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Security Engineer Salary — 2026
Live figures from 1675 active job postings. Updated daily from public ATS feeds.
Generated 2026-08-15 · 46% of postings have published salary
P25
$162,080
Median
$200,000
P75
$244,896
USD base salary · 679 roles with published salary · range $37,500–$620,000
Full salary breakdown by currency
| Currency | Median | P25 | P75 | Min | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 200,000 | 162,080 | 244,896 | 37,500 | 679 |
| EUR | 90,000 | 68,500 | 90,000 | 20,000 | 51 |
| CAD | 155,550 | 130,900 | 185,000 | 120,050 | 20 |
| GBP | 87,500 | 76,000 | 110,000 | 50,000 | 13 |
| AUD | 141,500 | 133,000 | 150,000 | 133,000 | 2 |
Top companies by open Security Engineer headcount
- 1. Accenture Federal Services 30 open roles
- 2. NVIDIA 22 open roles
- 3. EverAI 21 open roles
- 4. Anthropic 20 open roles
- 5. OpenAI 18 open roles
- 6. GuidePoint Security 18 open roles
- 7. Visa 17 open roles
- 8. Mozilla 16 open roles
- 9. Jane Street 16 open roles
- 10. Cisco 16 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 1,675 active Security Engineer roles as of 2026-08-15). 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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