What is the average Security salary?

The median Security salary is $180,850 based on 840 job postings with published compensation data across 150 companies.

How does Security salary vary by seniority?

Security salaries range from $106,135 at the junior level to $249,500 at the director level.

Which companies pay the most for Security roles?

The highest-paying companies for Security include Netflix ($540,000), Anthropic ($352,500), Hippo Insurance ($313,750).

Security Salary Guide 2026

Median Salary

$180,850

Security roles

Jobs with Pay Data

840

postings with salary info

Salary Range

$140,200 – $221,700

25th to 75th percentile

Companies Reporting

150

with compensation data

Salary by Seniority

Median Security salary by experience level

junior

$106,135

mid

$160,000

senior

$193,000

staff

$222,000

principal

$223,000

manager

$159,252

director

$249,500

Top-Paying Companies

By median Security salary

Netflix

$540,000

Anthropic

$352,500

Hippo Insurance

$313,750

OpenAI

$309,700

Roblox

$297,615

Vanta

$288,500

IonQ

$286,991

Ramp

$279,850

Arctic Wolf

$272,000

xAI

$270,000

Top Locations by Salary

Median salary by location

Panamá

$540,000

New York City

$362,500

Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco

$310,000

Remote - US

$307,500

Remote U.S.

$288,500

San Mateo

$269,270

San Francisco

$255,000

SAN JOSE

$255,000

Compensation Distribution

Based on 840 Security postings with salary data

<$75k

$75k–$100k

$100k–$150k

190

$150k–$200k

269

$200k–$300k

271

$300k+

Security Jobs with Salary

Staff Software Engineer, Security & Privacy

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

Python Go Distributed Systems

$210k – $303k

Senior Detection & Response Engineer

senior Security Engineer · Activision Blizzard · Playa Vista, CA · Posted Mar 30, 2026

Python Security SIEM

$101k – $187k

Expert Threat Intelligence Analyst - Central Technology

mid Security Analyst · Activision Blizzard · Sherman Oaks, CA · Posted Apr 23, 2026

Python SQL

$97k – $180k

Compliance Officer, Card Network Specialist

mid Security Analyst · Adyen · San Francisco, CA

$120k – $155k

Senior Compliance Officer, Card Network Specialist

senior Security Analyst · Adyen · San Francisco, CA

$145k – $195k

Senior Compliance Officer, Card Schemes

senior Security Analyst · Adyen · San Francisco, CA

$145k – $195k

Senior Product Security Engineer

senior Application Security Engineer · Affirm · Remote (Canada)

Python Java Kotlin

$150k – $200k

Sr. Security Operations Engineer, Incident Response

senior Security Analyst · Affirm · Remote (Canada)

Python AWS Splunk

$150k – $200k

Spécialiste, Sécurité

mid Security Analyst · Airbnb · Canada

Vue

$63k

Product Security Engineer

mid Application Security Engineer · Airtable · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Remote (United States)

JavaScript TypeScript Node.js

$187k – $260k

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Other Role Family Salaries

Machine Learning $206,825 Product $199,750 Design $193,000 Legal $181,050 Software Engineering $174,950 Data Engineering $172,000 Marketing $163,950 Sales $157,325 People $149,850 Operations $142,550 Services $142,350 Finance $135,700

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