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Security Engineer Salary in United States
Median salary, percentile ranges, top skills, and AI automation risk.
USD 115k
median annual salary
USD 89k
25th pctl
USD 139k
75th pctl
DIRECT
Source: BLS_OEWS
Security Engineer Salary by Country
🇺🇸United States
USD 115kDIRECT
🇨🇭Switzerland
CHF 110kDIRECT
🇬🇧United Kingdom
GBP 73kESTIMATED
🇳🇱Netherlands
EUR 66kDIRECT
🇩🇪Germany
EUR 52kDIRECT
🇫🇷France
EUR 49kESTIMATED
Sources: H1B LCA · BLS OEWS · ONS ASHE · Destatis · CBS · Eurostat
Security Engineer Skills by Demand
NIST
15%
Cyber Security
14%
Cybersecurity
12%
Cloud Security
10%
Project Management
10%
FISMA
9%
HIPAA
9%
Vulnerability Assessment
8%
Cybersecurity Governance
8%
Risk Assessment
8%
AI Exposure
62/100
Composite score from Eloundou 50% · Microsoft 30% · Felten 20%
resistant (12)
AgileCollaborationCommunicationFirewallsIncident ResponseNetwork SecurityPenetration TestingProblem SolvingProject ManagementSecurity ControlsSIEMVulnerability Assessment
neutral (22)
AWSAzureCI/CDCISSPCloud SecurityCyber SecurityCybersecurityCybersecurity GovernanceDockerFISMAGitHIPAAInformation SecurityLinuxNISTPythonRisk AssessmentRisk ManagementSecurity EngineeringSoftware TestingSQLVulnerability Management
vulnerable (1)
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