Threat Detection and Response Engineering Manager
OpenAI
- On-siteSan Francisco, CA
- $401k–$510k a year
- Kubernetes
Security Operations Leadership salary in 2026
From pay that employers published in security operations leadership job postings on BlueTeamJobs over the last year. Yearly US dollars; hourly and monthly pay is converted to a full-time year.
Summary
- Median
- $248,000
- Middle half of postings
- $174,000 – $325,000
- Based on
- 14 postings with pay
Light bar: 10th to 90th percentile ($170,000 – $437,000). Dark bar: the middle half. Line: median.
| Seniority | Median | Middle half | Jobs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lead / manager | $248,000 | $174,000 – $325,000 | 14 |
| Work arrangement | Median | Middle half | Jobs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remote | $295,000 | $235,000 – $344,000 | 3 | |
| On-site | $266,000 | $175,000 – $328,000 | 9 |
| Clearance | Median | Middle half | Jobs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No clearance | $281,000 | $186,000 – $344,000 | 12 |
| State | Median | Middle half | Jobs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | $328,000 | $266,000 – $456,000 | 5 |
Open Security Operations Leadership jobs with pay listed
Other blue team salaries
- SOC Analyst salary
- Incident Responder salary
- Digital Forensics (DFIR) salary
- Threat Hunter salary
- Threat Intelligence (CTI) Analyst salary
- Detection Engineer salary
- Security Engineer salary
- Cloud Security Engineer salary
- Vulnerability Management salary
- Governance, Risk and Compliance (GRC) salary
- Identity and Access Management (IAM) salary
How we calculate this
Each posting counts once, at the midpoint of its published range. We use postings first seen in the last year, including ones that have since closed, and leave out pay outside $25,000–$1,000,000 a year. Rows need at least three postings. Figures are rounded to the nearest $1,000.