Security Engineer salary 2026
Remote Security Engineer roles advertise a median of $286K a year, based on 96 open postings that publish pay.
$286KMedian
$228K–$331KMiddle 50%
$100K–$456KFull range
96Postings
By candidate region
Median of published ranges, grouped by where the posting accepts applicants from.
Worldwide
$286K
89 roles
North America
$232K
7 roles
Highest-paying open roles
Live postings, ranked by the midpoint of their published range.
1
Principal Security Engineer, Infrastructure Security · OpenAI
$401K - $510K
2
Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure Security · OpenAI
$401K - $510K
3
Researcher, Frontier Cybersecurity Risks · OpenAI
$380K - $500K
4
Researcher, Safety Training, National Security · OpenAI
$380K - $500K
5
Software Engineer, Security Agents · Cohere
$195 - $415,000
6
Software Engineer, HSM Infrastructure Security, Consumer Devices · OpenAI
$347K - $445K
7
Software Engineer, HSM Infrastructure Security, Consumer Devices · OpenAI
$347K - $445K
8
Enterprise Security Engineer, Vulnerability Management · OpenAI
$347K - $445K
9
Staff Security Architect · Lambda
$314K - $465K
10
Data Scientist, Cybersecurity · OpenAI
$263K - $515K
How this is calculated: we take every currently open Security Engineer posting on the board whose title matches the role and that publishes a salary range in US dollars, use the midpoint of each range, and report the median and percentiles. Postings without pay, or with pay in another currency, are excluded — nothing is estimated. Refreshed with every daily job update.
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