SOX salary: $173K median
The median advertised SOX salary is $173K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $140K to $215K: counted from 445 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $83 an hour or $14,417 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $260K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll SOX jobs
$173Kmedian advertised salary
$140K – $215Kmiddle half of roles
$182Kaverage advertised salary
445roles counted
SOX salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $218K, 38% more than senior roles ($158K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $158K | $118K–$185K | 133 |
| Lead and above | $218K | $185K–$254K | 147 |
| No level in the title | $158K | $134K–$186K | 164 |
SOX salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $232K | 33 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $193K | 161 |
| 🇺🇸California | $189K | 200 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $176K | 68 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $174K | 427 |
| 🇺🇸Texas | $134K | 29 |
| 🇺🇸Dallas, TX | $130K | 26 |
Skills that pay more for SOX roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| AWS | $210K | +$37K | 50 |
| SOC 2 | $199K | +$26K | 59 |
| Python | $199K | +$26K | 62 |
| Tax compliance | $186K | +$13K | 54 |
| Change management | $186K | +$13K | 78 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $265K | 22 |
| Braze | $249K | 7 |
| Instacart | $247K | 3 |
| BitGo | $245K | 3 |
| Metropolis | $235K | 3 |
| $229K | 5 | |
| OpenAI | $228K | 3 |
| Figma | $224K | 4 |
| Gusto | $210K | 3 |
| Lambda | $209K | 8 |
| MongoDB | $206K | 6 |
| Databricks | $204K | 14 |
| Pure Storage | $200K | 4 |
| Angi | $188K | 3 |
| GitLab | $187K | 5 |
| Coinbase | $186K | 7 |
| Oura | $185K | 7 |
| ClickHouse | $181K | 4 |
| Okta | $180K | 7 |
| Block | $173K | 5 |
| Brex | $173K | 3 |
| Peloton | $172K | 4 |
| LangChain | $170K | 3 |
| Archer | $169K | 3 |
| SpaceX | $165K | 12 |
Highest-paying open SOX roles
All SOX jobs- Lead - Security Controls Assurance - SOXAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY | Was…$410K - $510KLead and aboveRustGoPython
- Engineering Manager, Finance EngineeringAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA$320K - $405KGoLLMKafka
- Chief Financial Officer ,North AmericaCrypto.com · 🇺🇸Chicago,IL$300K - $400KLead and aboveTableauNetSuiteCPA
- Member of Technical Staff, Financial DataVercel · 🇺🇸Hybrid - San Francisco, New York City$264K - $396KHybridGCPAzureKafka
- Senior Director, Finance TransformationHubSpot · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$245K - $392KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningCPAPipeline management
- VP, FinanceEngine · 🇺🇸Remote - US$300K - $375KRemoteLead and aboveFinancial modelingFP&AM&A
- Head of Enterprise ApplicationsBenchling · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$244K - $366KHybridLead and aboveSnowflakeZendeskNetSuite
- Head of Finance OperationsOKX · 🇺🇸United States (US)$301K - $361KLead and aboveNetSuiteCPAACCA
- Vice President, Information TechnologyCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$330K - $360KLead and aboveSAPData centersHelp desk
- Director of Engineering - Databricks Commercialization & MarketplaceDatabricks · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington$249K - $350KLead and aboveGoGCPAzure
- Vice President, Global Corporate ControllerTemporal · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$270K - $350KHybridLead and aboveNetSuiteWorkdayCPA
- Director, Indirect TaxPatreon · 🇺🇸New York$232K - $348KLead and aboveNetSuiteReconciliationsFP&A
- Chief Information & Security OfficerNextdoor · 🇺🇸Dallas, TX$260K - $340KLead and aboveWorkdayCISSPCISM
- Director, Global BenefitsPure Storage · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, California$211K - $338KLead and aboveWorkdayAuditM&A
- Vice President Finance - Corporate Controller1X · 🇺🇸San Carlos, CA$320K - $335KLead and aboveSAPNetSuiteWorkday
- CFOInterface Ai · 🇺🇸San Francisco$300K - $335KData governanceSOC 2ISO 27001
- VP, Accounting & ControllerRunPod · 🇺🇸Remote - USA$260K - $330KRemoteLead and aboveCPASlackAudit
- Sr. Staff Software Engineer, Agentic ApplicationsDatabricks · 🇺🇸Mountain View, California$234K - $322KLead and aboveGoPythonTypeScript
- VP of IT Infrastructure & OperationsServe Robotics · 🇺🇸USA (remote)$220K - $320KRemoteLead and aboveMachine LearningAgileComputer Vision
- Director, Governance Risk & ComplianceFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$235K - $317KLead and aboveCISSPCISMCISA
Questions about SOX pay
- What is the average SOX salary?
- $182K a year on average and $173K at the median, across 445 open SOX 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 $140K to $215K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest SOX pay?
- Anthropic ($265K), Braze ($249K), Instacart ($247K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a sox a high-paying job?
- The median SOX posting advertises $173K a year, less than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 1% below the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a sox?
- A tenth of the postings offer $260K a year or more; the highest open SOX role advertises up to $510K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the SOX salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $173K a year is about $83 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $14,417 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $67 to $103 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for SOX roles?
- Postings that ask for AWS (+$37K, 50 postings), SOC 2 (+$26K, 59 postings), Python (+$26K, 62 postings) advertise more than the $173K median of all SOX 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 SOX roles at companies is $173K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $140K to $215K. Counted from 445 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/sox/
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