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 850 disclosed postings.
| # | State | Median | P25 - P75 | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | District of Columbia | $200,550 | $176,000 - $245,950 | 85 |
| 2 | California | $199,342 | $167,500 - $232,507 | 365 |
| 3 | New York | $185,000 | $140,000 - $236,500 | 106 |
| 4 | Washington | $177,250 | $153,500 - $208,250 | 72 |
| 5 | Massachusetts | $175,000 | $119,000 - $200,000 | 51 |
| 6 | Virginia | $174,500 | $144,000 - $201,500 | 23 |
| 7 | Georgia | $173,813 | $140,625 - $192,187.5 | 36 |
| 8 | Texas | $170,000 | $110,000 - $205,500 | 29 |
| 9 | Illinois | $161,719 | $140,000 - $245,000 | 25 |
| 10 | Colorado | $137,250 | $97,500 - $184,000 | 12 |
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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