all levels
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
147
Top 10%
$ 218,500
Top 25%
$ 179,000
Median
$ 138,000
Bottom 25%
$ 102,900
Bottom 10%
$ 81,800

Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). 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

Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Penetration Tester roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Penetration Tester job listings are Pentesting, Vulnerabilities and OSCP. 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:

Pentesting | 344 jobs Vulnerabilities | 298 jobs OSCP | 260 jobs Cloud | 219 jobs Python | 193 jobs Scripting | 164 jobs Security assessment | 140 jobs Computer Science | 137 jobs Application security | 136 jobs Linux | 130 jobs Red team | 128 jobs OWASP | 124 jobs GPEN | 122 jobs Burp Suite | 117 jobs Compliance | 115 jobs Java | 109 jobs C | 108 jobs Exploit | 107 jobs Metasploit | 106 jobs APIs | 104 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Penetration Tester roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Penetration Tester 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 | 187 jobs Health care | 135 jobs Flex hours | 100 jobs Team events | 97 jobs Competitive pay | 87 jobs Insurance | 62 jobs Salary bonus | 62 jobs Flex vacation | 57 jobs Equity / stock options | 53 jobs Parental leave | 48 jobs Medical leave | 45 jobs Startup environment | 40 jobs Conferences | 39 jobs 401(k) matching | 33 jobs Wellness | 26 jobs Gear | 19 jobs Fitness / gym | 11 jobs Home office stipend | 9 jobs Flexible spending account | 9 jobs Transparency | 8 jobs

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