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Security Engineer salary

127 posted ranges at 46 companies · median $230k · H-1B median $178k (539 filings)

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By level

Median of posted rangesMiddle halfH-1B median

LevelPostedH-1B
EntryH-1B onlyNo ranges$158k95 filings
MidH-1B onlyNo ranges$174k162 filings
Senior38 posted$204k$176k to $240k$198k94 filings
Staff27 posted$236k$211k to $295k$227k27 filings
Principal1 posted$401k to $510kone postingFew2 filings
Manager2 posted$201k to $255k2 postings$215k15 filings
Not stated59 posted$260k$156k to $320k$186k144 filings

By company

CompanyPosted
Palantir13 posted ranges$168k$135k to $200k
Anthropic10 posted ranges$363k$320k to $405k
OpenAI9 posted ranges$356k$266k to $445k
CoreWeave7 posted ranges$203k$165k to $242k
Samsara6 posted ranges$230k$165k to $295k
Robinhood6 posted ranges$220k$202k to $238k
Scale AI5 posted ranges$270k$218k to $342k
xAI5 posted ranges$179k$100k to $258k
Harvey4 posted ranges$275k$220k to $330k
Ramp4 posted ranges$265k$198k to $323k
Snowflake4 posted ranges$236k$194k to $278k
Figure4 posted ranges$225k$150k to $300k
Datadog4 posted ranges$215k$190k to $240k
Abridge3 posted ranges$233k$214k to $252k
Lambda2 posted ranges$266k to $395k2 postings
Sentry2 posted ranges$155k to $400k2 postings
Mercor2 posted ranges$130k to $400k2 postings
Roblox2 posted ranges$224k to $285k2 postings
Replit2 posted ranges$195k to $298k2 postings
Zoox2 posted ranges$186k to $238k2 postings
Temporal2 posted ranges$160k to $263k2 postings
Anyscale2 posted ranges$190k to $225k2 postings
Plaid2 posted ranges$172k to $228k2 postings
Writer2 posted ranges$158k to $240k2 postings
Chainguard2 posted ranges$147k to $172k2 postings
Perplexity1 posted range$220k to $405kone posting
Sierra1 posted range$230k to $390kone posting
Suno1 posted range$230k to $330kone posting
Decagon1 posted range$200k to $330kone posting
Figma1 posted range$153k to $376kone posting
Vercel1 posted range$208k to $312kone posting
Wiz1 posted range$207k to $283kone posting
Waymo1 posted range$204k to $259kone posting
Databricks1 posted range$195k to $268kone posting
Discord1 posted range$196k to $245kone posting
Brex1 posted range$192k to $240kone posting
Modal1 posted range$150k to $270kone posting
GitLab1 posted range$168k to $238kone posting
Baseten1 posted range$150k to $250kone posting
Starburst1 posted range$175k to $215kone posting
1X1 posted range$138k to $250kone posting
Okta1 posted range$161k to $221kone posting
Mercury1 posted range$167k to $208kone posting
Synthesia1 posted range$150k to $200kone posting
Twilio1 posted range$156k to $194kone posting
Spotify1 posted range$133k to $190kone posting

