---
id: 7212
title: "5 Surprising facts from the Cloud Security Salary Guide"
source_domain: wiz.io
source_url: "https://www.wiz.io/blog/5-facts-from-the-cybersecurity-compensation-report"
published_at: "2024-01-29T16:15:30Z"
tags: ["cloud", "cloud-security", "career", "ciso", "report", "compensation", "salary"]
phying_url: "https://phying.com/item/7212"
lang: en
---

# 5 Surprising facts from the Cloud Security Salary Guide

## Summary

Five findings from Wiz's cloud security salary report: finance pays engineers most (median $85K–$147K), retail tops CISO pay ($301K–$510K) and government ranks lowest across roles.

## Intelligence Metadata

- **Sources:** wiz.io
- **Published:** 2024-01-29T16:15:30Z
- **Original:** https://www.wiz.io/blog/5-facts-from-the-cybersecurity-compensation-report
- **Phying News:** https://phying.com/item/7212