What is the average Threat modeling salary?

$246K a year on average and $225K at the median, across 328 open Threat modeling 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 $192K to $288K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.

Which companies advertise the highest Threat modeling pay?

Anthropic ($402K), OpenAI ($356K), Twenty ($324K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).

Is a threat modeling a high-paying job?

The median Threat modeling posting advertises $225K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 29% above the middle of the market.

How much can you earn as a threat modeling?

A tenth of the postings offer $356K a year or more; the highest open Threat modeling role advertises up to $625K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.

What is the Threat modeling salary per hour and per month?

The median of $225K a year is about $108 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $18,750 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $92 to $139 an hour.

Which skills pay more for Threat modeling roles?

Postings that ask for AI agents (+$25K, 57 postings), ISO 27001 (+$22K, 53 postings), C++ (+$18K, 43 postings) advertise more than the $225K median of all Threat modeling 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.

Threat modeling Salary: $246K Average, $225K Median (Nov 2026)

Threat modeling salary by level

Lead roles advertise a median of $261K, 31% more than senior roles ($200K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.

Level	Median salary	Middle half	Roles
Senior	$200K	$187K–$222K	88
Lead and above	$261K	$230K–$320K	101
No level in the title	$218K	$178K–$310K	139

Threat modeling salary by location

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area	$265K	130
🇺🇸New York, NY	$262K	64
🇺🇸California	$255K	152
🇺🇸United States	$226K	295
🇺🇸Seattle, WA	$223K	43

Skills that pay more for Threat modeling roles

Skill	Median with it	Above the median	Postings
AI agents	$250K	+$25K	57
ISO 27001	$247K	+$22K	53
C++	$244K	+$18K	43
Rust	$240K	+$16K	59
SSO	$234K	+$10K	34

Top-paying companies

Name	Median salary	Roles counted
Anthropic	$402K	22
OpenAI	$356K	19
Twenty	$324K	4
Roblox	$318K	7
Perplexity	$312K	5
Sierra	$310K	3
Far.ai	$288K	10
Harvey	$275K	7
Ripple	$262K	5
Docker	$241K	4
Anduril Industries	$222K	11
Chainguard	$218K	3
True Anomaly	$218K	5
Plaid	$216K	3
CoreWeave	$212K	7
Flexport	$196K	4
Affirm	$195K	3
Applied	$192K	3
Braze	$192K	6
MongoDB	$187K	5
RunPod	$186K	3
Whoop	$175K	3
Smartsheet	$170K	3
Rubrik	$164K	3
Wiz	$122K	4

Highest-paying open Threat modeling roles

All Threat modeling jobs

Engineering Manager, Hardware Platform SecurityAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA$485K - $625KGoLinuxVulnerability management2mo
Senior Director, Privacy, Product and Platform SecurityRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$458K - $526KLead and aboveApplication securityVulnerability managementThreat modeling2mo
Principal Security Engineer, Infrastructure SecurityOpenAI · 🇺🇸US - Remote$401K - $510KRemoteLead and aboveAzureCI/CDKubernetes7mo
Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure SecurityOpenAI · 🇺🇸US - Remote$401K - $510KRemoteLead and aboveGCPAzureCI/CD7mo
ML/Research Engineer, SafeguardsAnthropic · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY$350K - $500KPythonMachine LearningReinforcement learning13mo
Security - Member of Technical StaffGoodfire · 🇺🇸San Francisco, CA$250K - $500KIncident responseApplication securitySSO10d
CISOGlean · 🇺🇸Mountain View, CA$424K - $489KLLMZendeskAI agents3w
Principal Security EngineerBlock · 🇺🇸Bay Area, CA, United States of America$319K - $479KLead and aboveApplication securityThreat modelingCrypto custody4mo
Staff Security ArchitectLambda · Bellevue Office$314K - $465KHybridLead and aboveGoPythonTerraform5w
Senior/Staff DevOps EngineerTwenty · 🇺🇸New York, NY$192K - $455KLead and abovePythonPostgreSQLTerraform6w
Senior/Staff DevOps EngineerTwenty · 🇺🇸Arlington, VA$192K - $455KLead and abovePythonPostgreSQLTerraform6w
Research Lead - Pre-training SafetyFar.ai · Berkeley Office$290K - $450KRemoteLead and above.NETMachine LearningLLM evaluation2mo
Research LeadFar.ai · Berkeley Office$290K - $450KLead and above.NETLLM evaluationOpenAI API5w
Security Lead, Product and Infrastructure (InfoSec)River AI Inc. · 🇺🇸Palo Alto, CA$200K - $420KLead and aboveDeep learningIncident responseIAM2w
Director of Product SecurityHarvey · 🇺🇸New York$272K - $408KHybridLead and aboveApplication securityThreat modeling6w
Director of Product SecurityHarvey · 🇺🇸San Francisco$272K - $408KHybridLead and aboveApplication securityThreat modeling6w
Member of Technical Staff (Software Engineer, Security)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $405KGoPythonTypeScript11mo
Member of Technical Staff (Offensive Security Engineer)Perplexity · 🇺🇸San Francisco$220K - $405KHybridGoPythonGCP7mo
Senior Software Engineer, Application SecurityDecagon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $400KSeniorGCPCI/CDAI agents7w
VP, SecurityEngine · 🇺🇸Remote - US$298K - $400KRemoteLead and aboveLLMAWSApplication security2mo

Questions about Threat modeling pay

What is the average Threat modeling salary?: $246K a year on average and $225K at the median, across 328 open Threat modeling 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 $192K to $288K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
Which companies advertise the highest Threat modeling pay?: Anthropic ($402K), OpenAI ($356K), Twenty ($324K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
Is a threat modeling a high-paying job?: The median Threat modeling posting advertises $225K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 29% above the middle of the market.
How much can you earn as a threat modeling?: A tenth of the postings offer $356K a year or more; the highest open Threat modeling role advertises up to $625K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
What is the Threat modeling salary per hour and per month?: The median of $225K a year is about $108 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $18,750 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $92 to $139 an hour.
Which skills pay more for Threat modeling roles?: Postings that ask for AI agents (+$25K, 57 postings), ISO 27001 (+$22K, 53 postings), C++ (+$18K, 43 postings) advertise more than the $225K median of all Threat modeling 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.

Threat modeling salary: $225K median