Security Engineer Salary in United States during 2025
💰 The median Security Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 150,000
✏️ This salary info is based on 6176 individual salaries reported during 2025
Salary details
The average Security Engineer salary lies between USD 117,500 and USD 197,800 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
- 6176
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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 | 6375 jobs Compliance | 4926 jobs Vulnerabilities | 4082 jobs Python | 3994 jobs Computer Science | 3933 jobs Automation | 3799 jobs AWS | 3764 jobs Monitoring | 3291 jobs Incident response | 3117 jobs CISSP | 3002 jobs Azure | 2976 jobs Scripting | 2880 jobs Firewalls | 2563 jobs NIST | 2524 jobs Network security | 2335 jobs SIEM | 2322 jobs Application security | 2266 jobs Linux | 2118 jobs GCP | 2015 jobs Pentesting | 1866 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 | 5627 jobs Health care | 4274 jobs Flex hours | 2508 jobs Team events | 2464 jobs Competitive pay | 2412 jobs Equity / stock options | 2366 jobs Insurance | 2182 jobs Flex vacation | 1937 jobs Salary bonus | 1697 jobs Startup environment | 1584 jobs Parental leave | 1532 jobs Medical leave | 1524 jobs 401(k) matching | 1344 jobs Wellness | 1177 jobs Relocation support | 462 jobs Transparency | 327 jobs Conferences | 322 jobs Fitness / gym | 316 jobs Home office stipend | 316 jobs Flexible spending account | 309 jobsRelated salaries
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