Security Engineer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Security Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 148,500
✏️ This salary info is based on 216 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Security Engineer salary lies between USD 115,200 and USD 189,000 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
- all levels
- Region
- United States
- Salary year
- 2025
- Sample size
- 216
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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 AWS. 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 | 454 jobs Compliance | 342 jobs AWS | 281 jobs Vulnerabilities | 277 jobs Computer Science | 275 jobs Python | 265 jobs CISSP | 227 jobs Automation | 224 jobs Monitoring | 218 jobs Azure | 215 jobs Scripting | 205 jobs Incident response | 202 jobs Firewalls | 190 jobs NIST | 183 jobs Network security | 165 jobs Application security | 160 jobs Linux | 157 jobs SIEM | 151 jobs GCP | 142 jobs Clearance | 134 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 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 | 402 jobs Health care | 314 jobs Team events | 203 jobs Competitive pay | 183 jobs Flex hours | 182 jobs Equity / stock options | 180 jobs Insurance | 160 jobs Flex vacation | 140 jobs Salary bonus | 121 jobs Startup environment | 111 jobs Medical leave | 105 jobs Parental leave | 99 jobs 401(k) matching | 83 jobs Wellness | 72 jobs Relocation support | 43 jobs Fitness / gym | 32 jobs Transparency | 23 jobs Fertility benefits | 22 jobs Home office stipend | 21 jobs Flexible spending account | 21 jobsRelated salaries
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