Cybersecurity salaries: What 8 top security jobs pay

As organizations emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic, hiring is on the rebound—and that is especially true in the information security ranks where demand has outstripped supply for years.  Despite the work-from-home push opening opportunities to hire beyond the usual geographical boundaries, many organizations continue to struggle to find these needed workers, which is putting pressure on salary and benefit offerings.

“That [desire of employees to continue working from home] is doing some interesting things to salary and benefit offerings,” explains Peter Tsai, head of technology insights at Spiceworks, a professional network for IT pros based in Austin, TX. “You might now have a candidate coming from a very low-paying region suddenly competing against somebody in the local market, who is willing to take a much lower salary to do that job.”

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