What is the average Fraud prevention salary?

$199K a year on average and $190K at the median, across 244 open Fraud prevention 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 $155K to $238K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.

Which companies advertise the highest Fraud prevention pay?

Anthropic ($362K), EarnIn ($290K), OKX ($248K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).

Is a fraud prevention a high-paying job?

The median Fraud prevention posting advertises $190K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 9% above the middle of the market.

How much can you earn as a fraud prevention?

A tenth of the postings offer $290K a year or more; the highest open Fraud prevention role advertises up to $574K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.

What is the Fraud prevention salary per hour and per month?

The median of $190K a year is about $91 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $15,792 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $75 to $114 an hour.

Which skills pay more for Fraud prevention roles?

Postings that ask for LLM (+$42K, 32 postings), Machine Learning (+$24K, 57 postings), Python (+$21K, 76 postings) advertise more than the $190K median of all Fraud prevention 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.

Fraud prevention Salary: $199K Average, $190K Median (Nov 2026)

Fraud prevention salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $224K, 26% more than senior roles ($178K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

Level	Median salary	Middle half	Roles
Senior	$178K	$160K–$214K	62
Lead and above	$224K	$199K–$268K	76
No level in the title	$155K	$126K–$215K	105

Fraud prevention salary by location

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area	$225K	69
🇺🇸California	$220K	76
🇺🇸United States	$190K	219
🇺🇸New York, NY	$176K	72

Skills that pay more for Fraud prevention roles

Skill	Median with it	Above the median	Postings
LLM	$231K	+$42K	32
Machine Learning	$214K	+$24K	57
Python	$210K	+$21K	76
AWS	$210K	+$20K	25
Go	$190K	+$0K	41

Top-paying companies

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
Anthropic	$362K	7
EarnIn	$290K	3
OKX	$248K	8
Sardine	$239K	4
Plaid	$238K	9
Oscilar	$226K	6
Sentilink	$225K	18
DataVisor	$216K	4
Affirm	$215K	9
Forter	$212K	5
Mercury	$202K	4
Persona	$175K	3
Hawk	$175K	5
Alloy	$174K	28
Socure	$172K	38
Twilio	$170K	4
Ramp	$128K	3
Brex	$125K	4
AEG Worldwide	$102K	3
Pathward, N.A.	$96K	3

Highest-paying open Fraud prevention roles

All Fraud prevention jobs

Sr./Staff JavaScript Developer - Web SDK (Brazil/Canada/UK/Poland/India)Oscilar · 🇧🇷Brazil - Remote$394K - $574KRemoteLead and aboveTypeScriptJavaScriptCI/CD8mo
Chief Technology OfficerGiveDirectly · Remote$366K - $518KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningFraud prevention2mo
Staff+ Software Engineer, ML Inference PathAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$320K - $485KLead and abovePythonMachine LearningLLM2mo
Staff+ Software Engineer, Payment FraudAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$320K - $485KLead and abovePythonSQLRails4mo
Software Engineer, Scaled AbuseOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$266K - $445KPythonPostgreSQLTerraform5mo
Vice President, Vertical Strategy & CommercializationOkta · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington; Chicago, Illinois; New York, New Yo…$294K - $404KLead and aboveMachine LearningIAMFraud prevention4w
Senior Software EngineerSardine · 🇧🇷Brazil$285K - $400KRemoteSeniorGoPythonTypeScript7w
Account Executive, EnterpriseAlloy · Remote$320K - $380KRemoteGoSolution sellingContract negotiation26mo
Sales Manager, FintechAlloy · 🇺🇸New York City$320K - $380KGoSolution sellingRegulatory compliance10d
Director of EngineeringDataVisor · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California, United States$200K - $380KLead and abovePythonJavaC++3mo
Principal AI Engineer, AI Agent DevelopmentOKX · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$250K - $376KLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMAI8mo
Senior/Staff Software Engineer - Commerce PlatformSuno · 🇺🇸NYC$229K - $364KLead and aboveReconciliationsCard paymentsFraud prevention8mo
Staff Software Engineer, Bots + FraudSuno · 🇺🇸San Francisco$277K - $364KLead and abovePostgreSQLRedisKubernetes12d
Engineering Manager, AI ApplicationsPlaid · 🇺🇸San Francisco HQ$279K - $362KHybridLLMAIRAG5mo
Enterprise Account Executive, Travel & EntertainmentSentilink · 🇺🇸United States$275K - $350KRemoteContract negotiationCustomer onboardingFraud prevention2mo
Account Executive, SLED (West)Sentilink · 🇺🇸United States$300K - $350KRemoteFraud prevention5mo
Software Engineering Manager - Platform TeamDataVisor · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California, United States$180K - $350KPythonJavaC++13mo
Senior Director of Engineering, Billing PlatformCloudflare · Hybrid$273K - $341KHybridLead and aboveData warehousingDNSIncident response2mo
Senior Staff Software EngineerEarnIn · 🇺🇸Mountain View, US$279K - $341KLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript2mo
Senior Staff Software Engineer - Identity & TrustEarnIn · 🇺🇸Remote, US$239K - $341KRemoteLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript2w

Questions about Fraud prevention pay

What is the average Fraud prevention salary?: $199K a year on average and $190K at the median, across 244 open Fraud prevention 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 $155K to $238K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest Fraud prevention pay?: Anthropic ($362K), EarnIn ($290K), OKX ($248K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a fraud prevention a high-paying job?: The median Fraud prevention posting advertises $190K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 9% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a fraud prevention?: A tenth of the postings offer $290K a year or more; the highest open Fraud prevention role advertises up to $574K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the Fraud prevention salary per hour and per month?: The median of $190K a year is about $91 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $15,792 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $75 to $114 an hour.
Which skills pay more for Fraud prevention roles?: Postings that ask for LLM (+$42K, 32 postings), Machine Learning (+$24K, 57 postings), Python (+$21K, 76 postings) advertise more than the $190K median of all Fraud prevention 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.

Fraud prevention salary: $190K median