If You Have This In-Demand Skill, You Could Be Making Up To $200K A Year Without A College Education

As technology rapidly advances, demand for cybersecurity continues to boom. If you have skills related to the digital security space, you could easily be making more than $100,000 per year.

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There are currently about 600,000 open cybersecurity positions in the U.S. and approximately 3.5 million across the globe. The Bureau of Labor Statistics expects cybersecurity jobs to grow 32% over the next decade.

Alphabet Inc’s GOOG chief marketing officer for the Americas Lisa Gevelber believes cybersecurity is one of the most “underrated” professions there is.

“Employers are really struggling to find people who are comfortable working in cybersecurity, but there's this incredible need and demand for people with these skills,” Gevelber said.

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Most people incorrectly assume that it’s difficult to get into cybersecurity. You don’t need a bachelor’s degree to get a high-paying job in the field, she said, adding most jobs require a high school education and an online training course.

Gevelber founded Grow with Google in 2017, which provides classes on cybersecurity and data analytics. Anyone can complete the cybersecurity certificate in about three months and it only costs $49 per month, she said.

Although different jobs come with different day-to-day responsibilities, almost all of them involve the same skills including, assessing risk, troubleshooting problems, monitoring threats and working within an organization’s IT infrastructure, Gevelber said.

According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the median salary for cybersecurity analysts is $112,000 and the median salary for cybersecurity managers is about $164,000. There are also lots of remote opportunities in demand that pay up to $200,000 per year.

“Cybersecurity is an exciting field with a lot of growth opportunities. Companies just can't fill these jobs fast enough,” Gevelber said.

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