Security Specialist salary

5 market ranges · employer-stated pay · updated Oct 23, 2026

The best-evidenced figure here is for security specialist roles at mid level across the United States: 63 postings where the employer stated pay put the middle half between $85,640 and $133,700, with a median of $107,050.

Pay rises with seniority across the United States: the medians run mid-level $107,050 and senior $125,236. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 17% more.

Every range here is counted from real postings, never modelled. 3 of the 5 ranges in the table rest on fewer than 10 postings and are marked hint: treat those as hints rather than benchmarks.

Security Specialist pay by specialization

Security Operations & Analysis 13Application & Product Security 1

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

Every measured range

5 by market and level

Market	Level	Market range	Median	Sample
United States · country-wide	Mid	$85,640 – $133,700	$107,050	63
Canada · country-wide	Mid	CA$95,288 – CA$128,600	CA$116,850	8hint
United States · country-wide	Senior	$100,190 – $148,125	$125,236	20
Remote · United States	Mid	$122,500 – $135,000	$135,000	5hint
Arlington	Mid	$113,700 – $133,700	$133,700	5hint

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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