CISO salaries in San Francisco.
What CISO roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$221,710
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$189.6k – $309.4k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
37.5%
18 of 48 roles
Live roles
48
open right now
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying live roles
Staff+ Security Engineer, Risk Engineering
GTM Cyber Security Leader
Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Okta for AI Agents
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Okta for AI Agents
Senior Director of Governance, Risk and Compliance
Founding Enterprise Account Executive
Strategic Sourcing Leader - Enterprise & Engineering Technology
Area Vice President, Enterprise Security Sales
DoorDash USA
Wiz, Inc.
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How much do CISO roles in San Francisco pay?
The median salary for CISO roles in San Francisco is $221,710 per year. Most pay falls between $189,563 (25th percentile) and $309,375 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $155,660 to $353,000.
These figures are computed live from 48 active CISO roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 18 (37.5%) publish a salary range. Pay is normalized to annualized USD so roles can be compared on equal terms; the highest-paying roles listed above show their original posted currency. Numbers refresh every few hours as new roles are posted and older ones close.
Employers currently hiring well-paid CISO roles in San Francisco include Anthropic, OpenAI, Okta and Ripple.
Salary transparency varies by employer and region, so the disclosing share above reflects only roles that publish pay — not every open position. Use it as a directional benchmark rather than an exact offer.