Information Security Engineer salary
3 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 21, 2026
The best-evidenced figure here is for information security engineer roles at senior level across the United States: 22 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $144,500 and $195,094, with a median of $166,000.
Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $119,500 and senior $166,000. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 39% more.
Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 1 of the 3 ranges in the table rests on fewer than 10 postings and is marked hint: treat it as a hint rather than a benchmark.
Every measured range
3 by market and level| Market | Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States · country-wide | Mid | $110,000 – $167,500 | $119,500 | 17 |
| United States · country-wide | Senior | $144,500 – $195,094 | $166,000 | 22 |
| Remote · United States | Senior | $172,750 – $200,250 | $195,000 | 7hint |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above. Rows marked hint rest on fewer than 10 postings: read them as a hint, not a benchmark.
Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the market and level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
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1 pageOpen information security engineer roles · 7 with stated pay
Pay marked e is our estimate. Everything else is the employer's own figure.
this job's payour estimatewhere most pay sits here, $129,000–$220,000scale $70,000–$310,000
Information Security Engineer, Network Security Engineering JLL · Remote · US New $154,000–$161,000 3d ago Staff Information Security Engineer - AI First Rithum LinkedIn Board · Remote · US $170,000–$220,000 10d ago 
Principal Information Security Engineer Arctic Wolf · Remote · Canada CA$60,000–CA$211,000 2w ago 
Senior AI Information Security Engineer Tenable, Inc. · Remote · US $122,500–$163,166 4w ago 
Senior Information Security Engineer - Incident Response LinkedIn · Remote · US $129,000–$212,000 4w ago Staff Information Security Engineer - Detection Engineering LinkedIn · Remote · US $156,000–$255,000 8w ago 
Staff Information Security Engineer - AI First Rithum · Remote · US $170,000–$220,000 4mo ago Senior Information Security Engineer First Am (Faicareers) · Remote · India Pay not stated 4d ago Senior Information Security Engineer First Am (Faicareers) · Remote · India Pay not stated 4d ago Information Security Engineer Firstquality · Remote · US $120,988–$189,241e 11d ago 
Information Security Engineer - (Remote) Insider One · Remote · Türkiye Pay not stated 2w ago Associate Information Security Engineer Highmark Health · Remote · US In listing 2w ago 
Sr. Information Security Engineer Reveleer · Remote · US $152,500–$210,650e 2w ago 
Information Security Engineer (Tier 3) Netrix Global · Remote · Bulgaria Pay not stated 6w ago 
Staff Information Security Engineer Five9 · Remote · Portugal Pay not stated 2mo ago Information Security Engineer Dentons · Remote · Spain Pay not stated 3mo ago Information Security Engineer Dentons · Remote · Czechia Pay not stated 3mo ago Information Security Engineer (Dentons Business Services EMEA) Dentons · Remote · Poland Pay not stated 3mo ago 
Information Security Engineer, Product Aptos Labs · Remote · US $120,988–$189,241e 9mo ago 
Job Title: Information Security Engineer - Vulnerability Management III Hudson Manpower · Remote · US $120,988–$189,241e 1y ago