Hi everyone,
I just negotiated an offer to be an entry-level penetration tester, which I'm excited about, but I'm concerned that I may have taken a salary that's way too low.
I'll be making $56k, but according to my research, an entry-level pen tester salary is around $65k. (http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Penetration_Tester/Salary/163f8fe3/Entry-Level and http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/penetration-tester-salary/).
If my salary is way below the average, that would be mostly my fault because I made every mistake in the book during the interview and negotiation process. I gave a desired salary range up front, and of course they offered the minimum of my range. I already signed their counter offer, so there's no going back.
At the same time, I'm coming into this job with very little pen testing experience. I have my A+, Network+, Security+, and was a Systems Administrator for 3 years. Maybe $56k is pretty good for entry-level infosec? (I read a thread here that says 50-60k is about right. http://www.techexams.net/forums/jobs-degrees/88164-information-security-entry-level-pay.html)
I'm excited and thankful to start a infosec job though!
What do you think? Thanks.
I just negotiated an offer to be an entry-level penetration tester, which I'm excited about, but I'm concerned that I may have taken a salary that's way too low.
I'll be making $56k, but according to my research, an entry-level pen tester salary is around $65k. (http://www.payscale.com/research/US/Job=Penetration_Tester/Salary/163f8fe3/Entry-Level and http://resources.infosecinstitute.com/penetration-tester-salary/).
If my salary is way below the average, that would be mostly my fault because I made every mistake in the book during the interview and negotiation process. I gave a desired salary range up front, and of course they offered the minimum of my range. I already signed their counter offer, so there's no going back.
At the same time, I'm coming into this job with very little pen testing experience. I have my A+, Network+, Security+, and was a Systems Administrator for 3 years. Maybe $56k is pretty good for entry-level infosec? (I read a thread here that says 50-60k is about right. http://www.techexams.net/forums/jobs-degrees/88164-information-security-entry-level-pay.html)
I'm excited and thankful to start a infosec job though!
What do you think? Thanks.
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