What is the average CISM salary?

$182K a year on average and $170K at the median, across 140 open CISM 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 $145K to $210K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.

Which companies advertise the highest CISM pay?

Anthropic ($300K), ClickHouse ($260K), GitLab ($203K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).

Is a cism a high-paying job?

The median CISM posting advertises $170K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 2% below the middle of the market.

How much can you earn as a cism?

A tenth of the postings offer $266K a year or more; the highest open CISM role advertises up to $445K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.

What is the CISM salary per hour and per month?

The median of $170K a year is about $82 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,146 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $70 to $101 an hour.

Which skills pay more for CISM roles?

Postings that ask for EDR (+$29K, 22 postings), Python (+$25K, 23 postings), SIEM (+$24K, 20 postings) advertise more than the $170K median of all CISM 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.

CISM Salary: $182K Average, $170K Median (Nov 2026)

CISM salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $232K, 41% more than senior roles ($165K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

Level	Median salary	Middle half	Roles
Senior	$165K	$150K–$180K	41
Lead and above	$232K	$200K–$266K	38
No level in the title	$149K	$134K–$175K	61

CISM salary by location

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area	$177K	30
🇺🇸California	$176K	53
🇺🇸New York, NY	$170K	27
🇺🇸United States	$169K	126
🇺🇸Washington, DC	$157K	24

Skills that pay more for CISM roles

Skill	Median with it	Above the median	Postings
EDR	$198K	+$29K	22
Python	$195K	+$25K	23
SIEM	$193K	+$24K	20
CCSK	$189K	+$19K	27
Application security	$189K	+$19K	27

Top-paying companies

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
Anthropic	$300K	3
ClickHouse	$260K	4
GitLab	$203K	3
Apex Technology	$202K	4
SpaceX	$164K	4
True Anomaly	$162K	4
xAI	$149K	6
Dark Wolf Solutions	$148K	8
Rocket Lab	$135K	6
Avalore, LLC	$134K	3

Highest-paying open CISM roles

All CISM jobs

Client Platform EngineerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$347K - $445KHybridGoPythonDocker4w
Security Risk & Compliance, Agent SecurityAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$255K - $345KLLMCISSPCISM5w
Security Risk & Compliance, Data Centers & ComputeAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Was…$270K - $345KCISSPCISMCISA7w
Chief Information & Security OfficerNextdoor · 🇺🇸Dallas, TX$260K - $340KLead and aboveWorkdayCISSPCISM10d
Vice President, Information SecurityStellar Health · Remote$290K - $330KRemoteLead and aboveAWSCISSPCISM4w
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)Insurity · 🇺🇸Remote - US$216K - $325KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMCI/CD3w
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)CAIS · 🇺🇸New York City$270K - $320KLead and aboveMachine LearningCISSPCISM4mo
Senior Manager, Security Operations CenterRubrik · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$213K - $319KSeniorCISSPCISMGIAC6w
Director, Governance Risk & ComplianceFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$235K - $317KLead and aboveCISSPCISMCISA4w
Sr. Manager, Security — Continuous Monitoring v 2.0Databricks · 🇺🇸Remote - California$183K - $314KRemoteSeniorPythonGCPAzure7w
Principal Product Manager, SecurityClickHouse · 🇳🇱The Netherlands$210K - $310KRemoteLead and aboveSnowflakeBigQueryRedshift6w
Director of Product Management, SecurityClickHouse · 🇳🇱The Netherlands$210K - $310KHybridLead and aboveGoCISSPCISM6w
Staff Technical Program Manager, Security + ITDiscord · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$248K - $310KLead and aboveCISSPCISMCIPP7w
Staff Security GRC AnalystSuno · 🇺🇸NYC$277K - $300KLead and aboveGCPLLMAWS5w
Director, Global Public Sector Product ManagementIllumio · 🇺🇸Washington, D.C. - Remote$244K - $293KRemoteLead and aboveCISSPCISMCISA2d
Senior Security Engineer, AI SecurityDropbox · 🇺🇸Remote - US: Select locations$190K - $290KRemoteSeniorRustGoPython5d
Head of Security GRCDriveWealth · 🇺🇸Office - Chicago; Office - NYC$270K - $290KLead and aboveCISSPCISMCISA3mo
Staff Security Engineer, GRCOscar Health · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$246K - $287KLead and aboveAzureAWSCISSP2mo
Principal Security GRC Manager, Legal Assurance (USA)GitLab · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$203K - $285KRemoteLead and aboveCISSPCISMCISA10d
Information Security Manager - Identity and Access Management (IAM)Zoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$228K - $273KPythonGCPAzure5w

Questions about CISM pay

What is the average CISM salary?: $182K a year on average and $170K at the median, across 140 open CISM 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 $145K to $210K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest CISM pay?: Anthropic ($300K), ClickHouse ($260K), GitLab ($203K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a cism a high-paying job?: The median CISM posting advertises $170K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 2% below the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a cism?: A tenth of the postings offer $266K a year or more; the highest open CISM role advertises up to $445K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the CISM salary per hour and per month?: The median of $170K a year is about $82 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,146 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $70 to $101 an hour.
Which skills pay more for CISM roles?: Postings that ask for EDR (+$29K, 22 postings), Python (+$25K, 23 postings), SIEM (+$24K, 20 postings) advertise more than the $170K median of all CISM 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.

CISM salary: $170K median