14 Mar 5 Of The Highest Paying Cybersecurity Jobs In 2024
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Sausalito, Calif. – Mar. 14, 2024
Fortune reports that the field of cybersecurity is seeing incredible demand. Cybersecurity Ventures estimates that there are currently 3.5 million unfilled cybersecurity jobs globally, and that “the disparity between demand and supply will remain through at least 2025.”
Here are some of the highest-paying cybersecurity jobs from various sources compiled by Fortune:
1. The average salary for a Chief Information Security Officer, or CISO, is around $243,000, according to Salary.com.
2. The next highest-paying position is Director of Information Security, with an average salary of around $189,000.
3. A Cybersecurity Engineer can pull in a salary of $150,000 per year, according to Glassdoor.
4. Cybersecurity Architects can expect an average salary of $148,000, based on data from Indeed.
5. Another 6-figure position is Application Security Engineer, and that pays around $138,000 a year, according to Indeed.
Fortune provides more detail on each of these positions, including salary ranges and highest pay by U.S. city, job descriptions, and educational requirements.
Workers with extensive cybersecurity backgrounds are seeing “near-zero” unemployment, according to Cybersecurity Ventures.
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