Detection Engineer salary in 2026
From pay that employers published in detection engineer job postings on BlueTeamJobs over the last year. Yearly US dollars; hourly and monthly pay is converted to a full-time year.
Summary
- Median
- $191,000
- Middle half of postings
- $148,000 – $224,000
- Based on
- 10 postings with pay
Light bar: 10th to 90th percentile ($108,000 – $251,000). Dark bar: the middle half. Line: median.
| Seniority | Median | Middle half | Jobs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $191,000 | $177,000 – $214,000 | 6 |
| Work arrangement | Median | Middle half | Jobs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remote | $197,000 | $175,000 – $225,000 | 5 | |
| On-site | $185,000 | $139,000 – $202,000 | 3 |
| Clearance | Median | Middle half | Jobs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No clearance | $191,000 | $148,000 – $224,000 | 10 |
| State | Median | Middle half | Jobs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | $209,000 | $183,000 – $262,000 | 4 |
Open Detection Engineer jobs with pay listed
Senior Security Engineer - Detection Engineering
Fastly
- On-siteDenver, CO
- $168k–$201k a year
- SIEM
- EDR
- SOAR
- Python
Lead SOC Engineer
Lyra Technology Group
- On-siteBrentwood, TN
- $90k–$95k a year
- Security+
- CySA+
- Network+
- SC-200
Other blue team salaries
How we calculate this
Each posting counts once, at the midpoint of its published range. We use postings first seen in the last year, including ones that have since closed, and leave out pay outside $25,000–$1,000,000 a year. Rows need at least three postings. Figures are rounded to the nearest $1,000.