Data
Security Engineer Salary — 2026
Live figures from 1544 active job postings. Updated daily from public ATS feeds.
Generated 2026-11-15 · 46% of postings have published salary
P25
$155,000
Median
$197,500
P75
$240,000
USD base salary · 672 roles with published salary · range $37,500–$675,000
Full salary breakdown by currency
| Currency | Median | P25 | P75 | Min | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 197,500 | 155,000 | 240,000 | 37,500 | 672 |
| EUR | 90,000 | 63,150 | 90,000 | 45,000 | 21 |
| CAD | 161,500 | 117,500 | 175,000 | 92,500 | 11 |
| GBP | 109,000 | 67,500 | 145,000 | 60,000 | 10 |
| AUD | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 150,000 | 1 |
Top companies by open Security Engineer headcount
- 1. Accenture Federal Services 31 open roles
- 2. NVIDIA 27 open roles
- 3. GuidePoint Security 26 open roles
- 4. Anthropic 24 open roles
- 5. Cisco 22 open roles
- 6. Agile Defense 19 open roles
- 7. Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies 19 open roles
- 8. Coupang 18 open roles
- 9. Visa 18 open roles
- 10. Vanguard 17 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 (46% of 1,544 active Security Engineer roles as of 2026-11-15). 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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