Posted ranges

120 postings

PostingRange
Principal Security Engineer, Infrastructure Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAIPrincipalRemote (US)$401kto $510k
Staff+ Application Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$320kto $485k
Staff+ Application Security Engineer - M&A (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$320kto $485k
Staff+ Software Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$405kto $485k
Security Engineer, Application Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$266kto $445k
Security Engineer, Application Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSeattle area$266kto $445k
Security Engineer, Application Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedNew York City$266kto $445k
Security Engineer, Agent Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$266kto $445k
Security Engineer, Infrastructure Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedRemote (US)$266kto $445k
Forward Deployed Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedWashington DC area$266kto $445k
Platform Security Engineer, OpenBMC (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$320kto $405k
Security Engineer, Corporate Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$320kto $405k
Security Engineer, Detection & Response (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$300kto $405k
Security Engineer - Threat Intel (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$320kto $405k
Senior Software Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$320kto $405k
Staff+ Security Engineer, Risk Engineering (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$320kto $405k
Member of Technical Staff (Offensive Security Engineer) (the posting, opens in a new tab)PerplexityNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$220kto $405k
Security Engineer, Application Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)SentryNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$155kto $400k
Security Engineer, Detection & Response (the posting, opens in a new tab)SentryNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$155kto $400k
Security Engineer, Application Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)MercorNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$130kto $400k
Security Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure (the posting, opens in a new tab)MercorNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$130kto $400k
Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)LambdaNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$266kto $395k
Senior Security Engineer - Enterprise Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)LambdaSeniorSeattle area$266kto $395k
Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)SierraNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$230kto $390k
Security Engineer, Detection and Response (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$266kto $385k
Security Engineer, Insider Threat Detection & Response (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$266kto $385k
Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)FigmaNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$153kto $376k
Security Engineer, Privacy (the posting, opens in a new tab)RampNot statedNew York City$185kto $375k
Security Engineer, Product (the posting, opens in a new tab)RampNot statedNew York City$258kto $355k
Security Engineer, Application Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)FigureNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$150kto $350k
Security Engineer, Product and Device Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)FigureNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$150kto $350k
Infrastructure Security Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AINot statedNew York City$198kto $342k
Product Security Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AINot statedNew York City$198kto $342k
Security Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AINot statedNew York City$218kto $342k
Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)DecagonNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$200kto $330k
Staff Product Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)HarveyStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$220kto $330k
Staff Corporate Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)HarveyStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$220kto $330k
Staff Corporate Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)HarveyStaffNew York City$220kto $330k
Senior / Staff Application Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)SunoStaffBoston area$230kto $330k
Senior Cloud Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)RobloxSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$251kto $326k
Product Security Engineer (PSIRT - Product Security Incident Response Team) (the posting, opens in a new tab)ReplitNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$180kto $325k
Security Engineer, Offensive Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnthropicNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$300kto $320k
Security Engineer, Detection Response (the posting, opens in a new tab)VercelNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$208kto $312k
Staff Application Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatadogStaffNew York City$244kto $305k
Staff Security Engineer - Enterprise Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)SnowflakeStaffRemote (US)$211kto $304k
Staff Security Engineer - Threat Detection (the posting, opens in a new tab)SnowflakeStaffRemote (US)$211kto $304k
Security Engineer, Infrastructure (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$238kto $297k
Security Engineer, Product Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$238kto $297k
Staff Application Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)SamsaraStaffRemote (US)$165kto $295k
Staff Application Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)SamsaraStaffNew York City$165kto $295k
Staff Application Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)SamsaraStaffDallas-Fort Worth$165kto $295k
Staff Application Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)SamsaraStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$165kto $295k
Staff Application Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)SamsaraStaffSeattle area$165kto $295k
Security Engineer, Cloud (the posting, opens in a new tab)RampNot statedNew York City$211kto $291k
Senior Staff Software Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)RobinhoodStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$247kto $290k
Staff Application Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)AbridgeStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$228kto $290k
Staff Cloud Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)TemporalStaffRemote (US)$176kto $289k
Security Engineer, Product & Production Infrastructure (the posting, opens in a new tab)WizNot statedRemote (US)$207kto $283k
Senior Product Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)HarveySeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$188kto $282k
Security Engineer - Vuln Management (Infra) (the posting, opens in a new tab)ReplitManagerSan Francisco Bay Area$210kto $270k
Infrastructure Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)ModalNot statedNew York City$150kto $270k
Staff Enterprise Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksStaffRemote (US)$195kto $268k
Senior Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)WaymoSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$204kto $259k
