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Security Engineer Salary — 2026
Live figures from 1633 active job postings. Updated daily from public ATS feeds.
Generated 2026-07-01 · 42% of postings have published salary
P25
$165,000
Median
$203,500
P75
$244,896
USD base salary · 633 roles with published salary · range $70,000–$680,000
Full salary breakdown by currency
| Currency | Median | P25 | P75 | Min | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 203,500 | 165,000 | 244,896 | 70,000 | 633 |
| EUR | 68,500 | 62,500 | 103,000 | 4,600 | 27 |
| CAD | 148,000 | 130,000 | 195,000 | 95,000 | 17 |
| GBP | 99,500 | 76,000 | 121,250 | 65,000 | 12 |
Top companies by open Security Engineer headcount
- 1. Accenture Federal Services 30 open roles
- 2. GuidePoint Security 20 open roles
- 3. Boeing 19 open roles
- 4. OpenAI 18 open roles
- 5. Palantir 18 open roles
- 6. Cisco 15 open roles
- 7. Jane Street 15 open roles
- 8. Datadog 15 open roles
- 9. Centre for Strategic Infocomm Technologies 14 open roles
- 10. NVIDIA 13 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 (42% of 1,633 active Security Engineer roles as of 2026-07-01). 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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