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About OpenAI
Maker of ChatGPT and the GPT models, OpenAI sells through consumer apps and a developer API and runs a government arm, OpenAI for Government. Most of its open security work is engineering inside the Security team: infrastructure security at principal and software engineer levels, application security, agent security and security observability. Threat intel engineering investigators, cyber-focused applied AI engineers for government customers and a special programs security manager (CSSO/CPSO) round out the list.
Typical pay, live
, CyberJobs.cc shows 40 security openings at OpenAI, and their stated salaries usually fall between $247k and $500k a year (midpoint $311k).
OpenAI security openings
Read 11 Nov 2026, 15:57 UTC- $158,400–$320,000/yr
- $333,000–$370,000/yr
Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Cyber - SF (opens the job details)
Architecture & Consulting · San Francisco· 5d agoDetails
$185,000–$300,000/yrForward Deployed Engineer (FDE), Cyber - NYC (opens the job details)
Architecture & Consulting · Remote· 5d agoDetails
$185,000–$300,000/yrSenior Global Security Investigator (opens the job details)
Security Engineering · Remote· 5d agoDetails
$230,400–$500,000/yrCyber AI Partner Director (opens the job details)
Leadership · Remote· 1w agoDetails
$297,000–$420,000/yr- $297,000–$330,000/yr
Manager, Cyber - Applied AI Architect (opens the job details)
Leadership · San Francisco· 2w agoDetails
$217,000–$241,000/yrEnterprise Security Engineer, Vulnerability Management (opens the job details)
Security Engineering · Remote· 3w agoDetails
$347,000–$445,000/yrSoC Engineer (opens the job details)
SecOps & IR · Remote· 3w agoDetails
$287,000–$485,000/yrSoftware Engineer, HSM Infrastructure Security, Consumer Devices (opens the job details)
Security Engineering · Seattle· 1mo agoDetails
$347,000–$445,000/yr
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Working at OpenAI
Founded in San Francisco in 2015 as a nonprofit research lab, OpenAI launched ChatGPT in 2022 and in 2025 reorganized its business as a public benefit corporation controlled by its nonprofit foundation. Its security postings state $247k–$500k/yr typically (median $311k/yr).
Hiring now, with salaries read from its own postings40 open roles at OpenAI, confirmed on its careers system 11 Nov 2026.
Salaried full-time roles with equity, which OpenAI grants widely to staff.
San Francisco holds most security roles, followed by remote within the US, New York City, Seattle and Washington, DC; single roles are listed in Singapore, Tokyo, London and Vancouver.
Salaries at OpenAI
From its open postings · 11 Nov 2026Midpoint $311k/yr, across 38 postings with a salary range. Stated salaries range from $130k/yr to $510k/yr.
Computed from 38 different pay ranges employers posted, by this employer, each counted as a year's pay (an hourly rate times 2,080 hours). 2 of the 40 open roles in this set give no salary.
OpenAI's best-paid open roles
Sort all 40 by salaryPrincipal Software Engineer, Infrastructure Security (opens the job details)
Security Engineering · Remote· 7mo agoDetails
$401,000–$510,000/yrPrincipal Security Engineer, Infrastructure Security (opens the job details)
Security Engineering · Remote· 7mo agoDetails
$401,000–$510,000/yrTechnical Threat Investigator, Threat Intel Engineering (opens the job details)
Threat Intel & Research · Remote· 6mo agoDetails
$347,000–$510,000/yrResearcher, Frontier Cybersecurity Risks (opens the job details)
Security Engineering · San Francisco· 3mo agoDetails
$380,000–$500,000/yrSenior Global Security Investigator (opens the job details)
Security Engineering · Remote· 5d agoDetails
$230,400–$500,000/yr
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OpenAI: common questions
What salary does OpenAI offer security staff?
OpenAI's security postings usually state $247k–$500k/yr, centred on $311k/yr, going by the 38 open roles with a salary range. The lowest stated salary is $130k/yr and the highest $510k/yr.
What sort of company is OpenAI?
Founded in San Francisco in 2015 as a nonprofit research lab, OpenAI launched ChatGPT in 2022 and in 2025 reorganized its business as a public benefit corporation controlled by its nonprofit foundation.
What is it like to work in security at OpenAI?
Its security postings state $247k–$500k/yr typically (median $311k/yr). As an AI lab, it is building security around models, research data and large compute clusters.
What kind of employment are OpenAI's security roles?
Salaried full-time roles with equity, which OpenAI grants widely to staff.
Where are OpenAI's security jobs based?
San Francisco holds most security roles, followed by remote within the US, New York City, Seattle and Washington, DC; single roles are listed in Singapore, Tokyo, London and Vancouver.
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