Application Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)xAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$100kto $258k
Infrastructure Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)xAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$100kto $258k
Network Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)xAINot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$100kto $258k
Sr. Security Engineer - GRC Fintech & Financial Services (the posting, opens in a new tab)xAISeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$152kto $258k
Sr. Security Engineer - GRC Frameworks & AI Governance (the posting, opens in a new tab)xAISeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$152kto $258k
Staff Offensive Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)RobinhoodStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$217kto $255k
Staff Security Engineer, Detection & Response (the posting, opens in a new tab)RobinhoodStaffSan Francisco Bay Area$217kto $255k
Senior Security Engineer, Incident Response (the posting, opens in a new tab)SnowflakeSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$176kto $253k
Senior Security Engineer, Incident Response (the posting, opens in a new tab)SnowflakeSeniorRemote (US)$176kto $253k
Senior Application Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)AbridgeSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$214kto $252k
Senior Enterprise Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)AbridgeSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$214kto $252k
Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)BasetenNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$150kto $250k
Security Engineer, Enterprise Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)FigureNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$150kto $250k
Security Engineer - Infrastructure Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)FigureNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$150kto $250k
Product Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)1XNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$138kto $250k
Senior Platform Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)DiscordSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$196kto $245k
Senior Offensive Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)RobloxSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$197kto $243k
Security Engineer - Platform Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)PlaidNot statedSeattle area$189kto $243k
Senior Network Security Engineer, Operational Technology (the posting, opens in a new tab)CoreWeaveSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$164kto $242k
Senior Security Engineer, Detection Engineering (the posting, opens in a new tab)CoreWeaveSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$165kto $242k
Senior Security Engineer, Enterprise Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)CoreWeaveSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$165kto $242k
Senior Security Engineer II, Cloud Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)CoreWeaveSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$165kto $242k
Senior Platform Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatadogSeniorNew York City$187kto $240k
Senior Security Engineer, Vulnerability Management (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatadogManagerNew York City$192kto $240k
Senior Application Security Engineer (Remote) (the posting, opens in a new tab)BrexSeniorElsewhere in the US$192kto $240k
Staff security engineer, application security (the posting, opens in a new tab)WriterStaffNew York City$183kto $240k
Security engineer, detection and response (the posting, opens in a new tab)WriterNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$132kto $240k
Senior Cloud Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnyscaleSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$200kto $240k
Senior Security Engineer - Threat Detection (the posting, opens in a new tab)SamsaraSeniorRemote (US)$158kto $239k
Staff Infrastructure Security Engineer (USA) (the posting, opens in a new tab)GitLabStaffRemote (US)$168kto $238k
Senior Network Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)ZooxSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$198kto $238k
Senior Information Security Engineer (Detection, Automation & AI) (the posting, opens in a new tab)ZooxSeniorRemote (US)$174kto $237k
Senior Application Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)TemporalSeniorRemote (US)$144kto $236k
Senior Security Engineer, Endpoint (the posting, opens in a new tab)RampSeniorNew York City$172kto $236k
Staff Security Engineer - Federal (the posting, opens in a new tab)OktaStaffNew York City$161kto $221k
Senior Corporate Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)RobinhoodSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$187kto $220k
Senior Offensive Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)RobinhoodSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$187kto $220k
Senior Security Engineer, Detection & Response (the posting, opens in a new tab)RobinhoodSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$187kto $220k
Senior Security Engineer, eDiscovery, Insider Risk (the posting, opens in a new tab)CoreWeaveSeniorRemote (US)$165kto $220k
Senior Application Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)StarburstSeniorBoston area$175kto $215k
Security Engineer, GRC (the posting, opens in a new tab)PlaidNot statedSan Francisco Bay Area$156kto $214k
Senior Product Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)AnyscaleSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$180kto $210k
Senior Cloud Security Engineer - InfoSec (the posting, opens in a new tab)MercurySeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$167kto $208k
Senior Security Engineer I, Advanced Response (the posting, opens in a new tab)CoreWeaveSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$139kto $204k
Information Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirNot statedSeattle area$135kto $200k
Information Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirNot statedWashington DC area$135kto $200k
Information Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirNot statedNew York City$135kto $200k
Information Security Engineer - Infrastructure Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirNot statedNew York City$145kto $200k
Information Security Engineer - Infrastructure Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirNot statedWashington DC area$145kto $200k
Information Security Engineer - Insider Risk (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirNot statedNew York City$145kto $200k
Information Security Engineer - Insider Risk (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirNot statedWashington DC area$145kto $200k
Offensive Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirNot statedWashington DC area$145kto $200k
Offensive Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirNot statedNew York City$145kto $200k
Senior Identity Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirSeniorNew York City$135kto $200k
Senior Identity Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirSeniorWashington DC area$135kto $200k
Senior Identity Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirSeniorSan Francisco Bay Area$135kto $200k
SecOps Security Engineer (Staff-level, L6) (the posting, opens in a new tab)SynthesiaStaffRemote (US)$150kto $200k

