What is the average CISSP salary?

$181K a year on average and $170K at the median, across 297 open CISSP 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 $144K to $212K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.

Which companies advertise the highest CISSP pay?

Anthropic ($300K), ClickHouse ($260K), Rubrik ($254K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).

Is a cissp a high-paying job?

The median CISSP 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 cissp?

A tenth of the postings offer $260K a year or more; the highest open CISSP role advertises up to $510K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.

What is the CISSP salary per hour and per month?

The median of $170K a year is about $82 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,167 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $69 to $102 an hour.

Which skills pay more for CISSP roles?

Postings that ask for Zero trust (+$42K, 35 postings), Go (+$42K, 32 postings), LLM (+$40K, 34 postings) advertise more than the $170K median of all CISSP 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.

CISSP Salary: $181K Average, $170K Median (Nov 2026)

CISSP salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $224K, 32% more than senior roles ($170K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

Level	Median salary	Middle half	Roles
Senior	$170K	$151K–$198K	81
Lead and above	$224K	$180K–$260K	74
No level in the title	$154K	$134K–$185K	142

CISSP salary by location

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area	$200K	59
🇺🇸New York, NY	$198K	51
🇺🇸California	$198K	94
🇺🇸Seattle, WA	$178K	22
🇺🇸Washington, DC	$175K	35
🇺🇸United States	$172K	273

Skills that pay more for CISSP roles

Skill	Median with it	Above the median	Postings
Zero trust	$212K	+$42K	35
Go	$212K	+$42K	32
LLM	$210K	+$40K	34
Cloud security	$200K	+$30K	85
IAM	$200K	+$30K	89

Top-paying companies

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
Anthropic	$300K	7
ClickHouse	$260K	4
Rubrik	$254K	3
Netskope	$232K	7
True Anomaly	$210K	7
Muon Space	$206K	4
GitLab	$203K	3
Okta	$198K	3
CoreWeave	$192K	7
Applied	$192K	5
Apex Technology	$180K	6
Brex	$173K	3
Anduril Industries	$172K	3
SpaceX	$164K	4
Dark Wolf Solutions	$160K	21
Whoop	$150K	4
xAI	$149K	6
Abnormal Security	$144K	4
Avalore, LLC	$144K	30
Charles River Associates	$141K	3
Rocket Lab	$128K	5
Delaware Nation Industries	$118K	4

Highest-paying open CISSP roles

All CISSP jobs

Lead - Security Controls Assurance - SOXAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Was…$410K - $510KLead and aboveRustGoPython2mo
Client Platform EngineerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$347K - $445KHybridGoPythonDocker4w
Engineering Manager, Security (Cloud, Infrastructure & Application Security)Replit · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$250K - $387KHybridGoPythonTypeScript5d
Security Engineer, Product SecurityScale AI · 🇺🇸New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Washington, DC$278K - $347KPythonTypeScriptJavaScript10mo
Controls Specialist, Security GRCAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$270K - $345KLLMCISSPCISA6w
Chief Information & Security OfficerNextdoor · 🇺🇸Dallas, TX$260K - $340KLead and aboveWorkdayCISSPCISM10d
Principal Mission Cloud EngineerTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA$230K - $340KLead and aboveAzureCI/CDAWS3mo
Vice President, Information SecurityStellar Health · Remote$290K - $330KRemoteLead and aboveAWSCISSPCISM4w
Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)Insurity · 🇺🇸Remote - US$216K - $325KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMCI/CD3w
Principal Engineer CryptographyGoDaddy · 🇺🇸United States$166K - $323KLead and aboveGoPythonJava16mo
Principal Product Security EngineerCribl · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$265K - $320KRemoteLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript9d
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
Staff Platform Product Manager, Platform & Cloud SecurityRubrik · 🇺🇸Remote - Washington DC$190K - $317KRemoteLead and aboveKubernetesCISSPCCSK11mo
Sr. Manager, Security — Continuous Monitoring v 2.0Databricks · 🇺🇸Remote - California$183K - $314KRemoteSeniorPythonGCPAzure7w
Security Engineer, CloudVercel · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$208K - $312KRemoteTerraformGCPCI/CD4mo
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

Questions about CISSP pay

What is the average CISSP salary?: $181K a year on average and $170K at the median, across 297 open CISSP 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 $144K to $212K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest CISSP pay?: Anthropic ($300K), ClickHouse ($260K), Rubrik ($254K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a cissp a high-paying job?: The median CISSP 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 cissp?: A tenth of the postings offer $260K a year or more; the highest open CISSP role advertises up to $510K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the CISSP salary per hour and per month?: The median of $170K a year is about $82 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,167 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $69 to $102 an hour.
Which skills pay more for CISSP roles?: Postings that ask for Zero trust (+$42K, 35 postings), Go (+$42K, 32 postings), LLM (+$40K, 34 postings) advertise more than the $170K median of all CISSP 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.

CISSP salary: $170K median