Distribución lado a lado
Penetration Tester
$184,700
mediana · por año, USD anualizado
- Divulgan
- 31.5%
- Puestos activos
- 73
Principal Engineer
$223,250
mediana · por año, USD anualizado
- Divulgan
- 46.2%
- Puestos activos
- 1,771
Empleos mejor pagados
Offensive Security Engineer, Agent Products
Offensive Hardware Security Engineer, Platform Security
Member of Technical Staff (Offensive Security Engineer)
Principal Offensive Security Engineer
Senior Information Security Engineer, Offensive Security
Staff Offensive Security Engineer
Senior Information Security Engineer, Offensive Security
Penetration Tester
WebApp Offensive Security Software Engineer
Offensive Security Engineer
Empleos mejor pagados
Principal Software Engineer
Distinguished Engineer
Staff / Principal Data Engineer
Principal Engineer (Payments)
Principal Engineer
Principal Machine Learning Engineer, Ads Delivery
Principal Research Engineer, Model Training & Post-Training
Principal Engineer, Agentic AI Systems
Principal .NET Software Engineer - Cloud Payments Platform
Principal .NET Software Engineer- Cloud Payments Platform
Principales empresas que contratan
| Empresa | Mediana | Puestos |
|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Principales empresas que contratan
| Empresa | Mediana | Puestos |
|---|---|---|
Roblox
|
$320,145 | 42 |
| AL Astera Labs | $207,500 | 21 |
Motional
|
$285,000 | 20 |
Elastic
|
$134,329 | 18 |
| SE Sezzle | $111,000 | 16 |
Zscaler
|
$213,281 | 14 |
Anduril Industries
|
$256,000 | 13 |
Snowflake
|
$321,750 | 12 |
Salario de Penetration Tester por ubicación
| Ubicación | Mediana | Puestos |
|---|---|---|
| Seattle | $362,500 | 3 |
| San Francisco | $312,500 | 5 |
| New York | $236,000 | 7 |
Salario de Principal Engineer por ubicación
| Ubicación | Mediana | Puestos |
|---|---|---|
| San Francisco | $278,000 | 70 |
| New York | $260,000 | 59 |
| Boston | $250,000 | 45 |
| Chicago | $232,500 | 15 |
| Seattle | $232,175 | 34 |
| Austin | $232,000 | 10 |
| Los Angeles | $225,000 | 31 |
| Toronto | $210,000 | 16 |
| London | $199,724 | 16 |
| Denver | $190,000 | 17 |
Penetration Tester vs Principal Engineer: ¿cuál paga más?
La mediana de Penetration Tester es de $184,700 por año (normalmente $136,250–$218,250), frente a $223,250 de Principal Engineer ($187,500–$275,639). Eso pone a Principal Engineer alrededor de un 21% por delante en la mediana.
Ambas cifras se calculan en vivo a partir de ofertas activas en JobsRadar y se normalizan a USD anualizado, de modo que Penetration Tester y Principal Engineer se comparan en igualdad de condiciones independientemente de la moneda en la que se publicó originalmente cada puesto. Solo los puestos que publican un rango salarial alimentan las medianas; las cifras se actualizan cada pocas horas a medida que se publican nuevos puestos y se cierran los antiguos, así que esta comparación refleja el mercado actual y no una encuesta fija. Úsala como referencia orientativa al sopesar un camino frente a otro.