What is the average Security salary?

The median Security salary is $180,700 based on 874 job postings with published compensation data across 140 companies.

How does Security salary vary by seniority?

Security salaries range from $107,600 at the junior level to $272,000 at the vp level.

Which companies pay the most for Security roles?

The highest-paying companies for Security include Netflix ($540,000), Anthropic ($362,500), HubSpot ($346,050).

Security Salary Guide 2026

Median Salary

$180,700

Security roles

Jobs with Pay Data

874

postings with salary info

Salary Range

$142,000 – $216,000

25th to 75th percentile

Companies Reporting

140

with compensation data

Salary by Seniority

Median Security salary by experience level

junior

$107,600

mid

$160,000

senior

$195,650

staff

$231,325

principal

$208,800

manager

$170,000

director

$256,000

$272,000

Top-Paying Companies

By median Security salary

Netflix

$540,000

Anthropic

$362,500

HubSpot

$346,050

Faire

$318,250

Hippo Insurance

$313,750

Roblox

$297,615

Postman

$287,500

Veeam

$278,000

Square (Block)

$272,300

Scale AI

$267,300

Top Locations by Salary

Median salary by location

Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco

$362,500

Remote - California

$321,000

Bay Area

$272,300

Remote-Friendly

$265,000

San Francisco

$255,000

SAN JOSE

$255,000

San Mateo

$251,370

Menlo Park

$243,750

Compensation Distribution

Based on 874 Security postings with salary data

<$75k

$75k–$100k

$100k–$150k

198

$150k–$200k

289

$200k–$300k

285

$300k+

Security Jobs with Salary

Senior Security Engineer, FedRAMP

senior Security Engineer · Abnormal Security · Remote (United States)

AWS Docker Terraform

$153k – $220k

Sr. Embedded Detection Analyst

mid Security Analyst · Abnormal Security · Remote (United States)

Python SQL Databricks

$167k – $240k

Staff Software Engineer, Security & Privacy

staff Security Engineer · Abnormal Security · Remote (United States)

Python Go Distributed Systems

$210k – $303k

New Expert Threat Intelligence Analyst - Central Technology

mid Security Analyst · Activision Blizzard · Sherman Oaks, CA · Posted Jul 10, 2026

Python SQL

$99k – $184k

New Expert Detection and Response Engineer (Remote)

mid Security Engineer · Activision Blizzard · Irvine, CA · Posted Jul 10, 2026

Python LLMs Security

$124k – $229k

Senior / Information Retrieval Engineer (AI/ML), Brand Concierge

senior Security Engineer · Adobe · San Jose, CA · Posted Mar 29, 2026

Express LLMs NLP

$173k – $307k

Sr Security Engineer

senior Security Engineer · Adobe · Lehi, UT · Posted Jun 12, 2026

Python Express Terraform

$145k – $261k

Senior Staff Platform and Product Security AI engineer

senior Cloud Security Engineer · Adobe · San Jose, CA · Posted May 22, 2026

Python TypeScript Java

$174k – $331k

Security Engineer

mid Security Engineer · Adobe · Seattle, WA · Posted Jun 16, 2026

Python Express Terraform

$123k – $216k

Product Security Engineer

mid Application Security Engineer · Adobe · New York City, NY · Posted May 19, 2026

Python JavaScript React

$123k – $216k

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Other Role Family Salaries

Machine Learning $208,575 Product $200,500 Design $192,900 Legal $181,050 Software Engineering $174,950 Data Engineering $172,750 Marketing $160,000 Sales $155,300 Operations $145,050 People $142,500 Services $142,500 Finance $132,200

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