Security Engineer Salary in United States during 2025

💰 The median Security Engineer Salary in United States during 2025 is USD 150,200

✏️ This salary info is based on 5526 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average Security Engineer salary lies between USD 117,500 and USD 198,000 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
5526
Top 10%
$ 246,500
Top 25%
$ 198,000
Median
$ 150,200
Bottom 25%
$ 117,500
Bottom 10%
$ 90,985

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 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 | 5708 jobs Compliance | 4372 jobs Vulnerabilities | 3648 jobs Python | 3581 jobs Computer Science | 3526 jobs Automation | 3380 jobs AWS | 3363 jobs Monitoring | 2931 jobs Incident response | 2796 jobs CISSP | 2669 jobs Azure | 2664 jobs Scripting | 2564 jobs Firewalls | 2272 jobs NIST | 2233 jobs Network security | 2092 jobs SIEM | 2057 jobs Application security | 2054 jobs Linux | 1894 jobs GCP | 1800 jobs Pentesting | 1687 jobs

Top 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 | 5028 jobs Health care | 3839 jobs Flex hours | 2269 jobs Team events | 2210 jobs Competitive pay | 2184 jobs Equity / stock options | 2145 jobs Insurance | 1969 jobs Flex vacation | 1748 jobs Salary bonus | 1541 jobs Startup environment | 1408 jobs Parental leave | 1402 jobs Medical leave | 1378 jobs 401(k) matching | 1214 jobs Wellness | 1066 jobs Relocation support | 416 jobs Transparency | 303 jobs Fitness / gym | 290 jobs Home office stipend | 290 jobs Conferences | 284 jobs Flexible spending account | 284 jobs

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Security Engineer @ $ 88,607 (United Kingdom) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 94,736 (Germany) Details
Security Engineer @ $ 145,142 (Canada) - Senior-level / Expert Details
Security Engineer @ $ 115,922 (Canada) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
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