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Apex Cybersecurity Expert Salary

Apex's 10 open roles for cybersecurity experts post a median $175k/yr, typically $131k–$207k/yr, from 10 distinct pay figures, read from its own job board every hour.

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Against other pay

Every Apex role
median $155k/yr
Apex's cybersecurity experts: 13% above it
Cybersecurity experts at every space company
median $163k/yr
Apex: 7% above it
Every US information security analyst, May 2025
median $129k/yr
Apex's postings: 35% above it
Highest posted top
$270k/yr
Director of Cybersecurity

Typical pay is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. Pay is compared as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours (40 a week for 52 weeks), a weekly one at 52 weeks, a monthly one at 12 months. A posting that names only a ceiling ("up to $X") is left out of the figures.

Apex cybersecurity expert pay by level

Level the title namesOpen rolesMedianTypical pay
Lead2Too few figures
Director, head or vice president1Too few figures
Title names no level7$175k/yr$121k–$200k/yr

A level is read from the title, the first that applies from an internship to a director (the reading of our research on career levels and pay). A figure needs three distinct posted rates.

Open Apex roles for cybersecurity experts, highest pay first

Updated 31 Oct 2026, 00:03 UTC

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Questions about Apex pay for cybersecurity experts

How much does Apex pay cybersecurity experts?

Apex's open roles for cybersecurity experts post a median $175k/yr, typically $131k–$207k/yr, from 10 distinct pay figures in 10 of its 10 postings. Typical pay here is the 25th percentile of what roles pay (the middle of each posted range, as a year's pay: an hourly rate counts at 2,080 hours, 40 a week for 52 weeks) to the 90th-percentile posted top. The highest posted top is $270k/yr, for Director of Cybersecurity.

Does Apex pay cybersecurity experts more than other space companies?

Apex's median, $175k/yr, is 7% above the $163k/yr median of the 281 open roles for cybersecurity experts at every space company we read (Apex's among them).

Do cybersecurity experts earn more than other roles at Apex?

Apex's roles for cybersecurity experts post a median $175k/yr, 13% above the $155k/yr median of all its open roles that state pay (Apex salaries compares every kind of work).

How does Apex's pay for cybersecurity experts compare with the national wage?

The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the national median wage of information security analysts at $129k/yr (May 2025); Apex's posted median, $175k/yr, is 35% above it. A posting states what a new hire is offered, the national figure what everyone in the occupation earns, so the two measure different people. Source: BLS wage estimates by state (OEWS, May 2025), read through O*NET OnLine, CC BY 4.0.

Where does Apex hire cybersecurity experts?

Its open roles for cybersecurity experts are in Los Angeles, CA (10).