# Security engineer salary: $165,000–$226,700 a year

Every number below comes from 1,072 tracked live postings whose title matches "security engineer". No surveys, no self-reports. Listed salaries only, in US dollars.

Measured November 2026 · n=525 US postings with salary.

## Findings

- The median security engineer posting offers $165,000–$226,700 a year (n=525).
- 28.2% of the 1,072 live postings matching "security engineer" are remote.
- Builds AI (AI Level 4) security engineers list $228,600–$300,000, vs $159,300–$226,700 at Little AI (AI Level 1).

## Median salary by seniority (USD / year)

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Intern | 0 | not enough data |
| Junior | 6 | $136,000–$184,000 |
| Mid-level | 131 | $159,300–$202,400 |
| Senior | 293 | $170,000–$236,900 |
| Lead | 58 | $191,600–$268,925 |

## Remote vs on-site (USD / year)

| Segment | US postings with salary | Median min–max / year |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Remote | 156 | $183,500–$255,250 |
| On-site / hybrid | 369 | $159,300–$220,000 |

## Companies hiring security engineers

- [Amazon](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/amazon) (178)
- [SpaceX](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/spacex) (46)
- [Anduril Industries](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/anduril-industries) (20)
- [NVIDIA](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/nvidia) (19)
- [Orange](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/orange) (19)
- [Jane Street](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/jane-street) (17)
- [Anthropic](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/anthropic) (16)
- [PwC](https://jobsbylevel.com/companies/pwc) (14)

## Method

US-dollar postings whose title contains "security engineer", with both salary bounds listed. This page exists because 525 such postings clear the 50-posting floor Level requires before publishing a dedicated salary page. Below that, the median moves too much between ingestion cycles to be a citable number.

Sample: postings at tech companies tracked by Level. Not the whole labor market. Do not cite as a national average.

Refreshed automatically; this edition is measured November 2026. Small-n slices move a lot. Read the n column first.

## Security engineer salary questions, answered from the data

**What is the median security engineer salary?**

Across 525 live US postings for security engineers with a listed USD salary, measured November 2026, the median offer is $165,000–$226,700 a year. This is the tracked catalog, not the whole labor market.

**How many security engineers jobs are remote?**

28.2% of the 525 live postings are marked remote by the employer, measured November 2026.

**Does the AI level of the job change the pay?**

In this sample, 33 postings build AI and 843 involve little AI. See the level breakdown below for the median at each level. Measured November 2026.

Source: https://jobsbylevel.com/salaries/role/security-engineer

## Cite this page

Level. https://jobsbylevel.com/salaries/role/security-engineer. Measured November 2026.

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