Security Engineer salary
Typical advertised pay for Security Engineer roles, from real job postings on FindRole.
Median advertised base salary
$193,000
Most postings fall between $163,750 and $234,650.
Based on 107 postings across 42 companies. Updated October 27, 2026.
As of October 2026, the median advertised base salary for Security Engineer roles is $193,000, based on 107 live job postings from 42 employers tracked by FindRole.
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Salary by seniority
| Level | 25th %ile | Median | 75th %ile | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $159,750 | $193,000 | $231,595 | 31 |
| Staff | $181,425 | $229,262 | $239,400 | 10 |
| Principal | $208,800 | $208,800 | $233,550 | 10 |
| Not specified | $142,500 | $192,000 | $220,650 | 47 |
Skills employers ask for
Share of Security Engineer postings that name each skill.
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Python 58% · 62 of 107
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AWS 48% · 51 of 107
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Go 37% · 40 of 107
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GCP 36% · 39 of 107
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CI/CD 35% · 37 of 107
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Incident Response 30% · 32 of 107
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SIEM 28% · 30 of 107
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Threat Modeling 28% · 30 of 107
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Kubernetes 27% · 29 of 107
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IAM 26% · 28 of 107
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Terraform 26% · 28 of 107
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Java 25% · 27 of 107
Counted once per posting across 107 Security Engineer postings with an extracted skill list, as of October 2026. Spellings are folded to one name (K8s → Kubernetes) — see methodology.
Related roles
Titles whose postings ask for many of the same skills.
- Cloud Engineer shares Python, AWS, Go median $152,167
- DevOps Engineer shares Python, AWS, Go median $130,000
- Engineer shares Python, AWS, Go median $178,175
- Site Reliability Engineer shares Python, AWS, Go median $180,200
- Solutions Engineer shares Python, AWS, GCP median $190,000
- Platform Engineer shares Python, AWS, CI/CD median $156,250
Remote vs. onsite
Remote median
$223,282
20 postings
Onsite median
$192,000
87 postings
Top companies hiring Security Engineers
- Braze 10 postings · median $192,000
- Apple Inc 8 postings · median $249,175
- SpaceX 8 postings · median $142,500
- Microsoft 7 postings · median $208,800
- Block 5 postings · median $272,300
- F5 Inc 5 postings · median $165,000
- Anduril Industries 5 postings · median $193,000
- Target 4 postings · median $185,000
Open Security Engineer roles right now
The postings these numbers come from — see all Security Engineer jobs.
- Principal Security Engineer, Business Information Security Office Target · Remote (Brooklyn Park, MN) View →
- Principal Security Engineer, Security Data & Reporting Oracle · Nashville, TN View →
- Security Engineer III JPMorgan Chase · Plano, TX View →
- Senior Security Engineer, Device HP Inc. · San Francisco, CA View →
- Principal Security Engineer Microsoft View →
- Security Engineer II, Cyber Operations Endeavor Health · Warrenville, IL View →
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