Security Engineer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Security Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 151,100
✏️ This salary info is based on 3973 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Security Engineer salary lies between USD 117,000 and USD 198,720 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
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 3973
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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 Security Engineer roles
The three most common job tag items assiciated with 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 | 4057 jobs Compliance | 3101 jobs Vulnerabilities | 2619 jobs Python | 2534 jobs Computer Science | 2517 jobs AWS | 2389 jobs Automation | 2371 jobs Monitoring | 2084 jobs Incident response | 1988 jobs Azure | 1878 jobs CISSP | 1874 jobs Scripting | 1792 jobs Firewalls | 1627 jobs NIST | 1571 jobs Network security | 1498 jobs SIEM | 1483 jobs Application security | 1465 jobs Linux | 1368 jobs GCP | 1266 jobs Privacy | 1214 jobsTop 20 Job Perks/Benefits for Security Engineer roles
The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with 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 | 3585 jobs Health care | 2746 jobs Flex hours | 1659 jobs Competitive pay | 1625 jobs Team events | 1624 jobs Equity / stock options | 1557 jobs Insurance | 1426 jobs Flex vacation | 1273 jobs Salary bonus | 1109 jobs Startup environment | 1025 jobs Parental leave | 1018 jobs Medical leave | 1002 jobs 401(k) matching | 867 jobs Wellness | 781 jobs Relocation support | 313 jobs Fitness / gym | 216 jobs Transparency | 215 jobs Home office stipend | 211 jobs Flexible spending account | 208 jobs Conferences | 201 jobsRelated salaries
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