Security professional salary
Space employers offer security professionals a median of $122k a year, and the middle half of their postings sits at $108k–$148k. That comes from 56 jobs at 22 employers whose own postings name a salary.
- 25th percentile$107,787.50/hr
- Median (50th)$122,225/hr
- 75th percentile$148,125/hr
- Distinct posted rates56
- Jobs stating an hourly rate56
- Employers22
The median is the middle of the 56 distinct rates they post, and the middle half, $107,787.50–$148,125 an hour, runs from their 25th percentile to their 75th: half of the rates fall between them. Each range counts at its midpoint, and a job posted many times at one rate counts once, so no employer's posting volume sets the figure.
- 25th percentile$107,787.50/hr
- Median (50th)$122,225/hr
- 75th percentile$148,125/hr
- Distinct posted rates56
- Jobs stating an hourly rate56
- Employers22
The median is the middle of the 56 distinct rates they post, and the middle half, $107,787.50–$148,125 an hour, runs from their 25th percentile to their 75th: half of the rates fall between them. Each range counts at its midpoint, and a job posted many times at one rate counts once, so no employer's posting volume sets the figure.
- Median posted pay, a year$122,200
- Hours in a full-time year2,080
- The same per hour, full time$58.76/hr
Every figure here is a year's pay: a job that posts pay counts at 2,080 hours (40 a week for 52 weeks). Rounded to the nearest $100.
- Northrop Grumman16 jobs
- SpaceX6 jobs
- Lockheed Martin5 jobs
- Booz Allen Hamilton4 jobs
- True Anomaly4 jobs
- Millennium Space Systems2 jobs
- Rocket Lab2 jobs
- Vantor2 jobs
- Sierra Space2 jobs
- Relativity Space1 job
Jobs stating pay, the employers with the most first: 44 at the 10 shown and 12 at 12 other employers, 56 in all.
The jobs themselves: Security professional jobs
What security professionals are paid
How many postings fall in each salary step, a range counted at its midpoint; the darker bars are the middle half of what employers offer.
Median $122k a year. Middle half $108k to $148k. Point at a bar for its count. Tap a bar for its count.
Posted on open jobs
Middle half of 56 distinct posted rates (a job posted many times at one rate counted once), median $122k. 74% of the 76 open security professional jobs state pay.
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Security professional pay by employer
What each employer posts for security professionals, the employers with the most jobs stating pay first. An employer with at least 5 such jobs has a page of its own with every range it posts.
Median of each employer's own jobs (a range at its midpoint), and the lowest and highest rate it posts. Jobs stating pay link to the employer's open jobs.
Security professional pay by state
States where at least 8 open jobs from 3 employers state pay, highest median first. Each opens the state's own page, with its towns and employers.
| State | Median posted | Middle half | BLS median | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | $166k | $134k–$179k | n/a | 10 |
| California | $128k | $107k–$146k | n/a | 20 |
| Colorado | $115k | $106k–$131k | n/a | 20 |
Median and middle half of employers' rates in the state. BLS medians are for the occupation's main SOC code in the state (latest release).
Best-paid open security professional jobs
The current postings with the highest stated salaries, no more than two per employer.
$190,000–$280,000/yr
$163,000–$245,000/yr
$137,800–$239,300/yr
$170,000–$200,000/yr- $146,300–$219,500/yr
$125,300–$233,000/yr
$155,000–$200,000/yr
$123,400–$229,200/yr
$145,000–$205,000/yr
$130,000–$200,000/yr- $130,000–$195,000/yr
$136,000–$167,000/yr
Every open job: Security professional jobs
Questions about security professional pay in space
What do space companies pay security professionals?
Postings that state a salary put the median at $122k a year and the middle half at $108k–$148k, across 56 postings from 22 employers (one employer's repeated posting counted once). Full time, the median is about $58.76/hr an hour.
Where do security professionals earn the most?
Ranked by the median salary in each state's postings: Virginia ($166k), California ($128k) and Colorado ($115k) come first, Colorado ($115k), California ($128k) and Virginia ($166k) last. A state's own salary page splits its figure by town and employer.
Which space companies pay security professionals the most?
Of the employers that state a salary on at least 5 postings: Lockheed Martin ($116k), Northrop Grumman ($113k) and SpaceX ($113k). The employer table covers the 22 with the most postings that state pay.
Where do these figures come from?
From the salaries in space companies' own postings, read every night: 56 of 76 current security professional postings (74%) state one. Nothing is estimated for a posting without pay, "up to" ceilings are set aside, and an hourly rate counts as 2,080 hours.
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Sources and method
- SpaceJobs.Now: salaries stated in space companies' own postings, read every night, published 7 Nov 2026
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SpaceJobs.Now. (2026). Security professional salary. Data as of 7 Nov 2026. https://spacejobs.now/salaries/security-professionals