What is the average OSCP salary?

$183K a year on average and $171K at the median, across 62 open OSCP 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 $148K to $215K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.

Which companies advertise the highest OSCP pay?

Dark Wolf Solutions ($155K), xAI ($149K), 10a Labs ($118K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).

Is an oscp a high-paying job?

The median OSCP posting advertises $171K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 2% below the middle of the market.

How much can you earn as an oscp?

A tenth of the postings offer $260K a year or more; the highest open OSCP role advertises up to $387K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.

What is the OSCP salary per hour and per month?

The median of $171K a year is about $82 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,271 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $71 to $103 an hour.

Which skills pay more for OSCP roles?

Postings that ask for TypeScript (+$79K, 9 postings), ISO 27001 (+$69K, 9 postings), Threat modeling (+$56K, 21 postings) advertise more than the $171K median of all OSCP 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.

OSCP Salary: $183K Average, $171K Median (Nov 2026)

OSCP salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $233K, 42% more than senior roles ($164K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

Level	Median salary	Middle half	Roles
Senior	$164K	$158K–$188K	18
Lead and above	$233K	$205K–$260K	16
No level in the title	$149K	$118K–$211K	27

OSCP salary by location

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
🇺🇸California	$192K	18
🇺🇸United States	$175K	57

Skills that pay more for OSCP roles

Skill	Median with it	Above the median	Postings
TypeScript	$250K	+$79K	9
ISO 27001	$240K	+$69K	9
Threat modeling	$228K	+$56K	21
NIST	$228K	+$56K	9
Kubernetes	$226K	+$54K	22

Top-paying companies

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
Dark Wolf Solutions	$155K	4
xAI	$149K	3
10a Labs	$118K	4
SpaceX	$105K	6

Highest-paying open OSCP roles

All OSCP jobs

Engineering Manager, Security (Cloud, Infrastructure & Application Security)Replit · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$250K - $387KHybridGoPythonTypeScript5d
Security Engineer, Product SecurityScale AI · 🇺🇸New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Washington, DC$278K - $347KPythonTypeScriptJavaScript10mo
Staff Security EngineerMixpanel · 🇺🇸San Francisco$274K - $342KLead and aboveTerraformGCPLLM9d
Security Engineer, ProductRogo · 🇺🇸New York City$270K - $330KRustGoPython10d
Staff Application Security EngineerApollo.io · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$225K - $324KRemoteLead and abovePythonReactRuby4w
Principal Product Security EngineerCribl · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$265K - $320KRemoteLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript9d
Security Engineer, CloudVercel · 🇺🇸Remote - United States$208K - $312KRemoteTerraformGCPCI/CD4mo
Principal Software Engineer, Product SecuritySentilink · 🇺🇸United States$220K - $300KRemoteLead and aboveRustGoPython5mo
Staff Security Engineer, Detection & ResponseMaven Clinic · 🇺🇸New York, NY; Remote, US (Hub cities)$221K - $299KRemoteLead and aboveLLMCISSPGIAC7w
Cloud Security EngineerHex · 🇺🇸Remote - US$199K - $295KRemotePythonTypeScriptReact9mo
Staff Product Security EngineerAirwallex · 🇺🇸US - San Francisco$220K - $280KHybridLead and abovePythonJavaKotlin2w
Director, Security EngineeringINSTALILY.AI · 🇺🇸New York City · Full-time$225K - $275KLead and abovePythonTypeScriptSQL5w
Offensive Cyber Research EngineerTwenty · 🇺🇸Arlington, VA$159K - $263KGoPythonDocker13mo
Staff Software Engineer - Product SecurityMaven Clinic · 🇺🇸New York, NY; Remote, US (Hub cities)$221K - $260KRemoteLead and aboveRustGoPython11mo
Sr. Application Security EngineerxAI · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$152K - $258KSeniorRustPythonGCP24mo
Offensive Security EngineerStripe · 🇺🇸US - Remote$170K - $256KRemoteGoPythonGCP7w
Senior Product Security EngineerAirwallex · 🇺🇸US - San Francisco$160K - $250KHybridSeniorPythonJavaKotlin4mo
Principal Security Engineer, OperationsK2 Space · 🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$180K - $250KLead and aboveRustGoPython3w
Senior Security EngineerDeepgram · 🇺🇸USA - Remote$150K - $245KRemoteSeniorGoPythonDocker6w
Staff Product Security EngineerTypeface · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$210K - $240KLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript3w

Questions about OSCP pay

What is the average OSCP salary?: $183K a year on average and $171K at the median, across 62 open OSCP 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 $148K to $215K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest OSCP pay?: Dark Wolf Solutions ($155K), xAI ($149K), 10a Labs ($118K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is an oscp a high-paying job?: The median OSCP posting advertises $171K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 2% below the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as an oscp?: A tenth of the postings offer $260K a year or more; the highest open OSCP role advertises up to $387K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the OSCP salary per hour and per month?: The median of $171K a year is about $82 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,271 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $71 to $103 an hour.
Which skills pay more for OSCP roles?: Postings that ask for TypeScript (+$79K, 9 postings), ISO 27001 (+$69K, 9 postings), Threat modeling (+$56K, 21 postings) advertise more than the $171K median of all OSCP 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.

OSCP salary: $171K median