SAST/DAST salary: $200K median
The median advertised SAST/DAST salary is $200K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $158K to $242K: counted from 175 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $96 an hour or $16,667 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $298K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll SAST/DAST jobs
$200Kmedian advertised salary
$158K – $242Kmiddle half of roles
$203Kaverage advertised salary
175roles counted
SAST/DAST salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $232K, 17% more than senior roles ($198K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $198K | $158K–$232K | 50 |
| Lead and above | $232K | $210K–$298K | 50 |
| No level in the title | $172K | $145K–$220K | 72 |
SAST/DAST salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $242K | 27 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $230K | 43 |
| 🇺🇸California | $220K | 48 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $200K | 160 |
Skills that pay more for SAST/DAST roles
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Decagon | $300K | 4 |
| Headway | $250K | 8 |
| OpenAI | $242K | 3 |
| Samsara | $230K | 5 |
| Semgrep | $220K | 13 |
| Sonar | $212K | 3 |
| Snyk | $204K | 20 |
| Harness | $200K | 3 |
| Flexport | $196K | 4 |
| GitLab | $196K | 4 |
| Anduril Industries | $172K | 4 |
| Socket | $154K | 6 |
| Black Duck Software, Inc. | $148K | 6 |
| Veracode | $131K | 4 |
| Dark Wolf Solutions | $120K | 7 |
Highest-paying open SAST/DAST roles
All SAST/DAST jobs- Staff+ Application Security Engineer - M&AAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | S…$320K - $485KRemoteLead and aboveRustGoPython
- Senior Director, Global SME Solutions ArchitectureGitLab · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$244K - $410KRemoteLead and aboveGCPAzureLLM
- Senior Software Security EngineerAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$320K - $405KSeniorRustGoPython
- Senior Software Engineer, Platform SecurityDecagon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $400KSeniorGoPythonTypeScript
- Senior Software Engineer, Application SecurityDecagon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $400KSeniorGCPCI/CDAI agents
- Head of Technology PartnershipsSonar · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA$245K - $348KLead and aboveDockerCI/CDGitLab
- Security Engineer, Product SecurityScale AI · 🇺🇸New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Washington, DC$278K - $347KPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Account Director - SoutheastSnyk · 🇺🇸United States - GA Remote$300K - $340KRemoteLead and aboveSAST/DASTProspecting
- Account Director EastSnyk · 🇺🇸United States - Boston Office$300K - $340KLead and aboveSAST/DASTProspecting
- Applied AI Engineer, Cyber, GovernmentOpenAI · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$211K - $335KHybridGoPythonTypeScript
- Staff Software Engineer (Journeys)Headway · Remote$265K - $331KRemoteLead and abovePythonTypeScriptReact
- Senior / Staff Application Security EngineerSuno · 🇺🇸NYC$230K - $330KLead and aboveLLMAWSApplication security
- Security Engineer, ProductRogo · 🇺🇸New York City$270K - $330KRustGoPython
- Staff Security Engineer, Application SecurityFomo Labs · 🇺🇸New York City$270K - $330KLead and aboveGCPAzureCI/CD
- Chief Information Security Officer (CISO)Insurity · 🇺🇸Remote - US$216K - $325KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningLLMCI/CD
- Staff Product Security EngineerTools For Humanity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$293K - $325KLead and aboveRustGoPython
- Staff Application Security EngineerApollo.io · 🇺🇸Remote, United States$225K - $324KRemoteLead and abovePythonReactRuby
- Senior Engineering Manager (Patient New Verticals)Headway · Remote$265K - $315KRemoteSeniorPythonTypeScriptReact
- Sr. Manager, Security — Continuous Monitoring v 2.0Databricks · 🇺🇸Remote - California$183K - $314KRemoteSeniorPythonGCPAzure
- Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Cyber - NYCOpenAI · 🇺🇸New York City$185K - $300KHybridCI/CDAI agentsIAM
Questions about SAST/DAST pay
- What is the average SAST/DAST salary?
- $203K a year on average and $200K at the median, across 175 open SAST/DAST 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 $158K to $242K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest SAST/DAST pay?
- Decagon ($300K), Headway ($250K), OpenAI ($242K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a sast/dast a high-paying job?
- The median SAST/DAST posting advertises $200K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 15% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a sast/dast?
- A tenth of the postings offer $298K a year or more; the highest open SAST/DAST role advertises up to $485K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the SAST/DAST salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $200K a year is about $96 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,667 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $76 to $117 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for SAST/DAST roles?
- Postings that ask for AI agents (+$42K, 22 postings), ISO 27001 (+$38K, 18 postings), IAM (+$31K, 24 postings) advertise more than the $200K median of all SAST/DAST 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 SAST/DAST roles at companies is $200K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $158K to $242K. Counted from 175 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/sast-dast/
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