Okta salary: $182K median
The median advertised Okta salary is $182K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $151K to $221K: counted from 227 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $87 an hour or $15,125 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $270K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll Okta jobs
$182Kmedian advertised salary
$151K – $221Kmiddle half of roles
$189Kaverage advertised salary
227roles counted
Okta salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $240K, 33% more than senior roles ($180K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $180K | $154K–$200K | 76 |
| Lead and above | $240K | $200K–$274K | 56 |
| No level in the title | $165K | $130K–$199K | 95 |
Okta salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $195K | 79 |
| 🇺🇸California | $190K | 95 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $184K | 211 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $180K | 42 |
Skills that pay more for Okta roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kubernetes | $215K | +$34K | 29 |
| LLM | $210K | +$28K | 31 |
| Go | $206K | +$25K | 34 |
| AI agents | $206K | +$24K | 29 |
| TypeScript | $205K | +$24K | 23 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Brex | $270K | 3 |
| Block | $256K | 3 |
| Affirm | $250K | 3 |
| Nightfall Ai | $250K | 8 |
| Roblox | $249K | 3 |
| Airwallex | $205K | 5 |
| MongoDB | $195K | 4 |
| Hinge Health | $195K | 3 |
| Sierra | $195K | 3 |
| Anduril Industries | $193K | 6 |
| Databricks | $190K | 5 |
| Perplexity | $190K | 3 |
| Garner Health | $187K | 4 |
| Harvey | $182K | 7 |
| Crusoe | $178K | 4 |
| Artemis | $170K | 5 |
| Immuta | $162K | 7 |
| Netskope | $162K | 3 |
| Flexport | $159K | 4 |
| DataGrail | $156K | 4 |
| Braze | $154K | 5 |
| Fanatics Betting & Gaming | $150K | 3 |
| Plaid | $130K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Okta roles
All Okta jobs- Field CTODruva · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, CA$346K - $485KGCPAzureAWS
- VP, Success & ServicesVanta · 🇺🇸Remote U.S.$318K - $426KRemoteLead and aboveGCPAzureJira
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Enterprise Trust & Governance)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $405KRustGoPython
- VP, SecurityEngine · 🇺🇸Remote - US$298K - $400KRemoteLead and aboveLLMAWSApplication security
- Senior Security Engineer - Enterprise SecurityLambda · Bellevue Office$266K - $395KHybridSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- Enterprise Account Executive (NYC)Immuta · 🇺🇸New York, NY$310K - $370KRemoteGCPAzureSnowflake
- Enterprise Account Executive (US, West)Immuta · 🇺🇸California$310K - $370KRemoteGCPAzureSnowflake
- Principal Security Engineer, Enterprise SecurityRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$321K - $366KLead and abovePythonAI agentsGoogle Workspace
- Senior Staff Software EngineerEarnIn · 🇺🇸Mountain View, US$279K - $341KLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Staff Software Engineer - Identity & TrustEarnIn · 🇺🇸Remote, US$239K - $341KRemoteLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- Chief Information & Security OfficerNextdoor · 🇺🇸Dallas, TX$260K - $340KLead and aboveWorkdayCISSPCISM
- 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
- Staff Corporate Security EngineerHarvey · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $330KHybridLead and aboveGoPythonTerraform
- Staff Corporate Security EngineerHarvey · 🇺🇸New York$220K - $330KHybridLead and aboveGoPythonTerraform
- Senior Software Engineer, Cash App TaxesBlock · 🇺🇸New York, NY, United States of America$185K - $327KSeniorJavaKotlinSQL
- Senior Software Engineer, Cash App TaxesBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$185K - $327KSeniorJavaKotlinSQL
- Principal Forward Deployed EngineerDocker · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$198K - $319KRemoteLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- Security Software Engineer, IAMVercel · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City$208K - $312KHybridGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff Software Engineer, Enterprise PlatformDiscord · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area or Remote (West Coast)$248K - $310KRemoteLead and aboveRustPythonTypeScript
Questions about Okta pay
- What is the average Okta salary?
- $189K a year on average and $182K at the median, across 227 open Okta 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 $151K to $221K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Okta pay?
- Brex ($270K), Block ($256K), Nightfall Ai ($250K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is an okta a high-paying job?
- The median Okta posting advertises $182K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 4% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as an okta?
- A tenth of the postings offer $270K a year or more; the highest open Okta role advertises up to $485K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Okta salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $182K a year is about $87 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $15,125 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $73 to $106 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Okta roles?
- Postings that ask for Kubernetes (+$34K, 29 postings), LLM (+$28K, 31 postings), Go (+$25K, 34 postings) advertise more than the $182K median of all Okta 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 Okta roles at companies is $182K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $151K to $221K. Counted from 227 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/okta/
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