CIPP salary: $198K median
The median advertised CIPP salary is $198K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $149K to $246K: counted from 49 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $95 an hour or $16,458 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $276K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll CIPP jobs
$198Kmedian advertised salary
$149K – $246Kmiddle half of roles
$199Kaverage advertised salary
49roles counted
Skills that pay more for CIPP roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contract negotiation | $246K | +$48K | 9 |
| Contract management | $246K | +$48K | 6 |
| Contract drafting | $246K | +$48K | 5 |
| CCPA | $244K | +$46K | 19 |
| Law degree | $235K | +$38K | 15 |
Top-paying companies
Highest-paying open CIPP roles
All CIPP jobs- Legal CounselRiver AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$330K - $380KCIPPCartaLaw degree
- Legal Director, PrivacyPeloton · 🇺🇸New York, New York$277K - $353KLead and aboveCIPPData governanceLaw degree
- Product CounselApplied · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale$200K - $340KMachine LearningCIPPM&A
- Senior AI Governance CounselAdyen · 🇺🇸New York$250K - $325KSeniorLLMAICIPP
- Senior Privacy & AI CounselHinge Health · 🇺🇸San Francisco-HQ$216K - $324KHybridSeniorMachine LearningAICIPP
- Staff Technical Program Manager, Security + ITDiscord · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$248K - $310KLead and aboveCISSPCISMCIPP
- Senior Commercial CounselFivetran · 🇺🇸Oakland, California, United States$245K - $306KSeniorCIPPContract negotiationContract management
- Senior Commercial CounselFivetran · 🇺🇸USA - New York$217K - $306KSeniorCIPPContract negotiationContract management
- Director, Privacy CounselOmada Health · 🇺🇸Remote, USA$243K - $304KRemoteLead and aboveCIPPData governanceIncident response
- Sr. Counsel, Privacy ComplianceDatabricks · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Ill…$208K - $302KSeniorAgileCIPPContract negotiation
- Senior Privacy Program ManagerToast · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$143K - $293KRemoteSeniorLLMJiraCIPP
- Principal Security GRC Manager, Legal Assurance (USA)GitLab · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$203K - $285KRemoteLead and aboveCISSPCISMCISA
- Insider Threat DirectorTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Colorado Springs, CO; Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA; Washing…$190K - $280KLead and aboveMachine LearningSecurity clearanceCISSP
- Senior Product & Privacy CounselMesh · 🇺🇸New York, NY$250K - $280KSeniorCIPPBSA/AMLData privacy
- Senior Counsel, Product & PrivacyStability AI · 🇺🇸United States$200K - $270KSeniorCIPPGenerative AIIncident response
- Solutions EngineerKetch · Remote$140K - $250KRemoteJavaScriptGCPSnowflake
- Senior Counsel, Cyber Security and Incident ResponseCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Livingston, NJ, New York, NY, Washington D.C., Dallas, TX$157K - $245KSeniorCISSPCIPPIncident response
- Head of Consumer Reporting AgencySentilink · 🇺🇸United States$190K - $240KRemoteLead and aboveCIPPFraud preventionLitigation
- Legal Counsel, Product & Privacy, AdsLife360 · 🇺🇸Remote, USA$163K - $237KRemoteCIPPLaw degreeGDPR
- Senior Privacy CounselAbnormal Security · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$200K - $235KRemoteSeniorLLMCIPPData governance
Questions about CIPP pay
- What is the average CIPP salary?
- $199K a year on average and $198K at the median, across 49 open CIPP 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 $149K to $246K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest CIPP pay?
- Fivetran ($246K), xAI ($149K), OneTrust ($123K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a cipp a high-paying job?
- The median CIPP posting advertises $198K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 14% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a cipp?
- A tenth of the postings offer $276K a year or more; the highest open CIPP role advertises up to $380K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the CIPP salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $198K a year is about $95 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,458 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $72 to $118 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for CIPP roles?
- Postings that ask for Contract negotiation (+$48K, 9 postings), Contract management (+$48K, 6 postings), Contract drafting (+$48K, 5 postings) advertise more than the $198K median of all CIPP 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 CIPP roles at companies is $198K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $149K to $246K. Counted from 49 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/cipp/
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