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New York Salary Guide 2026

Real salary data for 295 roles in New York. Based on verified reports with percentile breakdowns and experience comparisons.

295Job roles
$165,686Avg salary
$275,000Top earner
2026Updated

Top paying roles in New York

Highest compensated positions based on verified salary data. Click any role to see the full breakdown.

Job title Avg annual salary
Staff Security Engineer $275,000/yr
GRC Director $260,000/yr
Software Security Engineer $235,540/yr
Head of Security $230,590/yr
Director Information Security $220,081/yr
Consulting Director $217,500/yr
Security Incident Response Engineer $214,250/yr
IT Director $214,141/yr
Head of Information Security $214,000/yr
Cloud Security $210,920/yr
Director of Security $206,559/yr
Principal Security Engineer $206,085/yr

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Account Executive
$189,484/yr avg


Analyst
$123,265/yr avg


Application Developer
$131,224/yr avg


Application Security Engineer
$123,354/yr avg


Application Security Lead
$147,936/yr avg


Application Security Manager
$182,166/yr avg


Associate
$132,163/yr avg


Automation Engineer
$146,866/yr avg


Backend Engineer
$205,000/yr avg


Biothreats Technical Targeter
$101,450/yr avg


Business Analyst
$124,590/yr avg


CISO
$202,094/yr avg


Cloud Architect
$158,778/yr avg


Cloud Engineer
$159,281/yr avg


Cloud Security
$210,920/yr avg


Cloud Security Architect
$180,909/yr avg


Cloud Security Engineer
$118,498/yr avg


Cloud Security SME
$197,269/yr avg


Compliance Analyst
$117,031/yr avg


Compliance Associate
$93,333/yr avg


Compliance Manager
$147,118/yr avg


Compliance Officer
$195,414/yr avg


Compliance Specialist
$123,259/yr avg


Consultant
$158,161/yr avg


Consulting Director
$217,500/yr avg


Cryptologic Computer Scientist
$136,265/yr avg


Cryptologic Computer Scientist 2
$158,275/yr avg


Cryptologic Computer Scientist 3
$165,000/yr avg


Customer Success Engineer
$167,666/yr avg


Customer Success Manager
$124,588/yr avg


Cyber Analyst
$123,556/yr avg


Cyber Architect
$183,477/yr avg


Cyber Content Development Trainer
$78,850/yr avg


Cyber Defense Analyst
$125,839/yr avg


Cyber Engineer
$136,692/yr avg


Cyber Incident Response Attorney
$157,727/yr avg


Cyber Intelligence Analyst
$140,560/yr avg


Cyber Mission Specialist
$108,934/yr avg


Cyber Network Defense Analyst
$117,877/yr avg


Cyber Operations Analyst
$113,496/yr avg


Cyber Operations Specialist
$120,128/yr avg


Cyber Program Manager
$155,316/yr avg


Cyber Range Engineer
$138,118/yr avg


Cyber Risk Analyst
$108,166/yr avg


Cyber Security
$140,785/yr avg


Cyber Security Advisor
$169,250/yr avg


Cyber Security Analyst
$90,933/yr avg


Cyber Security Architect
$159,758/yr avg


Cyber Security Consultant
$149,556/yr avg


Cyber Security Engineer
$121,715/yr avg


Cyber Security Lead
$139,398/yr avg


Cyber Security Manager
$153,152/yr avg


Cyber Security Project Engineer
$157,372/yr avg


Cyber Security Project Manager
$167,910/yr avg


Cyber Security Researcher
$158,902/yr avg


Cyber Security Specialist
$114,237/yr avg


Cyber Security Technologist
$148,000/yr avg


Cyber Security Training Specialist
$112,754/yr avg


Cyber Support Engineer
$104,400/yr avg


Cyber Systems Engineer
$165,093/yr avg


Cyber Threat Analyst
$129,871/yr avg


Cyber Threat Hunter
$126,796/yr avg


Cyber Threat Intelligence Analyst
$127,146/yr avg


CyberArk Engineer
$115,142/yr avg


Cyberspace Intelligence Analyst
$135,618/yr avg


Data Analyst
$123,370/yr avg


Data Architect
$158,405/yr avg


Data Engineer
$132,567/yr avg


Data Scientist
$160,826/yr avg


Data Security Analyst
$46,000/yr avg


Database Administrator
$189,505/yr avg


Database Engineer
$136,779/yr avg


Detection & Response Engineer
$140,979/yr avg


Detection Engineer
$170,976/yr avg


Detection and Response Engineer
$129,766/yr avg


DevOps Engineer
$147,909/yr avg


DevOps Security Engineer
$110,250/yr avg


DevSecOps
$151,839/yr avg


DevSecOps Architect
$143,892/yr avg


DevSecOps Engineer
$139,106/yr avg


Digital Forensic Analyst
$133,583/yr avg


Digital Forensics Analyst
$121,160/yr avg


Digital Network Exploitation Analyst
$144,695/yr avg


Director Information Security
$220,081/yr avg


Director of IT
$186,747/yr avg


Director of Information Security
$176,442/yr avg


Director of Information Technology
$171,602/yr avg


Director of Security
$206,559/yr avg


