Cyber Engineer Salary in 2024

💰 The median Cyber Engineer Salary in 2024 is USD 118,000

✏️ This salary info is based on 41 individual salaries reported during 2024

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Salary details

The average Cyber Engineer salary lies between USD 81,800 and USD 186,000 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
Cyber Engineer
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2024
Sample size
41
Top 10%
$ 214,300
Top 25%
$ 186,000
Median
$ 118,000
Bottom 25%
$ 81,800
Bottom 10%
$ 65,000

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

Last updated: May 5, 2024

Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for Cyber Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with Cyber Engineer job listings are Clearance, Linux and Security Clearance. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Clearance | 27 jobs Linux | 19 jobs Security Clearance | 19 jobs Cloud | 19 jobs NIST | 18 jobs Agile | 17 jobs TS/SCI | 16 jobs Compliance | 16 jobs DoD | 16 jobs CISSP | 15 jobs Windows | 15 jobs Automation | 14 jobs Monitoring | 14 jobs Firewalls | 13 jobs AWS | 13 jobs Risk management | 13 jobs DoDD 8570 | 12 jobs Privacy | 12 jobs RMF | 12 jobs Azure | 11 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Cyber Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with Cyber Engineer job listings are Health care, Career development and Parental leave. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Health care | 36 jobs Career development | 28 jobs Parental leave | 21 jobs Medical leave | 20 jobs 401(k) matching | 19 jobs Flex hours | 19 jobs Flex vacation | 17 jobs Startup environment | 14 jobs Team events | 14 jobs Insurance | 14 jobs Competitive pay | 10 jobs Equity | 8 jobs Wellness | 7 jobs Relocation support | 7 jobs Salary bonus | 7 jobs Gear | 3 jobs Fitness / gym | 2 jobs Signing bonus | 2 jobs Flexible spending account | 2 jobs Travel | 1 jobs

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