5. Professional Ethical Hacker
The average salary of an ethical hacker starts around $90,000.00. They are considered to be worth their weight in gold because they find problems and vulnerabilities in a company’s computer security systems. This includes detection of illegal hackers! The Information Technology (IT) department monitors and maintains the digital technology that keeps the company running, so it has to keep ahead of would-be invaders who are constantly revising the tricks of their trade. This is where the ethical hacker, hired as a protector, will try to hack into the system repeatedly in ever-new ways to ensure its firewalls and encryption programs cannot be breached.
