Security Operations (SOC) Analyst salary: $167K median
The median advertised Security Operations (SOC) Analyst salary is $167K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $120K to $205K: counted from 43 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $80 an hour or $13,917 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $228K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll security operations (SOC) analyst jobs
$167Kmedian advertised salary
$120K – $205Kmiddle half of roles
$165Kaverage advertised salary
43roles counted
Security Operations (SOC) Analyst salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸United States | $167K | 42 |
| 🇺🇸California | $167K | 17 |
Skills that pay more for Security Operations (SOC) Analyst roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOAR | $228K | +$60K | 5 |
| Terraform | $216K | +$49K | 8 |
| Kubernetes | $216K | +$49K | 8 |
| Go | $216K | +$49K | 8 |
| CI/CD | $216K | +$49K | 9 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Brex | $216K | 3 |
| Samsara | $182K | 5 |
| Knox Systems | $118K | 3 |
Highest-paying open Security Operations (SOC) Analyst roles
All security operations (SOC) analyst jobs- Senior Manager, Security Operations CenterRubrik · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$213K - $319KSeniorCISSPCISMGIAC
- Principal Security Operations EngineerAxon · 🇺🇸Atlanta, Georgia, United States; Boston, Massachusetts, U…$169K - $310KLead and aboveGoPythonTerraform
- Member of Technical Staff, SecOps & Threat Detection EngineerEnvoy · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$265K - $300KGoPythonAWS
- SecOps DeveloperTextNow, Inc. · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$136K - $274KTerraformCI/CDAWS
- Staff Security Engineer - SecOps & Threats6sense · 🇺🇸United States, Remote$231K - $266KRemoteLead and aboveAWSCISSPCISM
- Senior Security Operations EngineerCohere · 🇺🇸United States$195K - $260KSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- Lead Incident ResponderFluidstack · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$172K - $258KRemoteLead and above
- Senior Security Operations EngineerBrex · 🇺🇸Seattle, Washington, United States$192K - $240KSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- Senior Security Operations EngineerBrex · 🇺🇸New York, New York, United States$192K - $240KSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- SOC Manager, CybersecurityCHAOS Industries · 🇺🇸El Segundo, California, United States$180K - $240KPython
- Senior Security Operations EngineerSamsara · 🇺🇸Remote - Seattle$135K - $228KRemoteSeniorPythonGCPLinux
- Senior Security Operations EngineerSamsara · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA, United States$135K - $228KSeniorPythonGCPLinux
- SOC ManagerAccenture Federal Services · 🇺🇸Washington, DC$110K - $224K
- Senior Security Operations EngineerSword Health · 🇺🇸Remote - US$133K - $209KRemoteSeniorPythonGCPAzure
- Incident HandlerHarvey · 🇺🇸San Francisco$134K - $200KGoPythonGCP
- Incident HandlerHarvey · 🇺🇸New York$134K - $200KGoPythonGCP
- SecOps Security Engineer (Staff-level, L6)Synthesia · 🇺🇸US Remote$150K - $200KRemoteLead and abovePythonTerraformGCP
- SOC ManagerArtemis · 🇺🇸New York City$160K - $200KGCPAzureMachine Learning
- Security Operations EngineerAlchemy · 🇺🇸New York$160K - $180KHybridPythonLinuxKubernetes
- Senior Security Operations EngineerCoreWeave · 🇺🇸Livingston, NJ$134K - $179KSeniorPythonLinuxKubernetes
Questions about Security Operations (SOC) Analyst pay
- What is the average Security Operations (SOC) Analyst salary?
- $165K a year on average and $167K at the median, across 43 open Security Operations (SOC) Analyst 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 $120K to $205K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Security Operations (SOC) Analyst pay?
- Brex ($216K), Samsara ($182K), Knox Systems ($118K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a security operations (soc) analyst a high-paying job?
- The median Security Operations (SOC) Analyst posting advertises $167K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 4% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a security operations (soc) analyst?
- A tenth of the postings offer $228K a year or more; the highest open Security Operations (SOC) Analyst role advertises up to $319K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Security Operations (SOC) Analyst salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $167K a year is about $80 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $13,917 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $58 to $99 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Security Operations (SOC) Analyst roles?
- Postings that ask for SOAR (+$60K, 5 postings), Terraform (+$49K, 8 postings), Kubernetes (+$49K, 8 postings) advertise more than the $167K median of all Security Operations (SOC) Analyst 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 Security Operations (SOC) Analyst roles at companies is $167K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $120K to $205K. Counted from 43 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/soc-analyst/
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