CCNA salary: $162K median
The median advertised CCNA salary is $162K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $136K to $194K: counted from 118 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $78 an hour or $13,479 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $215K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll CCNA jobs
$162Kmedian advertised salary
$136K – $194Kmiddle half of roles
$160Kaverage advertised salary
118roles counted
CCNA salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸California | $172K | 58 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $165K | 19 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $164K | 110 |
Skills that pay more for CCNA roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zero trust | $232K | +$71K | 12 |
| SSO | $212K | +$50K | 12 |
| SIEM | $206K | +$44K | 13 |
| SD-WAN | $206K | +$44K | 17 |
| REST APIs | $206K | +$44K | 13 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Netskope | $233K | 6 |
| Cloudflare | $194K | 3 |
| Skydio | $184K | 3 |
| Anduril Industries | $172K | 17 |
| Pico | $165K | 3 |
| Crusoe | $151K | 4 |
| SpaceX | $149K | 4 |
| Avalore, LLC | $144K | 18 |
| Phoenix Contact | $143K | 4 |
| Applied | $142K | 3 |
Highest-paying open CCNA roles
All CCNA jobs- Datacenter Networking Technician, AI Compute Deployment - StargateOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$157K - $302KPythonLinuxAI
- Solutions EngineerNetskope · 🇺🇸Texas, United States$185K - $293KPythonGCPAzure
- Sr. Sales EngineerNetskope · 🇺🇸California, United States$178K - $290KSeniorPythonGCPAzure
- Senior Staff Network Architect, IT InfrastructureSoFi Tech Solutions · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$163K - $280KLead and abovePythonTerraformAWS
- Staff Network Security ArchitectZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$228K - $273KLead and aboveTerraformGCPLLM
- IT Director, Infrastructure and OperationsHeartflow · 🇺🇸Rohnert Park, California$220K - $270KLead and aboveAzureAWSCISM
- Sr. Network Security EngineerxAI · 🇺🇸Austin, TX; New York, NY; Palo Alto, CA; Washington, DC$152K - $258KSeniorPythonTerraformGCP
- Mission Software Engineer, Mission Systems, NetworkingAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$167K - $254KRustC++Linux
- Staff Mission Security Engineer, BuildTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Colorado Springs, CO; Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA$170K - $250KLead and abovePythonTerraformAzure
- Network Security EngineerKargo · 🇺🇸Locations: San Francisco or Remote (East Coast)$200K - $250KRemoteGCPAWSCISSP
- Senior Network EngineerMongoDB · 🇺🇸Palo Alto$126K - $248KSeniorGCPAzureAWS
- Senior DevOps Engineer, SpaceAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$183K - $243KSeniorRustGoPython
- Senior Network Security Engineer, Operational TechnologyCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue…$164K - $242KSeniorGoPythonC++
- Network & Infrastructure EngineerRigetti · 🇺🇸Berkeley, CA or Fremont, CA$190K - $240KDockerTerraformLinux
- Senior Network Security EngineerZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$198K - $238KSeniorPythonTerraformGCP
- Director, Global IT Infrastructure and OperationsAmyris, Inc. · Emeryville$176K - $237KLead and aboveAzureLLMCI/CD
- Infrastructure EngineerAvalore, LLC · 🇺🇸Arlington, Virginia, United States$107K - $233KSecurity clearanceCISSPGIAC
- Senior Network EngineerCloudflare · Hybrid$168K - $231KHybridSeniorPythonTypeScriptLLM
- Security Technology Deployment SpecialistAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | S…$180K - $230KRemotePythonPMPCCNA
- Deployment Infrastructure EngineerRigetti · 🇺🇸Berkeley, CA or Fremont, CA$180K - $230KTerraformLinuxCI/CD
Questions about CCNA pay
- What is the average CCNA salary?
- $160K a year on average and $162K at the median, across 118 open CCNA postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $136K to $194K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest CCNA pay?
- Netskope ($233K), Cloudflare ($194K), Skydio ($184K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a ccna a high-paying job?
- The median CCNA posting advertises $162K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 7% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a ccna?
- A tenth of the postings offer $215K a year or more; the highest open CCNA role advertises up to $302K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the CCNA salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $162K a year is about $78 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $13,479 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $66 to $93 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for CCNA roles?
- Postings that ask for Zero trust (+$71K, 12 postings), SSO (+$50K, 12 postings), SIEM (+$44K, 13 postings) advertise more than the $162K median of all CCNA postings with pay.
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for CCNA roles at companies is $162K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $136K to $194K. Counted from 118 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/ccna/
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