What is the average Risk Manager salary?

$183K a year on average and $176K at the median, across 94 open Risk Manager 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 $132K to $212K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.

Which companies advertise the highest Risk Manager pay?

OpenAI ($266K), OKX ($250K), Schonfeld ($212K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).

Is a risk manager a high-paying job?

The median Risk Manager posting advertises $176K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 1% above the middle of the market.

How much can you earn as a risk manager?

A tenth of the postings offer $266K a year or more; the highest open Risk Manager role advertises up to $450K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.

What is the Risk Manager salary per hour and per month?

The median of $176K a year is about $84 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,646 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $64 to $102 an hour.

Which skills pay more for Risk Manager roles?

Postings that ask for Machine Learning (+$34K, 9 postings), Fraud prevention (+$12K, 10 postings), Python (+$6K, 32 postings) advertise more than the $176K median of all Risk Manager 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.

Risk Manager Salary: $183K Average, $176K Median (Nov 2026)

Risk Manager salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $212K, 33% more than senior roles ($159K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

Level	Median salary	Middle half	Roles
Senior	$159K	$125K–$178K	17
Lead and above	$212K	$190K–$250K	25
No level in the title	$165K	$122K–$203K	51

Risk Manager salary by location

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area	$199K	26
🇺🇸New York, NY	$185K	37
🇺🇸California	$185K	29
🇺🇸United States	$178K	82

Skills that pay more for Risk Manager roles

Skill	Median with it	Above the median	Postings
Machine Learning	$210K	+$34K	9
Fraud prevention	$188K	+$12K	10
Python	$182K	+$6K	32
GRC	$180K	+$4K	20
SOC 2	$180K	+$4K	9

Top-paying companies

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
OpenAI	$266K	8
OKX	$250K	3
Schonfeld	$212K	3
Augustus	$200K	3
Mercury	$179K	5
Coinbase	$176K	3
True Anomaly	$160K	3
Adyen	$136K	3
Judi Health	$122K	3

Highest-paying open Risk Manager roles

All risk manager jobs

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Chief Risk OfficerNational Life Insurance Company · 🇺🇸Addison, TX; Montpelier, VT$300K - $440KLead and above3mo
Chief Risk Officer - Managing DirectoriCapital · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$350K - $400KLead and aboveCPACFAFRM8mo
VP, Enterprise Risk & ComplianceCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA$350K - $375KLead and aboveRisk management2mo
Insider Risk LeadFluidstack · 🇺🇸New York, NY$259K - $311KLead and above3w
Director, Model Risk — AI & FraudOKX · 🇺🇸San Jose, California, United States$200K - $300KLead and abovePythonSQLMachine Learning12d
Director, Model Risk — AI & FraudOKX · 🇺🇸New York, United States$200K - $300KLead and abovePythonSQLMachine Learning12d
Global Lead, Commercial Risk StrategyAirwallex · 🇺🇸US - San Francisco$190K - $300KHybridLead and aboveLoad testingCard paymentsKYC3w
Head of Enterprise Risk ManagementOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$216K - $295KHybridLead and aboveCI/CDCPACISA3w
Device Safety & Risk Operations Specialist, User Safety & Risk OperationsOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$252K - $280KHybridCFDRisk management4mo
Principal, Safety and Risk ManagementHeadway · Remote$144K - $280KRemoteLead and aboveReconciliationsClinical trialsBehavioral health7w
Risk ManagerSchonfeld · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$175K - $275KPython6mo
Vice President, Financial Risk - Capital Markets OversightPathward, N.A. · Remote$182K - $273KRemoteLead and aboveCFALoad testingAudit3w
Manager, CyberSecurity Risk ManagementRubrik · Remote$163K - $272KRemoteLLMTableauJira3w
AI Tech Risk OfficerAdyen · 🇺🇸New York$145K - $260KAIEnglishAI agents10d
Lead Compliance Risk Manager, Product Compliance - AIMercury · 🇺🇸🇨🇦San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote…$187K - $260KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMAI5w
Risk Manager (Risk and Operations), United StatesCrypto.com · 🇺🇸New York$100K - $250KPythonSQLCFA5mo
Senior Operational Risk ManagerMercury · 🇺🇸🇨🇦San Francisco, CA, New York, NY, Portland, OR, or Remote…$180K - $250KRemoteSeniorAuditRegulatory complianceGRC5w
Counterparty/Credit Risk ManagerAugustus · 🇺🇸New York City$150K - $250K4w

Questions about Risk Manager pay

What is the average Risk Manager salary?: $183K a year on average and $176K at the median, across 94 open Risk Manager 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 $132K to $212K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest Risk Manager pay?: OpenAI ($266K), OKX ($250K), Schonfeld ($212K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a risk manager a high-paying job?: The median Risk Manager posting advertises $176K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 1% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a risk manager?: A tenth of the postings offer $266K a year or more; the highest open Risk Manager role advertises up to $450K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the Risk Manager salary per hour and per month?: The median of $176K a year is about $84 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,646 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $64 to $102 an hour.
Which skills pay more for Risk Manager roles?: Postings that ask for Machine Learning (+$34K, 9 postings), Fraud prevention (+$12K, 10 postings), Python (+$6K, 32 postings) advertise more than the $176K median of all Risk Manager 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.

Risk Manager salary: $176K median