Security Engineer salary

40 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 24, 2026

The best-evidenced figure here is for security engineer roles at senior level across the United States: 397 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $155,950 and $208,125, with a median of $181,000.

Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run entry-level $88,325, mid-level $150,000 and senior $181,000. Moving from entry-level to senior is worth roughly 105% more.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 23 of the 40 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.

Security Engineer pay by specialization

Security Engineering 265Application & Product Security 78Security Leadership 2

Live security engineer roles by security function. A title spans functions; each link opens that function's own benchmark.

Every measured range

40 by market and level

Market	Level	Market range	Median	Sample
United States · country-wide	Entry	$82,538 – $99,784	$88,325	10
United States · country-wide	Mid	$119,750 – $194,030	$150,000	327
Canada · country-wide	Mid	CA$108,775 – CA$168,000	CA$130,750	14
United Kingdom · country-wide	Mid	£50,375 – £77,320	£54,800	11
United States · country-wide	Senior	$155,950 – $208,125	$181,000	397
Canada · country-wide	Senior	CA$140,044 – CA$206,469	CA$171,000	22
United Kingdom · country-wide	Senior	£69,900 – £108,250	£87,050	12
Ireland · country-wide	Senior	€71,894 – €91,075	€80,800	6hint
Remote · United States	Mid	$127,488 – $197,563	$146,818	74
Remote · United States	Senior	$157,094 – $206,375	$185,500	100
Arlington	Mid	$104,750 – $155,400	$139,000	7hint
Atlanta	Mid	$90,297 – $148,850	$92,500	5hint
Austin	Senior	$162,050 – $197,624	$176,025	6hint
Bellevue	Senior	$183,000 – $213,700	$197,150	6hint
Boston	Mid	$109,500 – $159,688	$132,250	6hint
Boston	Senior	$168,000 – $211,875	$183,750	14
Chantilly	Mid	$143,375 – $169,000	$153,900	6hint
Chicago	Mid	$107,500 – $130,850	$120,079	5hint
Chicago	Senior	$153,163 – $187,141	$175,650	14
Columbia	Mid	$120,650 – $193,300	$193,300	5hint
Denver	Senior	$187,086 – $217,375	$205,921	6hint
London	Senior	£87,050 – £118,125	£105,000	7hint
Los Angeles	Senior	$146,025 – $186,606	$177,463	6hint
Mclean	Mid	$144,375 – $162,000	$156,000	6hint
Mountain View	Senior	$175,000 – $220,000	$205,500	5hint
New York	Mid	$163,125 – $259,625	$220,000	34
New York	Senior	$163,375 – $210,000	$185,250	42
Reston	Mid	$133,129 – $162,000	$142,400	5hint
Reston	Senior	$162,000 – $185,200	$162,350	5hint
San Diego	Mid	$151,475 – $169,667	$162,000	5hint
San Francisco	Mid	$179,550 – $263,500	$237,500	39
San Francisco	Senior	$197,500 – $258,600	$230,100	37
San Jose	Mid	$156,506 – $225,000	$225,000	7hint
Santa Clara	Senior	$160,775 – $242,150	$210,000	5hint
Seattle	Senior	$185,500 – $227,700	$206,500	13
Sunnyvale	Senior	$200,000 – $275,000	$205,000	5hint
Toronto	Mid	CA$98,750 – CA$151,250	CA$117,500	7hint
Toronto	Senior	CA$133,250 – CA$188,906	CA$157,300	8hint
Washington	Mid	$147,038 – $196,500	$165,275	10
Washington	Senior	$136,850 – $190,388	$152,200	6hint

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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