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Penetration Tester

$184,700

median · per year, annualized USD

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$184,700 $184,700

$136.3k 25th

$184.7k Median

$218.3k 75th

$120k

$307.5k

Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $132k – $490k · outliers off-axis

Disclosing: 31.5%
Live roles: 73

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Highest-paying jobs

Offensive Security Engineer, Agent Products

OpenAI · Remote - US

$347,000 – $490,000

Offensive Hardware Security Engineer, Platform Security

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA

$320,000 – $405,000

Member of Technical Staff (Offensive Security Engineer)

Perplexity · San Francisco

$220,000 – $405,000

Principal Offensive Security Engineer

Postman · San Francisco, California, United States

$275,000 – $300,000

Senior Information Security Engineer, Offensive Security

GRVTY · Sterling, Virginia, United States

$175,000 – $260,000

Staff Offensive Security Engineer

Robinhood · Bellevue, WA; Menlo Park, CA; New York, NY

$217,000 – $255,000

Senior Information Security Engineer, Offensive Security

GRVTY · Maryland, United States

$175,000 – $250,000

Penetration Tester

Accenture Federal Services · Washington, DC

$126,300 – $243,100

WebApp Offensive Security Software Engineer

Horizon3 AI · US, Remote

$196,000 – $242,000

Offensive Security Engineer

CoreWeave · Livingston, NJ / New York, NY / Sunnyvale, CA / Bellevue, WA

$165,000 – $242,000

Top companies hiring

Company	Median	Roles
GR GRVTY	$215,000	2
Robinhood	$191,444	2
Accenture Federal Services	$174,200	2
M9 Solutions	$120,000	2
TP-Link Systems Inc.	$106,000	2
OpenAI	$418,500	1
Anthropic	$362,500	1
Perplexity	$312,500	1

Penetration Tester salary by location

Location	Median	Roles
Seattle	$362,500	3
San Francisco	$312,500	5
New York	$236,000	7