Startup Salaries in Cybersecurity
Roles at cybersecurity startups typically pay USD 142.5k to 205.1k a year, with a median of USD 175k.
What startups in cybersecurity build
Startups here build defences for cloud accounts, identity, code supply chains and threat detection. Customers buy on trust, so sales cycles are long and the engineering has to hold up under review. Employers often want people who have been on the defending side of a real incident.
Who is hiring
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- 1,527open roles
- 158startups hiring
- 46%remote
Pay and the market
All locations, in USD
Pay by country, in local currency
What cybersecurity roles pay in each country, each in its own currency and never converted. The count beside each country is how many postings the figures come from.
A country with fewer than 5 postings stating pay is left out.
Top categories hiring in Cybersecurity
All categories →Ranked by how many roles are open. Every row is a link to that category's pay.
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Questions people ask
How much do roles at cybersecurity startups pay?
Typically USD 142.5k to 205.1k a year, with a median of USD 175k. Startups that state a salary in the posting are the source.
Which startups are hiring the most cybersecurity roles?
Two Six Technologies (80 open roles), Aikido Security (73) and Tenex (44).
Where these figures come from
Only postings that state a salary are counted. Each currency is reported on its own, never pooled or converted, so the figure above covers postings written in US dollars and every country row stays in its own currency. Pay covers the whole mix of roles and experience levels at cybersecurity startups, not one job.