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PKI salary: $218K median

The median advertised PKI salary is $218K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $175K to $250K: counted from 126 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $105 an hour or $18,125 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $285K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

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$218Kmedian advertised salary
$175K – $250Kmiddle half of roles
$218Kaverage advertised salary
126roles counted

PKI salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $265K, 22% more than senior roles ($218K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$218K$190K–$230K47
Lead and above$265K$249K–$288K33
No level in the title$179K$145K–$214K40

PKI salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$236K43
🇺🇸California$219K76
🇺🇸United States$218K119
🇺🇸Los Angeles, CA$171K16

Skills that pay more for PKI roles

SkillMedian with itAbove the medianPostings
Threat modeling$262K+$44K23
Vulnerability management$250K+$33K14
Penetration testing$249K+$31K14
CI/CD$247K+$30K16
Embedded Linux$247K+$29K16

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
OpenAI$396K3
Roblox$265K6
Ripple$261K4
Zoox$250K5
True Anomaly$250K3
Crusoe$238K5
Waymo$223K3
CoreWeave$212K3
Anduril Industries$208K6
Applied$186K4
SpaceX$152K32

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Questions about PKI pay

What is the average PKI salary?
$218K a year on average and $218K at the median, across 126 open PKI 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 $175K to $250K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest PKI pay?
OpenAI ($396K), Roblox ($265K), Ripple ($261K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a pki a high-paying job?
The median PKI posting advertises $218K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 25% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a pki?
A tenth of the postings offer $285K a year or more; the highest open PKI role advertises up to $485K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the PKI salary per hour and per month?
The median of $218K a year is about $105 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $18,125 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $84 to $120 an hour.
Which skills pay more for PKI roles?
Postings that ask for Threat modeling (+$44K, 23 postings), Vulnerability management (+$33K, 14 postings), Penetration testing (+$31K, 14 postings) advertise more than the $218K median of all PKI postings with pay.
What does an entry-level pki make?
6 junior and intern PKI postings state pay, with a median of $146K a year ($70 an hour).
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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