US salary data
Cybersecurity salary by state
Measured from live job postings that disclose pay - not surveys. Only states with enough disclosed postings to be statistically honest are shown; the rest are omitted, not guessed.
Across all US states we track: median $191,000 from 808 disclosed postings.
| # | State | Median | P25 - P75 | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | $203,700 | $179,450 - $237,500 | 76 |
| 2 | California | $197,500 | $170,000 - $232,500 | 358 |
| 3 | New York | $195,000 | $145,000 - $235,000 | 99 |
| 4 | Washington | $178,000 | $150,500 - $206,500 | 69 |
| 5 | Massachusetts | $177,000 | $119,000 - $200,000 | 48 |
| 6 | Illinois | $170,000 | $140,000 - $237,500 | 19 |
| 7 | Virginia | $170,000 | $122,500 - $201,500 | 23 |
| 8 | Texas | $168,000 | $110,000 - $205,500 | 23 |
| 9 | Georgia | $163,012.5 | $130,250 - $182,198 | 37 |
| 10 | Colorado | $140,063 | $112,500 - $276,123 | 10 |
Only ~14% of security postings disclose pay, so samples skew toward larger, transparency-friendly employers. Remote roles often pay to a national band.
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