Chief Security Officer Salary in San Jose, CA

How much does a Chief Security Officer make in San Jose, CA?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Chief Security Officer in San Jose, CA is $326,992. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $296,651 to $364,885, with most professionals earning between $269,027 and $399,384.

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What is a Chief Security Officer?

A Chief Security Officer (CSO) is an organization's most senior executive accountable for the development and oversight of policies and programs intended for the mitigation and/or reduction of compliance, operational, strategic, financial and reputational security risk strategies relating to the protection of people, intellectual assets and tangible property. The accountabilities of the CSO include, but are not necessarily limited to: In cooperation with the organizationâ€™s executive leadership team(s), directs the development of an effective strategy to assess and mitigate risk (foreign...

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What does a Chief Security Officer do?

Common responsibilities of a Chief Security Officer

Manage the enterprise's IT Security organization, consisting of direct reports and indirect reports (such as individuals in other areas of IT) including providing security guidance, hiring, training, staff development, performance management and annual compensation review.

January 22, 2023

Provide expert leadership in the development, implementation, and maintenance of an information security program and associated infrastructure which entails the monitoring of information security trends internal and external to the organization and keeping senior management informed about information security-related issues that could affect the organization.

March 03, 2023

Leads a team of cybersecurity professionals across a broad range of disciplines including risk management, compliance/audits, incident response, security tools, analytics, threat hunting/emulation, security engineering, monitoring/detection, governance, training, and policy creation and implementation.

April 10, 2023

Develop, implement and monitor strategic and comprehensive enterprise information security programs to ensure that the integrity, confidentiality and availability of information that is owned, controlled or processed by the organization thru a well orchestrated audit and inspection approach with thresholds established.

May 18, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Chief Security Officer in San Jose, CA

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296651

364885

326992

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

347717

462209

398592

What is the average salary for Chief Security Officer in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Chief Security Officer in San Jose, CA. The base salary for Chief Security Officer ranges from $296,651 to $364,885 with the average base salary of $326,992. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $347,717 to $462,209 with the average total cash compensation of $398,592.

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	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$326,992	$296,651 - $364,885
Bonus	$71,600	$51,066 - $97,325
Total Pay	$398,592	$347,717 - $462,209

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Chief Security Officer Salary Near San Jose, CA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA
CITY, STATE Santa Clara, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $296,651 - $364,885	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA 0%
CITY, STATE Santa Cruz, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $262,783 - $323,226	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA
CITY, STATE Fremont, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $296,086 - $364,190	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA
CITY, STATE Hayward, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $286,749 - $352,705	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA
CITY, STATE Oakland, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $287,219 - $353,284	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA
CITY, STATE Daly City, CA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $293,734 - $361,297	COMPARE TO San Jose, CA

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About San Jose, California

San Jose is located at 37°20′07″N 121°53′31″W / 37.335278°N 121.891944°W / 37.335278; -121.891944. According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 180.0 sq mi (466 km2), of which 3.4 sq mi (8.8 km2) (1.91%) is water, making it the fourth-largest California city by land area (after Los Angeles, San Diego and California City). San Jose lies between the San Andreas Fault, the source of the 1989 Loma Prieta earthquake, and the Calaveras Fault. San Jose is shaken by moderate earthquakes on average one or two times a year. These quakes originate just east of the city on...

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About San Jose, California San Jose is located at 37°20′07″N 121°53′31″W / 37.335278°N 121.891944°W / 37.335278; -121.891944. According to the United States Census Bureau, th....More

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