OpenAI salaries · 11 Nov 2026
OpenAI cybersecurity salaries
On 11 Nov 2026, OpenAI's security postings usually stated $247k–$500k/yr, with $311k/yr in the middle, across the 38 open roles that give a salary. Its lowest stated salary was $130k/yr and its highest $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 salaries by specialty
Each row sets OpenAI's stated salaries in one specialty next to what all employers state for it, so you can see whether it pays above or below the field. The typical band is the span from the 25th percentile of range midpoints to the 90th percentile of range tops, every figure taken as a full-time year (an hourly rate times 2,080 hours); each figure opens its postings.
Security Engineering is OpenAI's biggest specialty with enough stated salaries: its postings there usually state $304k–$501k/yr (middle $351k/yr), while the whole board's 615 Security Engineering roles sit at $175k–$375k/yr (middle $212k/yr).
OpenAI's top-salary openings
All OpenAI roles, highest salary firstPrincipal 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/yrSoC Engineer (opens the job details)
SecOps & IR · Remote· 4w agoDetails
$287,000–$485,000/yr
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Employment at OpenAI
Salaried full-time roles with equity, which OpenAI grants widely to staff.
OpenAI salaries: what people ask
How much do security jobs at OpenAI pay?
On 11 Nov 2026, OpenAI's security postings usually stated $247k–$500k/yr, with $311k/yr in the middle, across the 38 open roles that give a salary. Its lowest stated salary was $130k/yr and its highest $510k/yr.
Which OpenAI security role pays the most?
On 11 Nov 2026 it was Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure Security, at $456k/yr, worded in the posting as "$401,000-$510,000 per year". All its roles sorted by salary.
What kind of employment does OpenAI offer?
Salaried full-time roles with equity, which OpenAI grants widely to staff.
Does OpenAI pay above the market?
Security Engineering is OpenAI's biggest specialty with enough stated salaries: its postings there usually state $304k–$501k/yr (middle $351k/yr), while the whole board's 615 Security Engineering roles sit at $175k–$375k/yr (middle $212k/yr).