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Security engineer salary

The median posted base pay for security engineering jobs is $195K a year, from 1,540 open jobs at 651 companies. The middle half of the jobs is from $158K to $233K. One job in ten has posted pay above $275K.

Data of . This is posted base pay, not total pay. It does not include stock or a bonus.

Median posted base pay
$195K
Middle half of the jobs
$158K to $233K
10th to 90th percentile
$127K to $275K
Open jobs with posted pay
1,540
Companies
651

Security engineer pay by level

Posted base pay for security engineering jobs, by the level in the job title. A level needs 20 or more jobs with posted pay.

  • Level not stated692 jobs$181K$143K to $225K
  • Senior550 jobs$190K$164K to $217K
  • Staff192 jobs$231K$204K to $263K
  • Principal70 jobs$230K$200K to $275K
  • Director+26 jobs$256K$227K to $285K
Each band goes from the 10th to the 90th percentile. The darker part is the middle half of the jobs. The line is the median. This is posted base pay, not total pay.
Pay bands by level, security engineering. Posted base pay in US dollars for each year.
Level10th25thMedian75th90thJobs with pay
Level not stated$115K$143K$181K$225K$270K692
Senior$140K$164K$190K$217K$248K550
Staff$178K$204K$231K$263K$313K192
Principal$172K$200K$230K$275K$345K70
Director+$183K$227K$256K$285K$334K26

Top-paying companies for security engineering jobs

The companies with the highest median posted base pay for security engineering jobs. A company name opens its levels in the pay explorer.

  1. 1Anthropic$363K31 jobs
  2. 2OpenAI$356K29 jobs
  3. 3Lambda$331K5 jobs
  4. 4Suno$320K6 jobs
  5. 5Roblox$298K17 jobs
  6. 6Harvey$275K7 jobs
  7. 7Block$272K5 jobs
  8. 8Ripple $262K6 jobs
  9. 9Snap$261K9 jobs
  10. 10Brain Co.$258K5 jobs
  11. 11Verkada$250K7 jobs
  12. 12Point72 $250K5 jobs
  13. 13Fluidstack$250K13 jobs
  14. 14Snowflake$244K8 jobs
  15. 15LiteLLM$240K5 jobs
  16. 16Adobe$235K8 jobs
  17. 17Databricks$227K10 jobs
  18. 18Figure$225K5 jobs
  19. 19Altruist$220K6 jobs
  20. 20DoorDash USA$218K12 jobs
The median posted base pay of each company for security engineering jobs. We use the middle point of each posted range. A company needs 5 or more jobs with posted pay. This is posted base pay, not total pay.

Security engineer pay by US region

The median posted base pay for security engineering jobs in each US region, compared with the median of all US jobs.

  • Bay Area500 jobs+12%$223K
  • New York257 jobs+8%$215K
  • US remote324 jobs+2%$203K
  • Other US cities688 jobs−10%$178K
The median posted base pay for security engineering in each US region, compared with the median of all US jobs ($199K). A job that lists two regions counts in each region. A region needs 20 or more jobs. This is posted base pay, not total pay.
Pay by region, security engineering. Posted base pay in US dollars for each year.
RegionMedian posted base payAgainst the US medianJobs with pay
Bay Area$223K+12%500
New York$215K+8%257
US remote$203K+2%324
Other US cities$178K−10%688
All US jobs$199K0%1,385

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How we compute these numbers

We read each job from the job board of the company and check it every day. We use only open jobs that state a yearly pay range in US dollars. One job counts with the middle point of its posted range. The median is the middle value of these amounts: half of the jobs are above it and half are below it.

We do not use a range with a bottom below $15,000, a top above $1,000,000, or a top that is more than four times the bottom. A role page needs 20 or more open jobs with posted pay. In the bar chart, a company needs 5 or more jobs with posted pay.

The numbers are base pay as the company posted it. They are not the pay of a person, and they do not include stock, a bonus or benefits. For the stock and the bonus that people reported, see Reported pay.