Security engineer salary in New York

The median posted base pay for security engineering jobs in New York is $215K a year, from 259 open jobs at 127 companies. The middle half of the jobs is from $179K to $260K. One job in ten has posted pay above $305K.

Data of Nov 9, 2026. This is posted base pay, not total pay. It does not include stock or a bonus.

Median posted base pay: $215K
Middle half of the jobs: $179K to $260K
10th to 90th percentile: $149K to $305K
Open jobs with posted pay: 259
Companies: 127

Security engineer pay by level in New York

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

Level not stated119 jobs$216K$174K to $263K
Senior95 jobs$199K$173K to $219K
Staff31 jobs$262K$231K to $317K

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, New York. Posted base pay in US dollars for each year.
Level	10th	25th	Median	75th	90th	Jobs with pay
Level not stated	$137K	$174K	$216K	$263K	$308K	119
Senior	$150K	$173K	$199K	$219K	$251K	95
Staff	$210K	$231K	$262K	$317K	$365K	31

Top-paying companies for security engineering jobs in New York

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

1Anthropic$363K16 jobs
2Suno$320K6 jobs
3Fluidstack$228K10 jobs
4Nscale$204K8 jobs
5CoreWeave$203K9 jobs
6Braze$192K10 jobs
7MongoDB$187K5 jobs
8Palantir Technologies$168K5 jobs
9xAI$149K8 jobs

The median posted base pay of each company for security engineering jobs in New York. 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.

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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.