How much do cyber security professionals make earn

Question

I am contemplating switching from the testing domain to that of Cybersecurity. I just wanted to know if the cyber security guys earn enough? How much do these guys make?

Answer 1

Cybersecurity salary based on job profile:

The following table depicts the annual average Cyber Security salary for the US and India for a range of cyber security job profiles.

Cyber Security Job Profile	Average salary (IND)	Average salary (US)
Information Security Manager	Rs 1,933,940	$116,946
Chief Security Officer (CSO)	Rs 1,581,914	$155,502
Security architect	Rs 2,034,330	$122,893
Security Manager	Rs 1,999,795	$ 66,564
Security Director	Rs 2,198,536	$ 81,945
Security administrator	Rs 450,000	$ 65,919
Cyber security Engineer	Rs 700,000	$ 95,410
Penetration Tester	Rs 505,652	$ 83,823
Network Security Engineer	Rs 485,803	$ 85,083
Forensics Computer Analyst	Rs 412,364	$ 72,588
Information Security Analyst	Rs 519,824	$ 72,075
Security Consultant (computer/networking/information technology)	Rs 898,164	$ 78,760
Security Analyst	Rs 478,831	$ 68,817
Cyber Security Analyst	Rs 573,944	$ 75,877
Ethical hacker	Rs 507,355	$ 70,000
Certified Ethical hacker	Rs 494,348	$ 82,698
Risk Assessor	Rs 869,525	$ 64,378

Cyber security salary based on Experienceis depicted in the fig below:

 

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