EDR salary: $184K median
The median advertised EDR salary is $184K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $140K to $215K: counted from 303 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $88 an hour or $15,292 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $295K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll EDR jobs
$184Kmedian advertised salary
$140K – $215Kmiddle half of roles
$189Kaverage advertised salary
303roles counted
EDR salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $220K, 21% more than senior roles ($182K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $182K | $145K–$198K | 92 |
| Lead and above | $220K | $195K–$261K | 57 |
| No level in the title | $168K | $122K–$210K | 152 |
EDR salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸Washington, DC | $240K | 18 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $204K | 22 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $200K | 89 |
| 🇺🇸California | $198K | 127 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $187K | 54 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $182K | 272 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA | $150K | 19 |
Skills that pay more for EDR roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Go | $210K | +$26K | 49 |
| Application security | $205K | +$22K | 52 |
| LLM | $201K | +$18K | 42 |
| Threat modeling | $200K | +$16K | 36 |
| CISSP | $200K | +$16K | 51 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $348K | 8 |
| Lambda | $330K | 4 |
| Roblox | $284K | 4 |
| Suno | $260K | 3 |
| Netskope | $233K | 6 |
| Harvey | $228K | 4 |
| Pure Storage | $228K | 3 |
| Fivetran | $206K | 4 |
| Huntress | $206K | 6 |
| Okta | $204K | 4 |
| Cylake Inc | $200K | 3 |
| Samsara | $198K | 4 |
| True Anomaly | $198K | 5 |
| Omnissa | $196K | 3 |
| Anduril Industries | $193K | 5 |
| Braze | $192K | 10 |
| K2 Space | $190K | 4 |
| Artemis | $180K | 13 |
| Rocket Lab | $165K | 3 |
| Apex Technology | $165K | 4 |
| CoreWeave | $156K | 5 |
| SpaceX | $148K | 3 |
| Blackpoint Cyber | $147K | 3 |
| Charles River Associates | $141K | 3 |
| Elastic | $122K | 25 |
Highest-paying open EDR roles
All EDR jobs- Manager, Cybersecurity Sales SpecialistAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Was…$450K - $550KAI agentsApplication securityVulnerability management
- Senior Global Security InvestigatorOpenAI · 🇺🇸US - Remote$230K - $500KRemoteSeniorSecurity clearanceThreat intelligenceSIEM
- Security - Member of Technical StaffGoodfire · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$250K - $500KIncident responseApplication securitySSO
- Field CTODruva · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, CA$346K - $485KGCPAzureAWS
- Cybersecurity Sales SpecialistAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Was…$380K - $450KAI agentsApplication securityVulnerability management
- Forward Deployed Security EngineerOpenAI · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$266K - $445KHybridGoPythonTerraform
- Staff HPC Network ArchitectLambda · 🇺🇸San Jose Office (First St)$284K - $420KHybridLead and aboveMachine LearningDistributed trainingNetwork engineering
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Security)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $405KGoPythonTypeScript
- Member of Technical Staff (Offensive Security Engineer)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $405KHybridGoPythonGCP
- VP, SecurityEngine · 🇺🇸Remote - US$298K - $400KRemoteLead and aboveLLMAWSApplication security
- Security EngineerLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$230K - $395KHybridGoPythonMachine Learning
- Senior Director of Product Management, Endpoint Security & XDRElastic · 🇺🇸United States$200K - $379KLead and aboveLinuxElasticsearchAI agents
- Principal Security Field EngineerDatabricks · 🇺🇸Remote - California$216K - $372KRemoteLead and aboveVulnerability managementSIEMEDR
- Principal Security Engineer, Enterprise SecurityRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$321K - $366KLead and abovePythonAI agentsGoogle Workspace
- Staff Security Software Engineer, Detection & ResponsePinterest · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA, US; Remote, US$177K - $365KRemoteLead and aboveGoPythonRuby
- Senior Account Executive (Enterprise)Artemis · Remote$320K - $360KRemoteSeniorMachine LearningHubSpotAWS
- Engineering Manager, Enterprise SecurityRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$294K - $343KRustGoPython
- Chief Information & Security OfficerNextdoor · 🇺🇸Dallas, TX$260K - $340KLead and aboveWorkdayCISSPCISM
- Senior Enterprise New Logo Account Executive | Federal GovernmentJamf · 🇺🇸US Remote$144K - $331KRemoteSeniorFedRAMPEDRSolution selling
- Staff Corporate Security EngineerHarvey · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $330KHybridLead and aboveGoPythonTerraform
Questions about EDR pay
- What is the average EDR salary?
- $189K a year on average and $184K at the median, across 303 open EDR 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 $140K to $215K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest EDR pay?
- Anthropic ($348K), Lambda ($330K), Roblox ($284K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is an edr a high-paying job?
- The median EDR posting advertises $184K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 5% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as an edr?
- A tenth of the postings offer $295K a year or more; the highest open EDR role advertises up to $550K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the EDR salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $184K a year is about $88 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $15,292 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $67 to $103 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for EDR roles?
- Postings that ask for Go (+$26K, 49 postings), Application security (+$22K, 52 postings), LLM (+$18K, 42 postings) advertise more than the $184K median of all EDR 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 EDR roles at companies is $184K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $140K to $215K. Counted from 303 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/edr/
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