Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Engineer in United States during 2025
💰 The median Salary for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Engineer in United States during 2025 is USD 137,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 821 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average mid-level / intermediate Security Engineer salary lies between USD 105,800 and USD 187,200 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
- Mid-level / Intermediate
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 821
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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.
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Top 20 Job Tags for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Security Engineer job listings are Cloud, Compliance and Vulnerabilities. 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 | 572 jobs Compliance | 488 jobs Vulnerabilities | 424 jobs Computer Science | 413 jobs Python | 358 jobs AWS | 351 jobs Monitoring | 346 jobs Automation | 337 jobs Incident response | 318 jobs CISSP | 308 jobs Scripting | 286 jobs Azure | 280 jobs NIST | 256 jobs Firewalls | 255 jobs SIEM | 248 jobs Network security | 230 jobs Linux | 227 jobs Application security | 219 jobs Pentesting | 204 jobs Windows | 191 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Mid-level / Intermediate Security Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with mid-level / intermediate Security Engineer job listings are Career development, Health care and Team events. 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 | 545 jobs Health care | 396 jobs Team events | 257 jobs Flex hours | 234 jobs Competitive pay | 214 jobs Insurance | 211 jobs Equity / stock options | 198 jobs Flex vacation | 161 jobs Salary bonus | 141 jobs Startup environment | 136 jobs Medical leave | 130 jobs Parental leave | 128 jobs 401(k) matching | 122 jobs Wellness | 108 jobs Fitness / gym | 40 jobs Relocation support | 39 jobs Transparency | 34 jobs Flexible spending account | 25 jobs Home office stipend | 20 jobs Unlimited paid time off | 20 jobsRelated salaries
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