rouka · compensation intelligenceBenchmark set 6.2 · September 20265,191 roles · 140 regions · 10 sectors
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Role note · September 2026

Family Office CISO

What it paysBenchmark set 6.2, September 2026

The median is $280K. The band runs $180K at the 25th percentile to $475K at the 90th.

Scarcity reads 9.5 of 10. The reachable pool is 20 to 60 people. A search takes about 20 weeks.

Where it paysAdjusted median
Greater New York City Area
$392K
Greenwich, CT
$364K
Singapore
$294K
Geneva, Switzerland
$291K
London, United Kingdom
$210K
Dubai, UAE
$174K
What the figures do not say

London reads 0.75 of the national baseline and Dubai 0.62. For this seat the international markets sit below the United States, not above it, which is the opposite of what most people assume when they scope it.

The title moves, and a search that looks for only one of its forms sees a fraction of the pool. Where the office is not carrying the cost full time the same work is posted as a fractional or virtual CISO, at a different number and against a different comparison set.

Also posted as
Chief Information Security Officer Family Office
Head of Cybersecurity Family Office
Family Office Information Security Director
vCISO Family Office
Fractional CISO

Every figure is modeled from named sources; rouka does not republish licensed survey figures as printed. Confidence on this row is medium. Benchmark set 6.2, September 2026.

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