Senior Security Engineer salary: median $193,000 a year
Senior Security Engineer listings that state pay run from $176,500 to $210,000 for the middle half, based on 68 current job listings. 174 senior security engineer roles are open now.
Senior Security Engineer pay range
From 68 open listings that state pay. Annual, in US dollars.
- Lower quarter
- $176,500
- Median
- $193,000
- Upper quarter
- $210,000
Senior Security Engineer salary by state
States with at least 8 listings that state pay.
Open senior security engineer jobs
Verified against the employer’s own career site within the last week.
- Senior Security Engineer
Finix Payments · San Francisco, CA, USA
$180k–$240k · Oct 23, 2026
- Senior Security Engineer, Trust and Safety, Intel Security Engineering
Google · Seattle, WA, USA; Washington D.C., DC, USA
Oct 23, 2026
- Senior Security Engineer
Akron Children's · Akron, Ohio
Oct 22, 2026
- Senior Security Engineer, Device
HP · San Francisco, CA, US
Oct 22, 2026
- Senior Security Engineer
Mysten Labs · United States; USA (Remote)
$165k–$225k · Oct 21, 2026
- Senior Security Engineer - Detection and Response
Klaviyo · Boston, MA
$142k–$212k · Oct 20, 2026
- Senior Security Engineer - GRC
Playlist Technologies · United States
$150k–$170k · Oct 20, 2026
- Senior Security Engineer, Global Professional Services Security
AWS · Herndon, Virginia, USA
$178k–$227k · Oct 20, 2026
- Senior Security Engineer, Vulnerability Management and Remediation Operations, Defensive Security
Amazon · Seattle, Washington, USA
Oct 19, 2026
- Senior Security Engineer
Bertelsmann · Louisville, KY
Oct 19, 2026
- Senior Security Engineer - Enterprise Security
Snowflake · Bellevue, Washington, United States
Oct 19, 2026
- Senior Security Engineer, Incident Response
Stytch · United States, Remote
$142k–$208k · Oct 17, 2026
- Senior Security Engineer - Platform Trust & Safety
Datadog · New York City, NY
Oct 17, 2026
- Senior Security Engineer - Strategic Risk
Apple · Seattle, United States of America
Oct 16, 2026
- Senior Security Engineer - Platform Trust & Safety
Datadog · New York, New York, USA
$192k–$240k · Oct 16, 2026
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Senior Security Engineer salary questions
- How much does a senior security engineer make?
- Among 68 open senior security engineer listings that state pay, the median is $193,000 a year, and half of listings fall between $176,500 and $210,000.
- Where does this senior security engineer pay data come from?
- From current job listings on employers’ own career sites that state a pay range. Hourly pay is converted at 2,080 hours a year, and a listing’s midpoint is used. Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
- Which state pays senior security engineers the most?
- Of the states with enough listings, New York has the highest median listed pay at $213,500.
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