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OWASP salary: $202K median

The median advertised OWASP salary is $202K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $160K to $244K: counted from 89 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $97 an hour or $16,875 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $300K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

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$202Kmedian advertised salary
$160K – $244Kmiddle half of roles
$206Kaverage advertised salary
89roles counted

OWASP salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $232K, 23% more than senior roles ($188K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$188K$162K–$220K23
Lead and above$232K$206K–$261K29
No level in the title$166K$148K–$222K37

OWASP salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$225K25
🇺🇸California$225K27
🇺🇸United States$202K82

Skills that pay more for OWASP roles

SkillMedian with itAbove the medianPostings
AI$250K+$48K8
IAM$245K+$42K22
AI agents$242K+$40K18
C++$231K+$29K8
ISO 27001$228K+$26K15

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
OpenAI$356K3
Ripple$262K5
Flexport$196K4
xAI$149K3
Dark Wolf Solutions$138K3

Highest-paying open OWASP roles

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Questions about OWASP pay

What is the average OWASP salary?
$206K a year on average and $202K at the median, across 89 open OWASP 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 $160K to $244K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest OWASP pay?
OpenAI ($356K), Ripple ($262K), Flexport ($196K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is an owasp a high-paying job?
The median OWASP posting advertises $202K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 16% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as an owasp?
A tenth of the postings offer $300K a year or more; the highest open OWASP role advertises up to $445K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the OWASP salary per hour and per month?
The median of $202K a year is about $97 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,875 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $77 to $117 an hour.
Which skills pay more for OWASP roles?
Postings that ask for AI (+$48K, 8 postings), IAM (+$42K, 22 postings), AI agents (+$40K, 18 postings) advertise more than the $202K median of all OWASP 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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