Staff Security Engineer, Security Enablement
DoorDash
- RemoteSeattle, WA
- $194k–$285k a year
- Python
- SQL
- AWS
- GCP
Security Engineer salary in 2026
From pay that employers published in security 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
- $179,000
- Middle half of postings
- $145,000 – $204,000
- Based on
- 94 postings with pay
Light bar: 10th to 90th percentile ($125,000 – $270,000). Dark bar: the middle half. Line: median.
| Seniority | Median | Middle half | Jobs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mid level | $161,000 | $135,000 – $185,000 | 50 | |
| Senior | $197,000 | $151,000 – $204,000 | 36 | |
| Lead / manager | $236,000 | $191,000 – $376,000 | 6 |
| Work arrangement | Median | Middle half | Jobs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Remote | $197,000 | $168,000 – $213,000 | 20 | |
| Hybrid | $168,000 | $119,000 – $181,000 | 20 | |
| On-site | $179,000 | $145,000 – $231,000 | 54 |
| Clearance | Median | Middle half | Jobs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No clearance | $203,000 | $179,000 – $261,000 | 53 | |
| Secret | $145,000 | $135,000 – $145,000 | 14 | |
| Top Secret | $133,000 | $119,000 – $149,000 | 8 | |
| TS/SCI | $159,000 | $135,000 – $173,000 | 17 |
| State | Median | Middle half | Jobs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| California | $221,000 | $179,000 – $353,000 | 21 | |
| New York | $201,000 | $171,000 – $211,000 | 14 | |
| Virginia | $148,000 | $135,000 – $175,000 | 9 | |
| Maryland | $155,000 | $134,000 – $166,000 | 8 | |
| Ohio | $145,000 | $145,000 – $145,000 | 6 | |
| Washington | $221,000 | $177,000 – $261,000 | 6 | |
| District of Columbia | $168,000 | $148,000 – $173,000 | 5 | |
| Illinois | $178,000 | $151,000 – $181,000 | 3 |
| Employer | Median | Middle half | Jobs | Range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $363,000 | $360,000 – $363,000 | 4 | |
| OpenAI | $356,000 | $348,000 – $381,000 | 4 | |
| Robinhood | $269,000 | $236,000 – $269,000 | 3 | |
| DoorDash | $239,000 | $229,000 – $239,000 | 4 | |
| Gemini | $204,000 | $187,000 – $204,000 | 3 | |
| Palantir Technologies | $168,000 | $119,000 – $168,000 | 9 | |
| Agile Defense | $148,000 | $134,000 – $156,000 | 8 | |
| UltraViolet Cyber | $147,000 | $136,000 – $151,000 | 4 | |
| Electrosoft | $145,000 | $145,000 – $145,000 | 7 | |
| D2 Consulting | $135,000 | $133,000 – $136,000 | 4 |
Open Security Engineer jobs with pay listed
Senior Information Systems Security Engineer
M9 Solutions
- On-site
- $125k–$140k a year
- TS/SCI clearance
- Security+
- CySA+
- CISSP
- CISM
Infrastructure Security Engineer (Bare Metal & Platform)
xAI
- On-sitePalo Alto, CA
- $100k–$258k a year
- CCSP
- OSCP
- SIEM
- Python
Information System Security Engineer (ISSE) Senior - Top Secret Clearance Required
Agile Defense
- On-siteQuantico, VA
- $140k–$155k a year
- Top Secret clearance
- CySA+
- CISSP
- CISM
- AWS
Information System Security Engineer (ISSE) Senior - Top Secret Clearance Required
Agile Defense
- On-siteHuntsville, AL
- $140k–$155k a year
- TS/SCI clearance
- CySA+
- CISSP
- CISM
- AWS
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.