CEH salary: $150K median
The median advertised CEH salary is $150K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $122K to $180K: counted from 44 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $72 an hour or $12,458 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $215K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll CEH jobs
$150Kmedian advertised salary
$122K – $180Kmiddle half of roles
$156Kaverage advertised salary
44roles counted
Skills that pay more for CEH roles
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Airwallex | $205K | 3 |
| Rocket Lab | $146K | 4 |
| Avalore, LLC | $144K | 4 |
| Dark Wolf Solutions | $131K | 6 |
Highest-paying open CEH roles
All CEH jobs- Security Engineer, Product SecurityScale AI · 🇺🇸New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Washington, DC$278K - $347KPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Principal Engineer CryptographyGoDaddy · 🇺🇸United States$166K - $323KLead and aboveGoPythonJava
- Staff Product Security EngineerAirwallex · 🇺🇸US - San Francisco$220K - $280KHybridLead and abovePythonJavaKotlin
- Senior Product Security EngineerAirwallex · 🇺🇸US - San Francisco$160K - $250KHybridSeniorPythonJavaKotlin
- Senior Security Engineer, AIJustworks · 🇺🇸New York, New York$188K - $242KSeniorGoPythonJavaScript
- Product Security Engineer, SeniorTrm Labs · 🇺🇸United States$220K - $235KRemoteSeniorPythonReactNode.js
- Senior Cybersecurity Engineer II -Secret ClearanceRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$151K - $227KSeniorPythonGCPAzure
- Network Security EngineerLightning AI · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California, United States; Seattle, Washin…$180K - $220KPyTorchCISSPGIAC
- Cybersecurity ArchitectAvalore, LLC · 🇺🇸Arlington, Virginia, United States$107K - $220KSecurity clearanceCISSPGIAC
- Senior Security Engineer - AerospaceMuon Space · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$193K - $218KSeniorTerraformAzureCI/CD
- Senior Security Engineer - GeneralMuon Space · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$193K - $218KSeniorTerraformAzureCI/CD
- Senior Engineer, Cybersecurity (R6438)Shield AI · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA, US$143K - $214KSeniorSecurity clearanceCISSPGIAC
- Information Security AnalystAvalore, LLC · 🇺🇸Arlington, Virginia, United States$85K - $202KSecurity clearanceCISSPCISM
- Information Systems Security Manager (TS//SCI)K2 Space · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$160K - $200KLinuxSAPSecurity clearance
- Senior Cybersecurity Engineer I -Secret ClearanceRocket Lab · 🇺🇸Long Beach, CA$132K - $198KSeniorPythonGCPAzure
- Senior Information Systems Security Officer, NGC2Anduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$147K - $196KSeniorKubernetesComputer VisionSecurity clearance
- IT Security EngineerTwenty · 🇺🇸Arlington, VA$116K - $195KDockerTerraformGCP
- Product Acceleration SpecialistOkta · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$126K - $194KPythonMachine LearningCISSP
- Technology and Information Security Risk SpecialistIDBNY · 🇺🇸1114 Avenue of the Americas, NYC, NY, 10036$160K - $180KCISSPCISMCISA
- Threat ResearcherAbnormal Security · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$122K - $176KRemotePythonSQLCISSP
Questions about CEH pay
- What is the average CEH salary?
- $156K a year on average and $150K at the median, across 44 open CEH 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 $122K to $180K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest CEH pay?
- Airwallex ($205K), Rocket Lab ($146K), Avalore, LLC ($144K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a ceh a high-paying job?
- The median CEH posting advertises $150K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 14% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a ceh?
- A tenth of the postings offer $215K a year or more; the highest open CEH role advertises up to $347K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the CEH salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $150K a year is about $72 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $12,458 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $59 to $87 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for CEH roles?
- Postings that ask for Terraform (+$56K, 5 postings), VPN (+$56K, 6 postings), Java (+$56K, 5 postings) advertise more than the $150K median of all CEH 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 CEH roles at companies is $150K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $122K to $180K. Counted from 44 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/ceh/
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