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Security Engineer
2031 employer-disclosed salaries · last 90 days · refreshed 4317 min ago
$158kmedian · disclosed by employers, not self-reported
p25 $121kmedian $158kp75 $200k
National baseline: $120k (BLS OEWS, U.S. national, May 2023). Live postings skew toward employers that disclose pay.
Am I underpaid?
By seniority
Junior$62k – $82k – $98k24 postings
Mid$108k – $139k – $180k1049 postings
Senior$134k – $160k – $190k599 postings
Staff+$178k – $208k – $250k311 postings
Remote vs on-site
Remote $205k · on-site $151k
By employer type
Startup $208k (68)
Enterprise $193k (112)
Gov contractor $132k (92)
Where this comes from
- Senior Forward Deployed Engineer · Webflow · $178,500 - $210,000
- Senior Platform Security Engineer · Discord · $196,000 to $245,000
- IT Ops Engineer · Vercel · $116,000-$174,000.
- Software Engineering Intern - Winter '27 · Vercel · $110,000 - $132,000.
Live pay-transparency data parsed from public job boards — what employers offer today, not what people self-reported years ago.