Occupations · Professionals · Database or systems administrator, or IT security specialist

Cyber security architect

Half of the 664 people who gave this occupation on their 2023–24 tax return had a taxable income above $179,676.

$179,676median taxable income

#43of 1,128 occupations by median

92%of all taxpayers earn less than this median

Income by sex

	Everyone	Men
Median taxable income	$179,676	$180,845
Average taxable income	$186,239	$188,439
Median salary or wages	$180,327	$181,871
Median total income	$184,560	$185,162
People	664	611

The ATO publishes too few returns to split this occupation by sex.

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Related occupations

Other occupations in the database or systems administrator, or it security specialist group, with median taxable income.

Computing professional - database administrator $95,821
Administrator - computer systems $105,316
Cyber governance risk and compliance specialist $127,182
Cyber security advice and assessment specialist $148,824
Cyber security analyst $100,511
Cyber security operations coordinator $125,750

Source: ATO Taxation Statistics 2023–24, Individuals Table 15A (CC BY 2.5 AU). Occupations are as people reported them on their tax return. Taxable income is income after deductions. Salary or wages counts people with that income type only. The national comparison uses Table 16A, all taxable individuals.