Compensation
We've curated 9 cybersecurity statistics about Compensation to help you understand how organizations are addressing financial impacts from cyber incidents and ensuring equitable pay for cybersecurity professionals in 2025.
Related Topics
Top Vendors
Showing 1-9 of 9 results
85% of CIOs expect their compensation to be directly tied to measurable AI outcomes.
A functional department leader, such as a head of SecOps, at a Fortune 500-size company earns an average annual cash compensation of $307,000.
The average annual cash compensation for a functional department leader (such as a head of SecOps) at large security organizations is $247,000.
The average annual cash compensation for a functional department leader (such as a head of SecOps) at a Fortune 500-size company is about 25% higher than for the same role at large security organizations.
The average annual cash compensation for a functional department leader (such as a head of SecOps) at a Fortune 500-size company is 40% higher than the average for the same role at midsize security organizations.
70% of CISOs indicated any raises they received were annual merit-based increases, which on average were 6%.
Dual CISOs at large organizations earn an average total compensation (including equity) of $1 million, whereas those who only take on partial IT oversight are closer to the average of traditional CISOs who manage none of the IT functions ($653,000).
Strategic CISOs have an annual cash compensation of around $545,000, compared to $385,000 for functional CISOs and $291,000 for their tactical counterparts.
7% of CISOs said their growth in compensation was driven by a change in employers, and this group received an average increase of 31%.