PCI DSS salary: $196K median
The median advertised PCI DSS salary is $196K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $160K to $250K: counted from 116 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $94 an hour or $16,375 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $278K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll PCI DSS jobs
$196Kmedian advertised salary
$160K – $250Kmiddle half of roles
$206Kaverage advertised salary
116roles counted
PCI DSS salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $219K, 17% more than senior roles ($188K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $188K | $160K–$248K | 45 |
| Lead and above | $219K | $191K–$275K | 34 |
| No level in the title | $180K | $148K–$238K | 37 |
PCI DSS salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸California | $232K | 33 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $217K | 30 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $192K | 94 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $180K | 16 |
Skills that pay more for PCI DSS roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zero trust | $262K | +$66K | 20 |
| TCP/IP | $262K | +$66K | 13 |
| SD-WAN | $262K | +$66K | 15 |
| RAG | $262K | +$66K | 17 |
| Pulumi | $262K | +$66K | 13 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Lambda | $360K | 4 |
| Cloudflare | $262K | 14 |
| Vercel | $260K | 3 |
| Very Good Security | $185K | 7 |
| Brex | $173K | 3 |
| NAB NorthAB | $165K | 5 |
| Toast | $160K | 3 |
Highest-paying open PCI DSS roles
All PCI DSS jobs- Senior Manager, Detection and ResponseLambda · Bellevue Office$324K - $480KHybridSeniorMachine LearningLLMIncident response
- Staff Security ArchitectLambda · Bellevue Office$314K - $465KHybridLead and aboveGoPythonTerraform
- Director of Engineering, PaymentsPatreon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$340K - $425KHybridLead and abovePCI DSSReconciliationsCard payments
- Security GRC LeadMercor · 🇺🇸San Francisco$350K - $425KLead and abovePythonSQLLLM
- VP, SecurityEngine · 🇺🇸Remote - US$298K - $400KRemoteLead and aboveLLMAWSApplication security
- Software Engineer, Payments InfrastructureSierra · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$230K - $390KGoLLMCloud security
- Solutions ArchitectVercel · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City, Austin$190K - $340KHybridTypeScriptJavaScriptReact
- Senior Customer Engineer AI/ Start Up'sCloudflare · Hybrid$214K - $336KHybridSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Customer Engineer, Enterprise - San FranciscoCloudflare · Hybrid$214K - $336KHybridSeniorGoPythonJavaScript
- Cloud Security LeadReplit · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$250K - $325KHybridLead and abovePythonTerraformGCP
- Senior Staff Software Engineer (Identity & Access Management)GoFundMe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$234K - $321KLead and aboveSOC 2SSOOAuth
- Sr. Manager, Security — Continuous Monitoring v 2.0Databricks · 🇺🇸Remote - California$183K - $314KRemoteSeniorPythonGCPAzure
- Security Software Engineer, Detection & ResponseVercel · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City, London$208K - $312KHybridRustGoPython
- Staff Technical Program Manager, Security + ITDiscord · 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$248K - $310KLead and aboveCISSPCISMCIPP
- Staff Engineer, Cloud SecurityToast · 🇺🇸Remote, US$151K - $309KRemoteLead and aboveGoPythonTerraform
- Director, Customer TrustIllumio · 🇺🇸Sunnyvale, California - HQ$250K - $300KLead and aboveApplication securitySOC 2Zero trust
- Security Engineer, Infrastructure SecurityLiveKit · 🇺🇸United States (Remote)$200K - $300KRemoteGoPythonTerraform
- Security Engineer, Vulnerability ManagementLiveKit · 🇺🇸United States (Remote)$200K - $300KRemoteGoPythonTerraform
- Principal Software Engineer, Product SecuritySentilink · 🇺🇸United States$220K - $300KRemoteLead and aboveRustGoPython
- Principal Solution EngineerAviatrix · 🇺🇸Chicago, Illinois, United States$248K - $291KLead and aboveGCPAzureKubernetes
Questions about PCI DSS pay
- What is the average PCI DSS salary?
- $206K a year on average and $196K at the median, across 116 open PCI DSS 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 $250K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest PCI DSS pay?
- Lambda ($360K), Cloudflare ($262K), Vercel ($260K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a pci dss a high-paying job?
- The median PCI DSS posting advertises $196K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 13% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a pci dss?
- A tenth of the postings offer $278K a year or more; the highest open PCI DSS role advertises up to $480K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the PCI DSS salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $196K a year is about $94 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,375 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $77 to $120 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for PCI DSS roles?
- Postings that ask for Zero trust (+$66K, 20 postings), TCP/IP (+$66K, 13 postings), SD-WAN (+$66K, 15 postings) advertise more than the $196K median of all PCI DSS 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 PCI DSS roles at companies is $196K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $160K to $250K. Counted from 116 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/pci-dss/
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