Electronic Warfare Engineer
$133,092/yr avg


Electronic Warfare Operator
$157,862/yr avg


Enterprise Architect
$172,776/yr avg


Enterprise Sales Representative
$155,625/yr avg


Ethical Hacker
$146,066/yr avg


Exploit Developer
$193,137/yr avg


Exploitation Analyst Level 3
$161,000/yr avg


Firewall Engineer
$134,691/yr avg


Forensic Accountant
$119,347/yr avg


Full Stack Developer
$133,748/yr avg


GRC Analyst
$128,981/yr avg


GRC Director
$260,000/yr avg


GRC Engineer
$159,739/yr avg


GRC Specialist
$145,955/yr avg


Head of Information Security
$214,000/yr avg


Head of Security
$230,590/yr avg


Help Desk Technician
$65,000/yr avg


IAM Analyst
$89,333/yr avg


IAM Architect
$172,222/yr avg


IAM Engineer
$146,228/yr avg


IAM Specialist
$103,825/yr avg


IT Audit Manager
$150,509/yr avg


IT Auditor
$112,962/yr avg


IT Director
$214,141/yr avg


IT Internal Auditor
$94,781/yr avg


IT Manager
$146,772/yr avg


IT Operations Manager
$158,967/yr avg


IT Security Analyst
$78,958/yr avg


IT Security Auditor
$127,857/yr avg


IT Security Engineer
$120,272/yr avg


IT Security Manager
$157,058/yr avg


IT Security Team Lead
$195,000/yr avg


IT Specialist
$122,507/yr avg


IT Support Specialist
$91,000/yr avg


Identity Engineer
$140,662/yr avg


Incident Handler
$106,000/yr avg


Incident Responder
$137,489/yr avg


Incident Response Analyst
$124,530/yr avg


Incident Response Consultant
$130,100/yr avg


Incident Response Engineer
$162,930/yr avg


Incident Response Lead
$156,216/yr avg


Incident Response Manager
$159,620/yr avg


Incident Response Specialist
$105,781/yr avg


Information Assurance Analyst
$135,748/yr avg


Information Assurance Engineer
$138,472/yr avg


Information Assurance Specialist
$127,693/yr avg


Information Security Analyst
$110,288/yr avg


Information Security Architect
$181,685/yr avg


Information Security Associate
$81,375/yr avg


Information Security Auditor
$112,900/yr avg


Information Security Consultant
$143,750/yr avg


Information Security Director
$198,183/yr avg


Information Security Engineer
$145,583/yr avg


Information Security Lead
$126,355/yr avg


Information Security Manager
$140,696/yr avg


Information Security Officer
$173,641/yr avg


Information Security Program Manager
$183,175/yr avg


Information Security Risk Analyst
$114,034/yr avg


Information Security Risk Specialist
$107,690/yr avg


Information Security Specialist
$123,101/yr avg


Information Security Systems Manager
$99,346/yr avg


Information System Security Manager
$148,154/yr avg


Information Systems Security Engineer
$132,125/yr avg


Information Systems Security Manager
$145,507/yr avg


Infrastructure Engineer
$143,815/yr avg


Infrastructure Security Engineer
$104,374/yr avg


Insider Threat Analyst
$119,732/yr avg


Insider Threat Investigator
$120,106/yr avg


Intelligence Analyst
$112,100/yr avg


Internal Auditor
$95,510/yr avg


Issm
$164,947/yr avg


Isso
$146,950/yr avg


Lead Analyst
$142,731/yr avg


Lead Information Security Engineer
$132,125/yr avg


Lead Security Engineer
$128,356/yr avg


Machine Learning Engineer
$188,478/yr avg


Malware Analyst
$144,654/yr avg


Malware Reverse Engineer
$170,727/yr avg


Manager
$169,928/yr avg


Manager Information Security
$158,648/yr avg


Network Administrator
$107,958/yr avg


Network Analyst
$121,565/yr avg


Network Engineer
$134,701/yr avg


Network Security Engineer
$116,884/yr avg


OSINT Analyst
$105,609/yr avg


OSINT Collector
$127,087/yr avg


Offensive Security Engineer
$200,950/yr avg


PKI Engineer
$139,471/yr avg


Penetration Tester
$139,494/yr avg


Penetration Testing Engineer
$165,791/yr avg


Pentester
$160,350/yr avg


Platform Engineer
$160,096/yr avg


Principal Engineer
$168,654/yr avg


Principal Security Engineer
$206,085/yr avg


Principal Software Architect
$153,100/yr avg


Privacy Engineer
$180,411/yr avg


Privacy Manager
$143,697/yr avg


Privacy Officer
$178,501/yr avg


Product Manager
$185,851/yr avg


Product Owner
$169,856/yr avg


Product Security Engineer
$145,066/yr avg


Product Security Lead
$159,516/yr avg


Product Support Engineer
$110,636/yr avg


Professional Services Consultant
$146,074/yr avg


Professional Services Engineer
$128,380/yr avg


Program Manager
$169,295/yr avg


Project Manager
$143,889/yr avg


QA Engineer
$114,318/yr avg


Red Team Lead
$167,500/yr avg


Red Team Operator
$149,451/yr avg


Resident Engineer
$166,010/yr avg


Reverse Engineer
$143,144/yr avg


