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 136,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 1778 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average mid-level / intermediate Security Engineer salary lies between USD 105,000 and USD 179,300 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
- 1778
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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 Computer Science. 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 | 1282 jobs Compliance | 1047 jobs Computer Science | 914 jobs Vulnerabilities | 900 jobs Python | 799 jobs AWS | 756 jobs Monitoring | 747 jobs Automation | 732 jobs Incident response | 674 jobs CISSP | 662 jobs Scripting | 618 jobs Azure | 614 jobs Firewalls | 575 jobs NIST | 566 jobs SIEM | 520 jobs Application security | 502 jobs Network security | 492 jobs Linux | 484 jobs Pentesting | 425 jobs GCP | 395 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 | 1130 jobs Health care | 875 jobs Team events | 536 jobs Flex hours | 514 jobs Competitive pay | 506 jobs Insurance | 430 jobs Equity / stock options | 426 jobs Flex vacation | 363 jobs Startup environment | 304 jobs Salary bonus | 296 jobs Medical leave | 279 jobs Parental leave | 261 jobs 401(k) matching | 259 jobs Wellness | 227 jobs Relocation support | 83 jobs Fitness / gym | 72 jobs Transparency | 56 jobs Home office stipend | 55 jobs Conferences | 54 jobs Flexible spending account | 54 jobsRelated salaries
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