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About

Finds and fixes weaknesses in systems, code and cloud accounts.

By city

CityPosted
San Francisco Bay Area69 posted ranges$240k$197k to $290k
New York City23 posted ranges$214k$183k to $240k
Remote (US)18 posted ranges$210k$171k to $246k
Washington DC area7 posted ranges$173k$145k to $200k
Seattle area5 posted ranges$230k$189k to $295k
Boston area2 posted ranges$203k to $273k2 postings
Elsewhere in the US2 posted ranges$157k to $210k2 postings
Dallas-Fort Worth1 posted range$165k to $295kone posting

H-1B by prevailing-wage level

The level the employer chose on the filing: I is entry, IV is fully competent. FY2025 Q4 to FY2026 Q3.

Level I: $157k (111) · Level II: $178k (201) · Level III: $182k (101) · Level IV: $218k (92)

H-1B median by quarter

Fiscal quarterFilingsMedian
FY2025 Q198$179k
FY2025 Q2140$168k
FY2025 Q3146$172k
FY2025 Q4111$186k
FY2026 Q175$173k
FY2026 Q299$179k
FY2026 Q3254$178k

Posted median by week

Week ofRangesMedian
Sep 21127$230k

Recent changes

DatePosting
Sep 24Senior Application Security EngineerStarburstSecurity EngineerPosted at $175k to $215k
Sep 24Product Security Engineer1XSecurity EngineerPosted at $138k to $250k
Sep 24Senior / Staff Application Security EngineerSunoSecurity EngineerPosted at $230k to $330k
Sep 24SecOps Security Engineer (Staff-level, L6)SynthesiaSecurity EngineerPosted at $150k to $200k
Sep 24Security EngineerHeyGenSecurity EngineerPosted with no range
Sep 24Security Engineer, Product and Device SecurityFigureSecurity EngineerPosted at $150k to $350k
Sep 24Security Engineer - Infrastructure SecurityFigureSecurity EngineerPosted at $150k to $250k
Sep 24Security Engineer, Enterprise SecurityFigureSecurity EngineerPosted at $150k to $250k
Sep 24Security Engineer, Application SecurityFigureSecurity EngineerPosted at $150k to $350k
Sep 24Senior Security Engineer II, Cloud SecurityCoreWeaveSecurity EngineerPosted at $165k to $242k
Sep 24Senior Security Engineer I, Advanced ResponseCoreWeaveSecurity EngineerPosted at $139k to $204k
Sep 24Senior Security Engineer, Enterprise SecurityCoreWeaveSecurity EngineerPosted at $165k to $242k
Sep 24Senior Security Engineer, eDiscovery, Insider RiskCoreWeaveSecurity EngineerPosted at $165k to $220k
Sep 24Senior Security Engineer, Detection EngineeringCoreWeaveSecurity EngineerPosted at $165k to $242k
Sep 24Senior Network Security Engineer, Operational TechnologyCoreWeaveSecurity EngineerPosted at $164k to $242k
Sep 24Data Center Security Engineer - WIDSCoreWeaveSecurity EngineerPosted at $122k to $179k
Sep 24Senior Endpoint Security EngineerCrusoeSecurity EngineerPosted with no range
Sep 24Staff Corporate Security EngineerCrusoeSecurity EngineerPosted with no range
Sep 24Senior Product Security EngineerCrusoeSecurity EngineerPosted with no range
Sep 24Staff Product Security EngineerCrusoeSecurity EngineerPosted with no range

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