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Staff security engineer salary

The median posted base pay for staff security engineering jobs is $231K a year, from 192 open jobs at 109 companies. The middle half of the jobs is from $204K to $263K. One job in ten has posted pay above $313K.

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

Median posted base pay
$231K
Middle half of the jobs
$204K to $263K
10th to 90th percentile
$178K to $313K
Open jobs with posted pay
192
Companies
109

Security engineer pay by level

Posted base pay for security engineering jobs, by the level in the job title. This page is about the staff level. 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 staff security engineering jobs

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

  1. 1Anthropic$403K10 jobs
  2. 2Harvey$280K6 jobs
  3. 3Ripple $262K5 jobs
  4. 4Verkada$250K6 jobs
  5. 5Databricks$242K6 jobs
  6. 6Samsara$230K5 jobs
  7. 7Nscale$210K5 jobs
  8. 8Zscaler$171K5 jobs
The median posted base pay of each company for staff 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.

Staff security engineer pay by US region

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

  • New York30 jobs+12%$264K
  • Bay Area84 jobs+6%$250K
  • Other US cities56 jobs0%$234K
  • US remote61 jobs−7%$218K
The median posted base pay for staff security engineering in each US region, compared with the median of all US jobs ($235K). 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, staff security engineering. Posted base pay in US dollars for each year.
RegionMedian posted base payAgainst the US medianJobs with pay
New York$264K+12%30
Bay Area$250K+6%84
Other US cities$234K0%56
US remote$218K−7%61
All US jobs$235K0%175

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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.