Is this Tenable salary base pay or total compensation?

These figures are the midpoint of each posting's advertised range, from public job postings. Equity is a separate, often-large component of total compensation and is not included here.

Is this Tenable data from placements or job postings?

It is aggregated from public job postings on Tenable's career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

What skills pay the most at Tenable?

Postings requiring Nessus carry a median base of $161K (5 postings).

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Tenable Salary

Q: What does Tenable pay?

Tenable pays a median of $143K, with a range of $134K to $169K, based on 19 public job postings collected in 2025–2026. These are posted-range midpoints; equity is separate and not included.

Q: What is the highest-paying job at Tenable?

The highest observed base pay is $251K (Director of Product Marketing - Cloud & OT Security), from a public job posting. Equity is separate.

Tenable pays a median of $143K ($134K–$169K) across 19 public job postings (2025–2026).

💰 $134K–$169K salary range

Median: $143K · Based on 19 public Tenable job postings · Updated October 9, 2026

This Tenable salary benchmark is built from public job postings — no private placement data. Figures reflect base salary only (equity is separate) and are refreshed as new postings are collected.

📊 Salary breakdown

Tenable · pay benchmark · updated October 9, 2026

$143K

inc. eng · sales · ops

All-role median

$134K–$169K

Typical range

$251K view JD

Highest base · Director of Product Marketing - Cloud & OT Security

19

Open roles

~6 yrs

Typical exp.

+8

17 last 90d

New last 30d

ⓘ Base salary only — 100% of roles mention equity · espp, options

Highest-paying skills

Nessus $161KAWS $143KGCP $143KAzure $143KPython $143K

Highest-paying open roles at Tenable

Director of Product Marketing - Cloud & OT Security — $188K–$251K · Product Marketing
Principal Solutions Architect (AWS Technical Alliances) — $175K–$234K · Technical Alliances
Director, Content Marketing — $163K–$218K · Marketing & Communications
Senior Product Marketing Manager - AI Exposure (Hybrid/Columbia MD or Boston MA) — $155K–$206K · Product Marketing
Services Architect — $145K–$194K · Consulting
Research Manager - Security Research/Audits & Compliance — $145K–$194K · Research
Senior Manager, Technical Excellence & Escalations — $138K–$184K · Technical Support Operations
Staff Research Engineer - Exposure Intelligence — $138K–$184K · Research
Senior Manager, Services Portfolio Production — $130K–$173K · Technical Content
Senior Research Engineer — $123K–$163K · Research

Tenable salary by location

Remote: $134K median · $251K top base — Director of Product Marketing - Cloud & OT Security (view JD) (6 roles)

Remote work at Tenable

32% of Tenable's disclosed-pay roles are remote-friendly.

What Tenable looks for

Most-required skills across these postings: Python (7) · AWS (5) · Azure (5) · GCP (4) · CI/CD (3) · Tableau (3) · SQL (2) · SEO (2) · Escalation Management (1) · Node.js (1).

Benefits & perks at Tenable

Commonly listed: dental (19) · mental-health (19) · hsa-fsa (19) · 401k (19) · life-ins (19) · pto (19) · parental (19).

About Tenable

Tenable is Public stage · 1,001–5,000 employees · founded 2002 · HQ Columbia, Maryland. This context shapes pay: later-stage, well-funded companies tend to anchor base salary higher.

Experience & background at Tenable

Roles typically ask for around 6 years of experience (up to 12+ for the most senior). Most postings don't state a degree requirement; of the 6 that do, Bachelor's and Master's are most common.

Posted pay vs. total compensation

The figures on this page are the midpoint of each posting's advertised salary range (which, for commission roles, includes on-target earnings). Equity is a separate — and often large — component of total compensation, especially at high-growth and AI-native companies; 100% of these postings reference equity (espp, options). Equity is not included in the medians above.

Tenable hiring activity

Tenable has 19 open roles right now, and this benchmark draws on 19 public job postings with disclosed pay. 8 of these roles were first seen in the last 30 days (17 in the last 90).

💼 Similar companies hiring

Compare Tenable's pay with companies in the same space:

Company	Median pay	vs Tenable	Stage
Hadrian Automation	$178K	↑ +24%	Series D
Vanta	$229K	↑ +60%	Series D
Halogen Engineering Group	$224K	↑ +56%	—
Fieldguide	$205K	↑ +44%	Series C
Dragos	$175K	↑ +23%	Series D
Arctic Wolf	$171K	↑ +20%	Series F

Common questions

What does Tenable pay?
The median pay is $143K, with a typical range of $134K–$169K, based on 19 public job postings (2025–2026). Base only — equity is separate.

What is the highest-paying job at Tenable?
One of the highest-paying open roles is Director of Product Marketing - Cloud & OT Security, at $188K–$251K base.

Where does this data come from?
Public job postings on company career pages and public job boards — no private placement or client data.

Methodology

Posted-range midpoints (USD) aggregated from 19 public Tenable job postings (2025–2026). Range = 25th–75th percentile; median = 50th percentile. Roles, departments, skills, and experience are parsed from the postings. Base salary only — equity excluded. Last refreshed October 9, 2026.

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