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Security Engineer Salary — 2026
Live figures from 1716 active job postings. Updated daily from public ATS feeds.
Generated 2026-09-30 · 43% of postings have published salary
P25
$157,500
Median
$200,000
P75
$240,000
USD base salary · 677 roles with published salary · range $55,000–$455,500
Full salary breakdown by currency
| Currency | Median | P25 | P75 | Min | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 200,000 | 157,500 | 240,000 | 55,000 | 677 |
| EUR | 68,500 | 62,500 | 108,500 | 45,000 | 24 |
| GBP | 98,625 | 76,500 | 135,000 | 50,000 | 16 |
| CAD | 168,000 | 159,800 | 174,800 | 95,550 | 13 |
| AUD | 141,500 | 130,000 | 153,000 | 130,000 | 4 |
Top companies by open Security Engineer headcount
- 1. NVIDIA 34 open roles
- 2. Visa 24 open roles
- 3. Anthropic 22 open roles
- 4. GuidePoint Security 21 open roles
- 5. Cisco 19 open roles
- 6. Jane Street 17 open roles
- 7. Accenture Federal Services 16 open roles
- 8. Coupang 16 open roles
- 9. OpenAI 16 open roles
- 10. Dark Wolf Solutions 15 open roles
Methodology
Salary figures are parsed from structured fields and free-text descriptions in job postings scraped daily from public ATS APIs. Only postings with an explicit salary range or value are included (43% of 1,716 active Security Engineer roles as of 2026-09-30). Values represent base salary as stated — equity and bonus are excluded. Midpoint of a stated range is used for percentile calculations.
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