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(Photo by Thomas Barwick, Getty Images) <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"single-article__content\">\n<div class=\"single-article__content-inner has-drop-cap\"> <html readability=\"47.078431372549\"><body readability=\"96.171208530806\"><\/p>\n<p>Women and some racial and ethnic minorities make lower salaries in cybersecurity jobs in the United States, according to a study out Thursday morning. But it also concludes that the pay disparity isn\u2019t as bad in the cyber field as in broader society, and is showing signs of improvement.<\/p>\n<p>According to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.isc2.org\/Insights\/2024\/04\/How-Much-Do-US-Cyber-Professionals-Make?queryID=268175681139eea10ca811474070537d\">study from the nonprofit ISC2<\/a>, the disparity between men and women isn\u2019t uniform, with women out-earning men at the most senior levels.<\/p>\n<p>The organization collected U.S. salary data from 5,915 survey participants in April and May of 2023. The average <a href=\"https:\/\/cyberscoop.com\/news\/workforce\/\">U.S. cybersecurity job<\/a> pays $147,138 annually, ISC2 said, compared to the average U.S. salary of $59,384 as of the fourth quarter of 2023, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.<\/p>\n<p>Women make 5% less than men in nonmanagerial, mid-advanced staff roles, and 9% less than men among managers. At the director and middle-manager level, women make 1% more, and at the C-suite and executive level, women make 4% more, according to ISC2 data.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>When ISC2 broke the numbers down by racial and ethnic groups, South Asians are at the top of the pay scale, making $155,000 annually, followed by East and Southeast Asians; Whites; American Indians and Alaska Natives; Hispanics\/Latinx; and Blacks\/African Americans, who make $132,000.<\/p>\n<p>The figures on the gender gap are an improvement from ISC2\u2019s past studies, in which pay disparities between men and women have been as high as 20%, said Clar Rosso, ISC2\u2019s CEO.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have other research data that says people due to unconscious bias tend to hire and advance people that have the same background that they do, and it goes with that, that they are going to get pay bumps as well that they create an imbalance,\u201d she said. But the improvement \u201cspeaks to incremental progress we have made on salaries for cybersecurity professionals.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aauw.org\/resources\/article\/pay-gap-faqs\/\">Some figures<\/a> suggest that overall, women earn 16% less than men in the U.S. on average.<\/p>\n<p>There are a couple possible explanations for why the study showed women making more money than men at higher levels, Rosso said.<\/p>\n<div class=\"ad ad--inline_1 \">\n<div class=\"ad__inner\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Advertisement<\/span> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cMaybe they\u2019re coming in from IT leadership or leadership in other parts of the organization instead of climbing the ladder within the organization, and I think if you\u2019re recruiting from outside, which a lot of organizations tend to do for higher level roles, it wouldn\u2019t be surprising that the salaries might be a little higher,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s also possible that some of the data there might be skewed by fewer answers from women in some of those positions, Rosso cautioned. Overall, the study drew on responses from 780 women, or 15% of respondents, versus 4,540 answers from men.<\/p>\n<p>Mary Chaney, head of Minorities in Cybersecurity, said she wasn\u2019t surprised that ICS2 found that the cyber field had more pay parity than other fields.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think organizations are starting to realize that from a talent perspective and workforce development perspective, the hackers have it right in as much as they don\u2019t care about race and sex and all of that other stuff,\u201d she said. \u201cThey want talent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>That doesn\u2019t mean there isn\u2019t room for things to improve further. 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