Firewalls salary: $177K median
The median advertised Firewalls salary is $177K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $144K to $215K: counted from 280 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $85 an hour or $14,729 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $263K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Firewalls jobs
$177Kmedian advertised salary
$144K – $215Kmiddle half of roles
$187Kaverage advertised salary
280roles counted
Firewalls salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $222K, 13% more than senior roles ($198K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $198K | $162K–$215K | 108 |
| Lead and above | $222K | $180K–$271K | 40 |
| No level in the title | $154K | $136K–$195K | 131 |
Firewalls salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $200K | 61 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $200K | 15 |
| 🇺🇸California | $194K | 121 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $184K | 28 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $175K | 249 |
| 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA | $172K | 29 |
Skills that pay more for Firewalls roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zero trust | $218K | +$41K | 55 |
| SSO | $206K | +$29K | 37 |
| Go | $204K | +$27K | 60 |
| Arista | $202K | +$26K | 29 |
| BGP | $201K | +$24K | 64 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $362K | 3 |
| Axonius | $290K | 4 |
| Cloudflare | $262K | 14 |
| Zoox | $242K | 3 |
| Netskope | $230K | 12 |
| Skydio | $220K | 5 |
| True Anomaly | $211K | 6 |
| Apex Technology | $200K | 3 |
| Captivation Software | $200K | 4 |
| Box | $198K | 4 |
| Metropolis | $198K | 5 |
| Waymo | $195K | 3 |
| Swarmaero | $195K | 3 |
| CoreWeave | $191K | 4 |
| Tailscale | $175K | 3 |
| Pico | $175K | 3 |
| Motional | $174K | 3 |
| Anduril Industries | $170K | 19 |
| Valar Atomics | $170K | 3 |
| Sciforium | $165K | 3 |
| SpaceX | $152K | 23 |
| ExtraHop | $151K | 3 |
| Aviatrix | $150K | 5 |
| Socket | $145K | 3 |
| Applied | $144K | 4 |
Highest-paying open Firewalls roles
All Firewalls jobs- Network EngineerOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$347K - $510KHybridGoPythonTerraform
- Software Engineering Manager, Network SecurityAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$405K - $485KKubernetesDistributed trainingThreat modeling
- Senior/Staff DevOps EngineerTwenty · 🇺🇸New York, NY$192K - $455KLead and abovePythonPostgreSQLTerraform
- Senior/Staff DevOps EngineerTwenty · 🇺🇸Arlington, VA$192K - $455KLead and abovePythonPostgreSQLTerraform
- Director, Regional SalesNetskope · 🇺🇸North Carolina, United States$350K - $425KLead and aboveVPNCloud securitySSO
- Director, Regional SalesNetskope · 🇺🇸Illinois, United States$350K - $425KLead and aboveVPNCloud securitySSO
- Data Center Controls EngineerAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel Required) | San Francisco, CA$320K - $405KRemotePythonSQLPostgreSQL
- Senior Software Engineer - SDNLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$266K - $395KHybridSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- Principal Network Security EngineerRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$326K - $385KLead and aboveGoC++Load balancing
- Infrastructure LeadIntelligence Security Laboratories · 🇺🇸Washington, D.C.$205K - $375KHybridLead and aboveDockerLinuxCI/CD
- Senior Network EngineerLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Fremont St)$250K - $370KHybridSeniorPythonTerraformGCP
- Staff Security Software Engineer, Detection & ResponsePinterest · 🇺🇸Seattle, WA, US; Remote, US$177K - $365KRemoteLead and aboveGoPythonRuby
- Strategic Account Executive, SoutheastAxonius · 🇺🇸Remote US$330K - $350KRemoteActive DirectorySIEMFirewalls
- Senior Manager, Solutions Engineering, Auth0Okta · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New Yo…$252K - $347KSeniorGCPAzureMachine Learning
- Staff DevOps EngineerOmnissa · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California Office; Remote - California$206K - $343KRemoteLead and abovePythonTerraformAzure
- Senior Customer Engineer AI/ Start Up'sCloudflare · Hybrid$214K - $336KHybridSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Customer Engineer, Enterprise - San FranciscoCloudflare · Hybrid$214K - $336KHybridSeniorGoPythonJavaScript
- Senior Security Engineer, Platform SecurityBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$185K - $327KSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- Senior Manager, Infrastructure EngineeringTrue Anomaly · 🇺🇸Denver, CO; Long Beach, CA$220K - $320KSeniorTerraformAzureCI/CD
- Enterprise Account Executive, Ohio/MichiganAxonius · 🇺🇸Remote US$275K - $305KRemoteActive DirectoryVulnerability managementSIEM
Questions about Firewalls pay
- What is the average Firewalls salary?
- $187K a year on average and $177K at the median, across 280 open Firewalls 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 $215K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Firewalls pay?
- Anthropic ($362K), Axonius ($290K), Cloudflare ($262K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a firewalls a high-paying job?
- The median Firewalls posting advertises $177K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 2% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a firewalls?
- A tenth of the postings offer $263K a year or more; the highest open Firewalls role advertises up to $510K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Firewalls salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $177K a year is about $85 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,729 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $69 to $103 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Firewalls roles?
- Postings that ask for Zero trust (+$41K, 55 postings), SSO (+$29K, 37 postings), Go (+$27K, 60 postings) advertise more than the $177K median of all Firewalls 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 Firewalls roles at companies is $177K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $144K to $215K. Counted from 280 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/firewalls/
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