---
id: 2285
title: "2019 Inside the Mind of a Hacker Report Reveals Gender Imbalance, Hacker Education and Highest Paid Crowds"
source_domain: bugcrowd.com
source_url: "https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/2019-inside-the-mind-of-a-hacker-report-reveals-gender-imbalance-hacker-education-and-highest-paid-crowds/"
published_at: "2018-12-12T00:00:00Z"
tags: ["bug-bounty", "diversity", "education", "bugcrowd", "survey", "statistics", "report", "inside-the-mind-of-a-hacker", "demographics", "payouts", "gender-imbalance"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/2285"
lang: en
---

# 2019 Inside the Mind of a Hacker Report Reveals Gender Imbalance, Hacker Education and Highest Paid Crowds

## Summary

Bugcrowd's 2019 hacker survey finds 81% say bug hunting helped them land security jobs, only 4% of hackers are female, and the top 50 average $145,000 in yearly payouts.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** bugcrowd.com
- **Published:** 2018-12-12T00:00:00Z
- **Original:** https://www.bugcrowd.com/blog/2019-inside-the-mind-of-a-hacker-report-reveals-gender-imbalance-hacker-education-and-highest-paid-crowds/
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/2285