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

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Salary details

The average mid-level / intermediate Security Engineer salary lies between USD 104,811 and USD 178,000 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
Mid-level / Intermediate
Region
United States
Salary year
2025
Sample size
1980
Top 10%
$ 220,000
Top 25%
$ 178,000
Median
$ 136,000
Bottom 25%
$ 104,811
Bottom 10%
$ 82,039

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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Salary trend

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 | 1423 jobs Compliance | 1154 jobs Computer Science | 1002 jobs Vulnerabilities | 1000 jobs Python | 888 jobs AWS | 838 jobs Monitoring | 826 jobs Automation | 816 jobs Incident response | 738 jobs CISSP | 738 jobs Scripting | 690 jobs Azure | 674 jobs Firewalls | 645 jobs NIST | 629 jobs SIEM | 572 jobs Network security | 553 jobs Application security | 553 jobs Linux | 534 jobs Pentesting | 466 jobs Windows | 440 jobs

Top 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 | 1262 jobs Health care | 965 jobs Team events | 586 jobs Flex hours | 571 jobs Competitive pay | 552 jobs Insurance | 477 jobs Equity / stock options | 471 jobs Flex vacation | 403 jobs Startup environment | 348 jobs Salary bonus | 321 jobs Medical leave | 306 jobs 401(k) matching | 285 jobs Parental leave | 281 jobs Wellness | 254 jobs Relocation support | 90 jobs Fitness / gym | 76 jobs Transparency | 62 jobs Home office stipend | 60 jobs Flexible spending account | 59 jobs Conferences | 57 jobs

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Security Engineer @ $ 92,020 (Netherlands) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 126,787 (Mexico) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 50,210 (Latvia) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 73,894 (Lithuania) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 99,091 (Italy) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 25,508 (India) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 121,210 (Ireland) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 87,657 (United Kingdom) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 101,250 (Germany) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 146,200 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
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Security Engineer @ $ 122,412 (Australia) Details
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