SSO salary: $195K median
The median advertised SSO salary is $195K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $159K to $232K: counted from 422 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $94 an hour or $16,250 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $278K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll SSO jobs
$195Kmedian advertised salary
$159K – $232Kmiddle half of roles
$203Kaverage advertised salary
422roles counted
SSO salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $248K, 31% more than senior roles ($190K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $190K | $162K–$206K | 138 |
| Lead and above | $248K | $205K–$275K | 94 |
| No level in the title | $184K | $142K–$229K | 189 |
SSO salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $216K | 153 |
| 🇺🇸California | $214K | 180 |
| 🇺🇸Washington, DC | $214K | 21 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $212K | 88 |
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $211K | 40 |
| 🇺🇸Chicago, IL | $206K | 17 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $199K | 389 |
Skills that pay more for SSO roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cloud security | $218K | +$23K | 53 |
| Zero trust | $215K | +$20K | 68 |
| LLM | $214K | +$19K | 76 |
| TypeScript | $210K | +$14K | 67 |
| Kubernetes | $210K | +$14K | 77 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI | $356K | 6 |
| Anthropic | $352K | 16 |
| Sierra | $310K | 3 |
| Brex | $270K | 3 |
| Figma | $264K | 4 |
| Zoox | $250K | 5 |
| Vercel | $245K | 3 |
| Netskope | $232K | 18 |
| Ramp | $230K | 3 |
| WorkOS | $225K | 4 |
| Harvey | $222K | 10 |
| Skydio | $220K | 3 |
| Okta | $214K | 23 |
| CoreWeave | $212K | 10 |
| Databricks | $204K | 4 |
| MongoDB | $195K | 4 |
| Hinge Health | $195K | 3 |
| Tailscale | $194K | 5 |
| Anduril Industries | $194K | 11 |
| Elastic | $193K | 3 |
| Mesh | $190K | 3 |
| Crusoe | $188K | 7 |
| ClickUp | $185K | 3 |
| Sigma | $180K | 3 |
| Flexport | $175K | 6 |
Highest-paying open SSO roles
All SSO jobs- Security - Member of Technical StaffGoodfire · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$250K - $500KIncident responseApplication securitySSO
- Product Manager, Enterprise IdentityOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$347K - $490KHybridSSO
- Staff+ Software Engineer, Auth & IdentityAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$405K - $485KLead and aboveRustGoPython
- Staff+ Software Engineer, BackendAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$405K - $485KLead and aboveLLMRailsAI agents
- Field CTODruva · 🇺🇸Santa Clara, CA$346K - $485KGCPAzureAWS
- Software Engineer, Codex CyberOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$266K - $445KApplication securitySSO
- Director, Regional SalesNetskope · 🇺🇸North Carolina, United States$350K - $425KLead and aboveVPNCloud securitySSO
- Director, Regional SalesNetskope · 🇺🇸Illinois, United States$350K - $425KLead and aboveVPNCloud securitySSO
- Engineering Manager (Enterprise)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$300K - $405KRecommender systemsData governanceIncident response
- Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Enterprise Trust & Governance)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $405KRustGoPython
- Senior Security Engineer - Enterprise SecurityLambda · Bellevue Office$266K - $395KHybridSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- Software Engineer, InfrastructureSierra · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$230K - $390KDockerTerraformGCP
- Software Engineer, Admin ExperienceSierra · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$230K - $390KIAMSSOThreat modeling
- Forward Deployed EngineerFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$153K - $376KPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Software Engineer - Full StackFigma · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States$153K - $376KGoPythonTypeScript
- Software Architect, AI Systems and PlatformOkta · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$274K - $376KPythonTypeScriptReact
- Principal Security Engineer, Enterprise SecurityRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$321K - $366KLead and abovePythonAI agentsGoogle Workspace
- Vice President, Information TechnologyCrusoe · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA - US$330K - $360KLead and aboveSAPData centersHelp desk
- Manager, Enterprise Technical ConsultingRamp · 🇺🇸New York, NY (HQ)$235K - $358KHybridNetSuiteWorkdaySSO
- Manager, Engineering - Platform TeamTwenty · 🇺🇸Arlington, VA$197K - $354KPythonTypeScriptReact
Questions about SSO pay
- What is the average SSO salary?
- $203K a year on average and $195K at the median, across 422 open SSO 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 $159K to $232K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest SSO pay?
- OpenAI ($356K), Anthropic ($352K), Sierra ($310K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is a sso a high-paying job?
- The median SSO posting advertises $195K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 12% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as a sso?
- A tenth of the postings offer $278K a year or more; the highest open SSO role advertises up to $500K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the SSO salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $195K a year is about $94 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $16,250 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $76 to $112 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for SSO roles?
- Postings that ask for Cloud security (+$23K, 53 postings), Zero trust (+$20K, 68 postings), LLM (+$19K, 76 postings) advertise more than the $195K median of all SSO 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 SSO roles at companies is $195K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $159K to $232K. Counted from 422 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/sso/
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