Salary for Executive-level / Director Security Engineer in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Executive-level / Director Security Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 204,600
✏️ This salary info is based on 56 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average executive-level / director Security Engineer salary lies between USD 135,000 and USD 280,100 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
- Executive-level / Director
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 56
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Top 20 Job Tags for Executive-level / Director Security Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with executive-level / director Security Engineer job listings are Cloud, Compliance and Azure. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:
Cloud | 73 jobs Compliance | 50 jobs Azure | 43 jobs AWS | 42 jobs Automation | 42 jobs CISSP | 42 jobs Computer Science | 39 jobs Python | 38 jobs Strategy | 35 jobs Application security | 29 jobs NIST | 27 jobs Risk management | 27 jobs Monitoring | 27 jobs IAM | 27 jobs Incident response | 26 jobs Firewalls | 26 jobs GCP | 26 jobs CISM | 25 jobs SDLC | 25 jobs Agile | 25 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Executive-level / Director Security Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with executive-level / director Security Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:
Career development | 69 jobs Health care | 44 jobs Flex hours | 33 jobs Team events | 23 jobs Competitive pay | 22 jobs Salary bonus | 22 jobs Equity / stock options | 20 jobs Insurance | 20 jobs Parental leave | 17 jobs Medical leave | 17 jobs Flex vacation | 15 jobs 401(k) matching | 12 jobs Startup environment | 11 jobs Wellness | 9 jobs Transparency | 7 jobs Flexible spending account | 5 jobs Fitness / gym | 4 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 4 jobs Signing bonus | 2 jobs Relocation support | 2 jobsRelated salaries
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