Data privacy salary: $207K median
The median advertised Data privacy salary is $207K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $157K to $244K: counted from 159 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $100 an hour or $17,250 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $300K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Data privacy jobs
$207Kmedian advertised salary
$157K – $244Kmiddle half of roles
$207Kaverage advertised salary
159roles counted
Data privacy salary by level
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $218K | $158K–$239K | 33 |
| Lead and above | $218K | $194K–$280K | 48 |
| No level in the title | $183K | $147K–$228K | 78 |
Data privacy salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $228K | 43 |
| 🇺🇸California | $226K | 47 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $225K | 35 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $209K | 131 |
Skills that pay more for Data privacy roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Incident response | $242K | +$36K | 25 |
| Law degree | $239K | +$32K | 29 |
| Bar admission | $239K | +$32K | 29 |
| Machine Learning | $232K | +$25K | 15 |
| Regulatory compliance | $222K | +$16K | 27 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $345K | 7 |
| OpenAI | $278K | 5 |
| ConvertKit | $239K | 5 |
| Roblox | $219K | 4 |
| Zapier | $218K | 9 |
| Twitch | $184K | 3 |
| xAI | $149K | 3 |
| Teladoc Health | $140K | 9 |
| Binance.us | $135K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Data privacy roles
All Data privacy jobs- Principal Engineer, PrivacyAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | S…$485K - $625KRemoteLead and aboveGoPythonMachine Learning
- Senior Director, Privacy, Product and Platform SecurityRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$458K - $526KLead and aboveApplication securityVulnerability managementThreat modeling
- Staff+ Software Engineer, Infrastructure (Distributed Systems)Anthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$320K - $485KLead and aboveRustGoPython
- Security Lead, Product and Infrastructure (InfoSec)River AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$200K - $420KLead and aboveDeep learningIncident responseIAM
- VP, SecurityEngine · 🇺🇸Remote - US$298K - $400KRemoteLead and aboveLLMAWSApplication security
- Senior Vice President, Deputy General Counsel, Global Commercial and PrivacyHackerOne · 🇺🇸Washington DC$300K - $385KRemoteLead and abovePenetration testingDeelLaw degree
- Software Engineer - Privacy & ComplianceOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$230K - $385KRustGoPython
- Software Engineer, Privacy Engineering (Lawful Access)OpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$347K - $385KIncident responseData privacy
- Software Engineer, Security, PrivacyRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$185K - $375KHybridPythonReactAWS
- Associate General Counsel, Ads ProductReddit · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$266K - $372KRemoteMachine LearningGDPRData privacy
- Sr. Lead Counsel, PrivacyPinterest · 🇺🇸Remote, US$178K - $367KRemoteLead and aboveGDPRData privacyCCPA
- Privacy Engineering LeadSuno · 🇺🇸NYC$277K - $364KLead and aboveGenerative AILLM evaluationData governance
- Legal Director, PrivacyPeloton · 🇺🇸New York, New York$277K - $353KLead and aboveCIPPData governanceLaw degree
- Strategic Account Executive, Named AccountsTranscend · 🇺🇸Remote (United States)$150K - $350KRemoteGoLLMSnowflake
- Software Engineer, Privacy & Data GovernanceFigure · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$150K - $350KRustGoPython
- Vice President, Information SecurityStellar Health · Remote$290K - $330KRemoteLead and aboveAWSCISSPCISM
- Senior AI Governance CounselAdyen · 🇺🇸New York$250K - $325KSeniorLLMAICIPP
- Senior Privacy & AI CounselHinge Health · 🇺🇸San Francisco-HQ$216K - $324KHybridSeniorMachine LearningAICIPP
- Software Engineer, Data SystemsGamma · 🇺🇸San Francisco$230K - $310KPostgreSQLTerraformKafka
- Principal, Marketing AnalyticsElastic · 🇺🇸United States$160K - $304KLead and abovePythonSQLMachine Learning
Questions about Data privacy pay
- What is the average Data privacy salary?
- $207K a year on average and $207K at the median, across 159 open Data privacy 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 $157K to $244K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Data privacy pay?
- Anthropic ($345K), OpenAI ($278K), ConvertKit ($239K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a data privacy a high-paying job?
- The median Data privacy posting advertises $207K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 19% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a data privacy?
- A tenth of the postings offer $300K a year or more; the highest open Data privacy role advertises up to $625K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Data privacy salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $207K a year is about $100 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $17,250 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $75 to $118 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Data privacy roles?
- Postings that ask for Incident response (+$36K, 25 postings), Law degree (+$32K, 29 postings), Bar admission (+$32K, 29 postings) advertise more than the $207K median of all Data privacy 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 Data privacy roles at companies is $207K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $157K to $244K. Counted from 159 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/data-privacy/
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