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Security engineer salary for remote jobs in the US

The median posted base pay for security engineering jobs remote in the US is $203K a year, from 324 open jobs at 186 companies. The middle half of the jobs is from $173K to $238K. One job in ten has posted pay above $272K.

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

Median posted base pay
$203K
Middle half of the jobs
$173K to $238K
10th to 90th percentile
$145K to $272K
Open jobs with posted pay
324
Companies
186

Security engineer pay by level for remote jobs in the US

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

  • Level not stated127 jobs$205K$158K to $248K
  • Senior108 jobs$195K$168K to $216K
  • Staff61 jobs$218K$198K to $241K
  • Principal23 jobs$255K$205K to $284K
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, US remote. Posted base pay in US dollars for each year.
Level10th25thMedian75th90thJobs with pay
Level not stated$128K$158K$205K$248K$295K127
Senior$144K$168K$195K$216K$238K108
Staff$178K$198K$218K$241K$265K61
Principal$186K$205K$255K$284K$379K23

Top-paying companies for security engineering jobs remote in the US

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

  1. 1Anthropic$363K13 jobs
  2. 2OpenAI$360K10 jobs
  3. 3Block$272K5 jobs
  4. 4GitLab$203K7 jobs
  5. 5Samsara$198K10 jobs
  6. 6DoorDash USA$197K11 jobs
  7. 7AHEAD$190K7 jobs
  8. 8Zscaler$185K8 jobs
  9. 9CertiK$141K7 jobs
The median posted base pay of each company for security engineering jobs remote in the US. 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.

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.