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SIEM salary: $182K median

The median advertised SIEM salary is $182K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $146K to $216K: counted from 303 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $87 an hour or $15,125 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $260K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.

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$182Kmedian advertised salary
$146K – $216Kmiddle half of roles
$185Kaverage advertised salary
303roles counted

SIEM salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $228K, 18% more than senior roles ($192K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

LevelMedian salaryMiddle halfRoles
Senior$192K$168K–$208K92
Lead and above$228K$198K–$250K51
No level in the title$155K$124K–$200K159

SIEM salary by location

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area$200K61
🇺🇸California$198K100
🇺🇸New York, NY$195K36
🇺🇸United States$180K279
🇺🇸Seattle, WA$180K16
🇺🇸Washington, DC$168K19

Skills that pay more for SIEM roles

SkillMedian with itAbove the medianPostings
GRC$210K+$28K31
SOAR$208K+$26K33
ISO 27001$205K+$24K41
Go$200K+$19K50
SOC 2$200K+$18K45

Top-paying companies

NameMedian salaryRoles counted
Anthropic$352K3
Axonius$290K3
Netskope$233K6
Pure Storage$228K3
Brex$216K3
Databricks$213K4
Muon Space$206K3
Huntress$202K8
True Anomaly$200K6
Braze$192K10
Cloudflare$187K3
Samsara$182K8
Artemis$180K5
CoreWeave$178K5
Anduril Industries$172K3
Rocket Lab$165K3
Apex Technology$165K4
Illumio$162K3
Dark Wolf Solutions$158K4
Cribl$155K19
Whoop$150K3
Datadog$144K5
SpaceX$142K9
Elastic$122K32
Sumo Logic$100K5

Highest-paying open SIEM roles

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Questions about SIEM pay

What is the average SIEM salary?
$185K a year on average and $182K at the median, across 303 open SIEM 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 $146K to $216K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest SIEM pay?
Anthropic ($352K), Axonius ($290K), Netskope ($233K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a siem a high-paying job?
The median SIEM posting advertises $182K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 4% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a siem?
A tenth of the postings offer $260K a year or more; the highest open SIEM role advertises up to $500K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the SIEM salary per hour and per month?
The median of $182K a year is about $87 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $15,125 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $70 to $104 an hour.
Which skills pay more for SIEM roles?
Postings that ask for GRC (+$28K, 31 postings), SOAR (+$26K, 33 postings), ISO 27001 (+$24K, 41 postings) advertise more than the $182K median of all SIEM 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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