Salary for Entry-level / Junior Security Engineer in United States during 2024
💰 The median Salary for Entry-level / Junior Security Engineer in United States during 2024 is USD 105,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 76 individual salaries reported during 2024
Salary details
The average entry-level / junior Security Engineer salary lies between USD 80,000 and USD 137,000 in the United States. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.
- Job title
- Security Engineer
- Experience
- Entry-level / Junior
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2024
- Sample size
- 76
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Region represents the primary country of residence of an employee during the year (or residence for tax purposes). All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.
Last updated: Sept. 15, 2024Salary trend
Top 20 Job Tags for Entry-level / Junior Security Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with entry-level / junior Security Engineer job listings are Computer Science, Cloud and Python. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:
Computer Science | 161 jobs Cloud | 153 jobs Python | 126 jobs Vulnerabilities | 120 jobs Compliance | 97 jobs Firewalls | 82 jobs Automation | 73 jobs Pentesting | 66 jobs Application security | 65 jobs Scripting | 64 jobs Linux | 62 jobs Network security | 60 jobs AWS | 60 jobs Monitoring | 59 jobs C | 57 jobs Java | 56 jobs SIEM | 54 jobs Incident response | 53 jobs Azure | 53 jobs CISSP | 52 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Entry-level / Junior Security Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with entry-level / junior Security Engineer job listings are Career development, Team events and Health care. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2024 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:
Career development | 175 jobs Team events | 100 jobs Health care | 81 jobs Flex hours | 73 jobs Equity / stock options | 62 jobs Startup environment | 57 jobs Competitive pay | 54 jobs Insurance | 37 jobs 401(k) matching | 36 jobs Medical leave | 30 jobs Parental leave | 26 jobs Flex vacation | 21 jobs Relocation support | 20 jobs Wellness | 19 jobs Salary bonus | 19 jobs Conferences | 12 jobs Home office stipend | 11 jobs Transparency | 9 jobs Gear | 6 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 5 jobsRelated salaries
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