Risk Analyst
$122,619/yr avg


Risk Manager
$151,978/yr avg


Risk Operations Analyst
$105,235/yr avg


SIEM Engineer
$140,838/yr avg


SOAR Engineer
$144,950/yr avg


SOC Analyst
$92,686/yr avg


SOC Engineer
$154,473/yr avg


SOC Lead
$144,881/yr avg


SOC Manager
$145,569/yr avg


SOC Team Lead
$129,380/yr avg


Sales Development Representative
$62,721/yr avg


Sales Engineer
$173,277/yr avg


SecOps Engineer
$132,810/yr avg


Security Administrator
$103,598/yr avg


Security Analyst
$116,350/yr avg


Security Architect
$177,215/yr avg


Security Compliance Engineer
$130,150/yr avg


Security Compliance Manager
$160,562/yr avg


Security Consultant
$137,556/yr avg


Security Control Assessor
$145,622/yr avg


Security Controls Assessor
$139,350/yr avg


Security DevOps Engineer
$106,695/yr avg


Security Developer
$149,162/yr avg


Security Engineer
$165,686/yr avg


Security Engineering Manager
$192,100/yr avg


Security Expert
$147,750/yr avg


Security Incident Response Engineer
$214,250/yr avg


Security Lead
$159,504/yr avg


Security Manager
$161,400/yr avg


Security Operations Analyst
$119,280/yr avg


Security Operations Center Manager
$157,961/yr avg


Security Operations Engineer
$165,940/yr avg


Security Operations Lead
$170,862/yr avg


Security Operations Manager
$142,870/yr avg


Security Operations Specialist
$124,278/yr avg


Security Operations Team Lead
$116,900/yr avg


Security Program Manager
$177,700/yr avg


Security Research Engineer
$178,367/yr avg


Security Researcher
$178,039/yr avg


Security Risk Analyst
$109,666/yr avg


Security Sales Specialist
$196,982/yr avg


Security Software Engineer
$198,638/yr avg


Security Solution Architect
$170,228/yr avg


Security Solutions Architect
$165,258/yr avg


Security Specialist
$121,332/yr avg


Site Reliability Engineer
$168,889/yr avg


Software Developer
$138,976/yr avg


Software Development Engineer
$163,446/yr avg


Software Engineer
$169,444/yr avg


Software Reverse Engineer
$144,033/yr avg


Software Security Engineer
$235,540/yr avg


Solution Architect
$175,429/yr avg


Solutions Architect
$194,597/yr avg


Solutions Engineer
$157,337/yr avg


Splunk Administrator
$128,823/yr avg


Splunk Engineer
$144,643/yr avg


Staff Data Engineer
$196,637/yr avg


Staff Security Contracts Manager
$177,800/yr avg


Staff Security Engineer
$275,000/yr avg


System Administrator
$119,459/yr avg


System Engineer
$143,329/yr avg


Systems Administrator
$118,756/yr avg


Systems Analyst
$120,976/yr avg


Systems Architect
$176,863/yr avg


Systems Engineer
$155,002/yr avg


Systems Integration Engineer
$125,154/yr avg


Target Digital Network Analyst
$140,235/yr avg


Technical Account Manager
$132,590/yr avg


Technical Architect
$180,525/yr avg


Technical Consultant
$122,656/yr avg


Technical Lead
$153,741/yr avg


Technical Support Engineer
$128,100/yr avg


Technical Targeting Analyst
$181,692/yr avg


Technical Trainer
$128,224/yr avg


Technical Writer
$126,195/yr avg


Technology Risk Manager
$160,666/yr avg


Test Engineer
$126,610/yr avg


Threat Analyst
$129,208/yr avg


Threat Detection Engineer
$171,369/yr avg


Threat Hunter
$148,539/yr avg


Threat Hunting Analyst
$147,510/yr avg


Threat Intelligence Analyst
$137,859/yr avg


Threat Intelligence Lead
$157,198/yr avg


Threat Intelligence Specialist
$145,330/yr avg


Threat Researcher
$177,877/yr avg


Threat Specialist
$134,500/yr avg


User Support Technician
$118,936/yr avg


Vulnerability Analyst
$133,949/yr avg


Vulnerability Engineer
$127,612/yr avg


Vulnerability Management Analyst
$123,443/yr avg


Vulnerability Management Engineer
$137,977/yr avg


Vulnerability Management Lead
$162,871/yr avg


Vulnerability Management Specialist
$160,945/yr avg


Vulnerability Researcher
$142,301/yr avg


Zero Trust Architect
$156,066/yr avg

About New York salaries

New York is one of the highest paying states in the US for technology and security professionals. The average salary across all roles is $165,686 per year. Roles at the senior and executive level regularly exceed $200,000.

Salaries in New York are driven by the concentration of financial services, media, and technology companies. Finance sector roles in particular tend to pay a significant premium over the national average.

All figures on this page are based on real salary reports submitted by professionals working in New York. Data is updated for 2026.

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