Security Engineer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Security Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 154,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 2586 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Security Engineer salary lies between USD 118,450 and USD 200,200 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
- 2586
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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 | 2820 jobs Compliance | 2122 jobs Vulnerabilities | 1828 jobs Computer Science | 1785 jobs Python | 1759 jobs AWS | 1678 jobs Automation | 1628 jobs Monitoring | 1398 jobs Incident response | 1348 jobs Azure | 1307 jobs CISSP | 1305 jobs Scripting | 1227 jobs Firewalls | 1098 jobs NIST | 1077 jobs Network security | 1032 jobs Application security | 1015 jobs SIEM | 992 jobs Linux | 958 jobs GCP | 879 jobs Privacy | 849 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 | 2520 jobs Health care | 1890 jobs Team events | 1183 jobs Flex hours | 1168 jobs Equity / stock options | 1112 jobs Competitive pay | 1108 jobs Insurance | 985 jobs Flex vacation | 887 jobs Salary bonus | 790 jobs Parental leave | 703 jobs Startup environment | 689 jobs Medical leave | 682 jobs 401(k) matching | 607 jobs Wellness | 543 jobs Relocation support | 217 jobs Fitness / gym | 153 jobs Home office stipend | 153 jobs Transparency | 146 jobs Conferences | 137 jobs Flexible spending account | 137 jobsRelated salaries
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