Security Leadership salaries
Pay ranges taken from 70 open security leadership roles where the employer published the salary. From employers' own hiring pages. Updated Nov 5, 2026.
Published salaries for Security Leadership
Based on 70 current listings where the employer published a yearly pay range in US dollars. Other currencies and hourly rates are left out so the ranges compare. We never estimate salaries.
| Median range | $200,000 to $250,333 |
|---|---|
| Median midpoint | $225,000 |
| Lowest published minimum | $35,000 |
| Highest published maximum | $578,583 |
Roles with a published salary
- Chief Information Security OfficerMETR · BerkeleyOn-site$493k–579k/yr
- IT & Information Security ManagerEmbedding VC · CaliforniaOn-site$300k–500k/yr
- CISOGlean · Mountain View, CA$424k–489k/yr
- Vice President of Cybersecurity & Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)AeroVironment, Inc. · Simi Valley, CA$246k–393k/yr
- Chief Information Security OfficerAnduril Industries · Costa Mesa, CA$252k–380k/yr
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- Advisory CISOHarvey · New YorkHybrid$272k–374k/yr
- Director, Information Technology & SecurityAffirmRemote · US$300k–360k/yr
- Director of Product Management, SecurityEverpure · Santa Clara, CA$239k–359k/yr
- Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)Cape · New York, NYHybrid$300k–350k/yr
- Head of Information SecurityZipline · South San Francisco, CA$250k–350k/yr
- VP, Security and CISOTrace3 · United States$250k–350k/yr
- Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)Obsidian Security · Palo Alto, CA$280k–340k/yr
- Chief Information Security OfficerQualified Health PBCRemote · US$260k–330k/yr
- Vice President, Information SecurityStellar HealthRemote$290k–330k/yr
- Deputy CISOEthos LifeRemote · US$185k–327k/yr
- Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)InsurityRemote · US, CA$216k–325k/yr
- Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) / Directeur de la sécurité de l'informationInsurityRemote · CA$216k–325k/yr
- CISORain · New York, NYOn-site$250k–325k/yr
- Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)CAIS · New York, NY$270k–320k/yr
- Director, Product Management (Security)CriblRemote · US$275k–310k/yr
- Director of Product Management, SecurityClickHouseRemote · US$210k–310k/yr
- Director of Product Management, SecurityClickHouse · The NetherlandsHybrid$210k–310k/yr
- Security Program ManagerOpenAI · United StatesHybrid$130k–310k/yr
- Director of Security EngineeringAbnormalRemote · US$214k–308k/yr
- Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)Ursa Major · Longmont, CO$240k–300k/yr
- Principal Technical Director, National SecurityVoyager Technologies, Inc. · Washington, DC$225k–300k/yr
- Virtual CISO & Cybersecurity Practice LeadInterdependenceRemote$200k–300k/yr
- Head of Security EngineeringJanuary · New York, NYHybrid$258k–297k/yr
- Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)Stand TogetherRemote · US$240k–275k/yr
- Director, Application & AI SecurityLantern · New York, NYHybrid$200k–275k/yr
- Senior Director of Managed Services, Network and Security (Remote)Myriad360Remote · US$175k–275k/yr
- Director of CybersecurityApex Technology, Inc. · Los Angeles$195k–270k/yr
- Associate Director, Cybersecurity EngineerTwo Six Technologies · Laurel, MD$200k–265k/yr
- Information Systems Security ManagerGeneral Matter · Los Angeles, CA$180k–260k/yr
- Director, Global Government Affairs (SLED) - CybersecurityTenable, Inc.Remote · US$188k–251k/yr
- Field CISOHalcyonRemote · US$200k–250k/yr
- IT & Security ManagerFAR.AI · (US)Hybrid$185k–250k/yr
- Head of Information Security & ITChronograph · Brooklyn, NY$215k–250k/yr
- Director, Information SecurityPubMatic · Redwood City$210k–250k/yr
- Director of Cyber SecurityRapidFort, Inc.Remote · US$200k–245k/yr
- Director, Security Engineering & OperationsWhoop · Boston, MAOn-site$220k–245k/yr
- Senior Director, Information SecurityPromptRemote · US$200k–240k/yr
- Global Security Program ManagerNotion · San Francisco, CAHybrid$208k–233k/yr
- R&D Software Engineer Lead & CISOBaidu USA · Mountain View, CA$159k–229k/yr
- Associate Director, Information Security Engineering & OperationsElevateBio · Waltham, MA$165k–225k/yr
- Senior Director – Cybersecurity Transformation & AI SecurityTevoraRemote · US$190k–225k/yr
- Associate Director/Director, Information SecurityAxsome Therapeutics · New York, NY$170k–220k/yr
- Director of Cyber SecurityKAYAK · ConcordHybrid$180k–220k/yr
- Associate Director, Cybersecurity, Privacy & ITDr. Squatch · Marina del Rey, CA$190k–215k/yr
- Information Security DirectorGD Information Technology, Inc. · Offutt AFB, NE$170k–205k/yr
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