Penetration Tester jobs paying over $100k
12 live penetration tester roles posting $100k or more, freshest first, 7 fully remote. Backfilled from company career pages and public boards, refreshed nightly — each links out to apply at the source. See which of these your skills already reach.
Principal Security Researcher at GitLabRemote, Canada; Remote, Israel; Remote, United Kingdom; Remo$203k–$275k3d agoApply
AI Security Research & Red Team Engineer at CloudflareHybrid$166k–$208kAug 10Apply- Ethical Hacker at Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesMultiple Locations$107k–$140kJul 31Apply
Senior Offensive Security Engineer at RobloxSan Mateo, CA, United States$197k–$243kJul 23Apply
Offensive Security Agent Engineer at OpenAIUS - Remote$347k–$490kJul 22Apply
Red Team Engineer, Safeguards at AnthropicRemote-Friendly (Travel Required) | San Francisco, CA$320k–$405kJul 10Apply
Staff Engineer - Offensive Security at TwilioRemote - US$183k–$229kJul 8Apply- Security Researcher, Agentic AI Threats at OpenAISan Francisco · Remote$293k–$405kMay 18Apply
Principal Offensive Security Engineer at PostmanSan Francisco, California, United States$275k–$300kApr 30Apply
Staff Offensive Security Engineer at RobinhoodToronto, Canada$191k–$225kFeb 10Apply- Offensive Security Engineer, Agent Products at OpenAIUS - Remote$347k–$490kOct 28Apply
Senior Offensive Security Engineer at ChimeSan Francisco, CA, USA · Remote$181kAug 21Apply
Routes into penetration tester
The measured pivots that lead here, ranked by how much of the destination a typical origin profile already covers. What it pays: penetration tester salary.
- Security Engineer → Penetration Tester70% readiness
- Sales Engineer → Penetration Tester47% readiness
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- Data Scientist jobs paying over $150k179 open
- Security Engineer jobs paying over $100k166 open
- Financial Analyst jobs paying over $150k153 open
- Lawyer jobs paying over $100k150 open
- IT Support Specialist jobs paying over $100k147 open
- Jobs in Europe18,041 open
- Jobs in Switzerland12,689 open
- Jobs in North America12,283 open
- Jobs in the United States11,864 open
- Business jobs9,282 open
- Technology jobs8,317 open
- Remote jobs8,177 open
- Senior jobs7,225 open
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How many penetration Tester jobs paying over $100k are open right now?
12 live openings, refreshed with the nightly scrape; the newest was posted Sep 5. A page like this only exists while it clears a minimum of live listings, so the count is real inventory, never padding. Every preloaded search: browse the board.
How much do penetration Tester jobs paying over $100k pay?
Of the 12 openings, 12 state a salary. The posted middle band runs $187k–$349k a year. Only postings that state pay are counted; nothing is inferred. Full penetration tester pay data, by seniority and country: penetration tester salary.
Can I get a penetration tester job from an adjacent career?
Measurably, yes. The closest measured pivots in: security engineer (70% skill readiness), sales engineer (47% skill readiness). Each route page lists exactly which skills carry over and which are missing. Moving out instead: penetration tester career changes, measured.
Which of these jobs do my skills already reach?
Run the instrument with your current role and it measures your readiness for every occupation on this board from live postings, the same data these listings are tagged with. Free, no account.
Listings backfilled from re-displayable sources (company career pages, remote-job boards, and public-sector postings), freshest first, refreshed with the nightly scrape. A sample is shown here; see the full filtered board. Each links out to apply at the original posting; salary shown where the posting states it.