OpenAIRemote
Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure Security
US - Remote · New York City Full-time $401k – $510k/yr
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Cybersecurity salary for remote roles in the US
What employers are offering right now, from 122 live Cybersecurity postings for remote roles in the US that publish a pay range. Updated October 2026.
Median
$216k
a year, base pay
Middle half
$195k–$275k
25th to 75th percentile
Highest posted
$456k
range midpoint
How the offers are spread
$117k
$158k
$198k
$238k
$279k
$319k
$359k
$400k
Cybersecurity pay by level
| Level | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Senior | $198k | 27 |
| Staff & principal | $226k | 38 |
| Director & executive | $275k | 7 |
Top-paying companies for Cybersecurity roles
| Company | Median | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $358k | 12 |
| OpenAI | $356k | 14 |
| Perplexity | $313k | 2 |
| Ramp | $260k | 3 |
| Affirm | $250k | 3 |
| Vanta | $232k | 3 |
| Databricks | $231k | 5 |
| $229k | 5 | |
| $223k | 3 | |
| Red Cell Partners | $208k | 2 |
| Datadog | $204k | 2 |
| GitLab | $203k | 11 |
Highest-paying open Cybersecurity jobs
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Principal Security Engineer, Infrastructure Security
US - Remote · New York City Full-time $401k – $510k/yr
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San Francisco · Washington, DC Full-time $380k – $500k/yr
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Technical Threat Investigator, Threat Intel Engineering
San Francisco · New York City Full-time $347k – $510k/yr
Direct from employer Apr 30
AnthropicRemote
Staff+ Application Security Engineer - M&A
Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY $320k – $485k/yr
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AnthropicRemote
Staff+ Application Security Engineer
Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY $320k – $485k/yr
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Cybersecurity salary: common questions
- What is the average Cybersecurity salary for remote roles in the US?
- The median midpoint of 122 live Cybersecurity postings for remote roles in the US is $216k a year. Half of them fall between $195k and $275k.
- How does Cybersecurity pay change with seniority?
- senior postings $198k. Staff, principal and director roles usually pay more and often add equity.
- Which companies pay Cybersecurity roles the most?
- Among companies with at least two postings, the highest medians are at Anthropic ($358k), OpenAI ($356k), Perplexity ($313k), Ramp ($260k).
- Where do these numbers come from?
- From the pay ranges employers publish in their own job postings (required in states such as California, Colorado, New York, Washington and Illinois). We take the midpoint of each range, convert hourly pay at 2,080 hours a year, and update the figures daily as postings open and close. They show base pay, not bonus or equity.
Other salaries for remote roles in the US
- Mobile Developer · $251k
- Engineering Manager · $247k
- Hardware Engineer · $226k
- Product Manager · $226k
- Research Scientist · $225k
- AI & Machine Learning · $223k
- Data Scientist · $220k
- Software Engineer · $216k
- DevOps Engineer · $211k
- Backend Developer · $208k
- Product & UX Designer · $207k
- Frontend Developer · $202k
- Full Stack Developer · $200k
- Data Engineer · $200k
- Legal & Compliance · $195k
- Solutions Engineer · $193k
- Sales · $190k
- Program Manager · $183k
- Data Analyst · $179k
- Marketing · $175k
- IT · $163k
- Operations · $162k
- HR & Recruiting · $151k
- QA Engineer · $145k
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