A survey of nearly 700 CISOs in the US and Canada has found that salaries have risen over the last year to an average of $565,000 and a median of $403

Average North American CISO salary now $565K, mainly thanks to one weird trick

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2024-10-03 15:30:03

A survey of nearly 700 CISOs in the US and Canada has found that salaries have risen over the last year to an average of $565,000 and a median of $403,000, with the top 10 percent of execs pulling in over $1 million.

The data showed that by far the most effective way to boost your pay was to switch jobs, or at least threaten to, and get a counter offer from your original employer. Both moves bring an average compensation increase of 31 percent. By contrast, just doing your job and getting an annual pay rise would increase the average salary by just 6.3 percent, according to data from IANS Research and recruitment firm Artico.

However, at the moment fewer CISOs are considering this route. This fifth annual survey found that staff turnover has nearly halved since the heady days of the 2022s, when 21 percent of those surveyed had moved jobs in the previous 12 months.

"We believe it's largely a macroeconomic situation," Nick Kakolowski, senior research director at IANS Research, told The Register.