DLP salary: $205K median
The median advertised DLP salary is $205K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $154K to $245K: counted from 88 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $99 an hour or $17,083 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $349K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll DLP jobs
$205Kmedian advertised salary
$154K – $245Kmiddle half of roles
$213Kaverage advertised salary
88roles counted
DLP salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $274K, 47% more than senior roles ($187K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $187K | $154K–$234K | 28 |
| Lead and above | $274K | $224K–$388K | 24 |
| No level in the title | $171K | $130K–$228K | 36 |
DLP salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸United States | $203K | 77 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $203K | 27 |
| 🇺🇸California | $196K | 34 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $182K | 17 |
Skills that pay more for DLP roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zero trust | $229K | +$24K | 30 |
| VPN | $229K | +$24K | 21 |
| SSO | $229K | +$24K | 32 |
| Firewalls | $229K | +$24K | 17 |
| Cloud security | $229K | +$24K | 25 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Nightfall Ai | $250K | 8 |
| Cloudflare | $234K | 5 |
| Netskope | $229K | 13 |
| Braze | $154K | 4 |
| SpaceX | $98K | 5 |
Highest-paying open DLP roles
All DLP jobs- Senior Global Security InvestigatorOpenAI · 🇺🇸US - Remote$230K - $500KRemoteSeniorSecurity clearanceThreat intelligenceSIEM
- Staff+ Software Engineer, Enterprise ConnectivityAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$405K - $485KLead and aboveData governanceGoogle WorkspaceMicrosoft 365
- Field CTODruva · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, CA$346K - $485KGCPAzureAWS
- Staff Security ArchitectLambda · Bellevue Office$314K - $465KHybridLead and aboveGoPythonTerraform
- Director, Regional SalesNetskope · 🇺🇸North Carolina, United States$350K - $425KLead and aboveVPNCloud securitySSO
- Director, Regional SalesNetskope · 🇺🇸Illinois, United States$350K - $425KLead and aboveVPNCloud securitySSO
- VP, SecurityEngine · 🇺🇸Remote - US$298K - $400KRemoteLead and aboveLLMAWSApplication security
- Senior Security Engineer - Enterprise SecurityLambda · Bellevue Office$266K - $395KHybridSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- Regional Sales Director - SouthEastNightfall Ai · 🇨🇦🇺🇸Remote (US & Canada)$320K - $340KRemoteLead and aboveAgileGenerative AIOkta
- Regional Sales Director - WestNightfall Ai · 🇨🇦🇺🇸Remote (US & Canada)$320K - $340KRemoteLead and aboveAgileGenerative AIOkta
- Senior Customer Engineer AI/ Start Up'sCloudflare · Hybrid$214K - $336KHybridSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Solutions Engineer, Cloudflare One (SASE/SSE)Cloudflare · Distributed$244K - $336KSeniorAI agentsNetwork engineeringDNS
- Lead Corporate Security EngineerSuno · 🇺🇸San Francisco$276K - $330KLead and abovePythonTypeScriptREST APIs
- Sr. Software Engineer — SecuritySnorkel AI · 🇺🇸New York City, NY (Hybrid); San Francisco, CA (Hybrid)$220K - $300KHybridSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- Head of IT Systems EngineeringAsana · 🇺🇸San Francisco$252K - $296KLead and abovePythonFigmaBash
- Product Manager, OpenRouter ConnectOpenrouter · 🇺🇸Remote (US)$245K - $280KRemoteLLMDLP
- Staff Security Engineer, AICompa · 🇺🇸Irvine, California$225K - $275KHybridLead and aboveLLMAIWorkday
- Staff Product Manager, AI SecurityBox · 🇺🇸Redwood City, CA, United States$217K - $271KLead and aboveLLMAIAI agents
- Director, Security, Investigations, and IntelligenceSpaceX · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$225K - $265KLead and aboveSAPSecurity clearanceApplication security
- Security & Threat Operations ManagerDriveWealth · 🇺🇸Office - Chicago; Office - NYC$200K - $250KPythonSQLKubernetes
Questions about DLP pay
- What is the average DLP salary?
- $213K a year on average and $205K at the median, across 88 open DLP 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 $154K to $245K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest DLP pay?
- Nightfall Ai ($250K), Cloudflare ($234K), Netskope ($229K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a dlp a high-paying job?
- The median DLP posting advertises $205K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 18% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a dlp?
- A tenth of the postings offer $349K a year or more; the highest open DLP role advertises up to $500K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the DLP salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $205K a year is about $99 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $17,083 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $74 to $118 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for DLP roles?
- Postings that ask for Zero trust (+$24K, 30 postings), VPN (+$24K, 21 postings), SSO (+$24K, 32 postings) advertise more than the $205K median of all DLP 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 DLP roles at companies is $205K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $154K to $245K. Counted from 88 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/dlp/
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