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Senior Security Engineer salary
The median salary in Senior Security Engineer job ads that pay in USD is $197,500 a year (about $16,458 a month before tax). The middle half of those ads list $185,829 to $200,713, based on 22 salaries from 14 employers, updated 22 Oct 2026.
Range in job ads
$185,829–$200,713
Median in job ads: $197,500 / year
Based on 22 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 22 Oct 2026
How these figures are built →Analyze my salary →- Median in job ads
- $197,500
- a year
- 12-month range
- High $200,000
- Sep 2026
- Low $189,136 · Aug 2026
- Salaries
- 22
- from 14 employers
- Last updated
- 22 Oct 2026
- 12-month window to 22 Oct 2026
Salary range
Where listed pay sits
- 10th percentile
- $177,540
- 25th percentile
- $185,829
- Median
- $197,500
- 75th percentile
- $200,713
- 90th percentile
- $214,750
Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Skills and pay
Skills linked to higher Senior Security Engineer pay
How much higher or lower the median is for job posts that mention a skill. It shows an association, not a guarantee: better-paid jobs often bundle several scarce skills with senior scope. Skills with fewer than 8 salaries are left out.
| Skill | Pay premium chart | Pay premium |
|---|---|---|
| awsmedian $197,794 · 14 salaries | up +0.1% | |
| aimedian $197,500 · 22 salaries | flat 0.0% | |
| pythonmedian $197,500 · 17 salaries | flat 0.0% |
Pay listed by employers
Latest Senior Security Engineer jobs that show their pay
Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.
- Senior Security EngineerRipple · Senior level · posted 18 Oct 2026$172,000 – $215,000
- Senior Security Engineer - Platform Trust & SafetyDatadog · Senior level · posted 17 Oct 2026$192,000 – $240,000
- Senior Security Engineer - Threat DetectionSamsara · Senior level · posted 17 Oct 2026$157,675 – $238,500
- Senior Security Engineer - Threat DetectionSamsara · Senior level · posted 17 Oct 2026$157,675 – $238,500
- Senior Security Engineer - Threat DetectionSamsara · Senior level · posted 17 Oct 2026$157,675 – $238,500
Evidence
Where these numbers come from
22 salaries from 14 employers, posted between 22 Oct 2025 and 22 Oct 2026. Last updated 22 Oct 2026. Every figure on this page comes from this one group of salaries; the median is the middle value, not the average.
- Employer hiring-system feeds 77%
- Pay read from posting text 5%
- Other sources 18%
Live jobs
Senior Security Engineer jobs
Senior Security Engineer - Enterprise Security
Bellevue, Washington, United States
$176K – $253K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Senior Security Engineer
San Francisco, CA, United States
$172K – $215K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Senior Security Engineer - Platform Trust & Safety
New York, New York, United States
$192K – $240K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Senior Security Engineer - Threat Detection
Dallas
$157.7K – $238.5K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Senior Security Engineer - Threat Detection
Seattle
$157.7K – $238.5K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Senior Security Engineer - Threat Detection
Canada
$157.7K – $238.5K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Senior Security Engineer, Platform Security
Bay Area, United States of America
$217.8K – $326.8K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
Senior Security Engineer, Detection & Response
Bay Area, United States of America
$217.8K – $326.8K/yr
Listed salary · employer/source provided
How Jobiba calculates this
Real postings first, estimates second
- • Uses salary-listed Jobiba job posts from the last 12 months, including posts that have since closed.
- • A post counts only when it states a salary, a currency and a pay period.
- • Hourly, daily, weekly and monthly pay becomes a yearly figure; no currency is converted or mixed.
- • Impossible values and extreme outliers are removed, and title variants are grouped into one role.
- • Reports the median (the middle value, not the average) and the middle half, only when enough posts back them.
- • Pay Jobiba works out for a job without a stated salary is labelled a Jobiba estimate, never shown as employer-provided pay.
Based on 22 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 22 Oct 2026
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Frequently asked questions
Senior Security Engineer salary: common questions
What is the average Senior Security Engineer salary in 2026?
Job ads for Senior Security Engineer on Jobiba list a median salary of $197,500 a year, based on 22 salary-listed job postings. The middle half of those job ads pay between $185,829 and $200,713 a year (25th to 75th percentile).
How does Jobiba calculate Senior Security Engineer salary?
From 22 salary-listed Jobiba job postings from the last 12 months that state an explicit salary, currency and pay period. Hourly, daily and monthly pay is converted to an annual figure, implausible values and outliers are removed, and currencies are never mixed or converted. Jobiba publishes the median and 25th–75th percentile range only when enough comparable postings exist.