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Security Compliance (GRC) salary: $178K median

From 99 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

$178Kmedian advertised salary
$153K – $218Kmiddle half of roles
$193Kaverage advertised salary
99roles counted

Security Compliance (GRC) salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $200K, 16% more than senior roles ($173K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$173K$164K–$188K33
Lead and above$200K$178K–$227K25
No level in title$168K$145K–$228K41

Security Compliance (GRC) salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$187K38
🇺🇸California$187K38
🇺🇸New York$186K30
🇺🇸United States$179K88
🇺🇸Washington, DC$167K17

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
Anthropic$300K7
OpenAI$234K3
Vanta$226K3
GitLab$203K3
Roblox$202K3
MongoDB$187K3
Plaid$185K3
Brex$173K3
Airwallex$152K3
xAI$149K5
Accenture Federal Services$146K4

Highest-paying open Security Compliance (GRC) roles

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Questions about Security Compliance (GRC) pay

What is the average Security Compliance (GRC) salary?
$193K a year on average and $178K at the median, across 99 open Security Compliance (GRC) postings at tech 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 $153K to $218K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest Security Compliance (GRC) pay?
Anthropic ($300K), OpenAI ($234K), Vanta ($226K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
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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