Salary for Senior-level / Expert Detection Engineer in United States during 2024

💰 The median Salary for Senior-level / Expert Detection Engineer in United States during 2024 is USD 146,775

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Salary details

The average senior-level / expert Detection Engineer salary lies between USD 115,590 and USD 176,520 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
Detection Engineer
Experience
Senior-level / Expert
Region
United States
Salary year
2024
Sample size
6
Top 10%
$ 194,180
Top 25%
$ 176,520
Median
$ 146,775
Bottom 25%
$ 115,590
Bottom 10%
$ 105,070

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 Senior-level / Expert Detection Engineer roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with senior-level / expert Detection Engineer job listings are Cloud, Threat detection and Automation. 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:

Cloud | 120 jobs Threat detection | 95 jobs Automation | 93 jobs Python | 90 jobs SIEM | 80 jobs Incident response | 79 jobs Scripting | 71 jobs Splunk | 69 jobs Threat intelligence | 60 jobs XDR | 56 jobs Malware | 55 jobs MITRE ATT&CK | 55 jobs Windows | 54 jobs Monitoring | 54 jobs SOC | 54 jobs Azure | 53 jobs Linux | 48 jobs AWS | 46 jobs Computer Science | 46 jobs EDR | 43 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Senior-level / Expert Detection Engineer roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with senior-level / expert Detection Engineer job listings are Career development, Equity / stock options and Flex hours. 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 | 117 jobs Equity / stock options | 93 jobs Flex hours | 80 jobs Health care | 80 jobs Team events | 79 jobs Salary bonus | 73 jobs Flex vacation | 71 jobs Parental leave | 68 jobs Medical leave | 64 jobs Insurance | 49 jobs Transparency | 47 jobs Wellness | 41 jobs Competitive pay | 36 jobs Home office stipend | 23 jobs Gear | 22 jobs Fitness / gym | 21 jobs Startup environment | 18 jobs Conferences | 15 jobs Relocation support | 14 jobs 401(k) matching | 13 jobs

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