Security Engineer H-1B Salary

842 certified H-1B filings list the job title Security Engineer (FY2023–FY2026). The median offered base salary is $131,217; the middle half of filings fall between $99,250 and $170,914. The largest sponsor for this title is Google LLC (122 filings).

842
certified filings
$131,217
Median base salary
$99,250
25th pct
$170,914
75th pct
$200,000
90th pct
$80,262
10th pct
Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid; counts are filings, not people. Not legal, financial, or career advice. See our disclaimer & terms.
Data: DOL filings FY2023–FY2026 (through June 2026) · Page updated November 2026
$80,262$131,217 median$200,000

Salary by fiscal year

YearFilingsMedian
FY2026184$144,850
FY2025233$136,325
FY2024229$125,000
FY2023196$123,153

Top cities

CityFilingsMedian
New York, NY45$160,000
San Jose, CA42$162,497
San Francisco, CA41$166,600
Sunnyvale, CA39$183,000
Seattle, WA25$165,822
Irving, TX23$95,018
Austin, TX22$125,200
Atlanta, GA15$105,451
Kirkland, WA15$168,000
Menlo Park, CA13$191,081
Palo Alto, CA13$172,022
Santa Clara, CA13$166,962
Bellevue, WA12$155,000
Chicago, IL11$120,000
Frisco, TX11$94,682
Fremont, CA10$179,108
Mountain View, CA10$165,000
Boston, MA9$116,480
Houston, TX9$94,619
Los Gatos, CA9$201,323

Security Engineer salary by employer

Top 50 sponsors by number of filings. Click a column to sort.

EmployerFilingsMedian salary
Google LLC122$181,500
Meta Platforms, Inc57$191,081
Cisco Systems, Inc.26$133,390
SNAP INC.23$157,123
Oracle America, Inc.17$156,166
SAAN INTERNATIONAL,LLC15$78,478
Certified Kernel Tech LLC10$131,000
Netflix, Inc.10$201,323
Costco Wholesale Corporation9$175,500
Intuit Inc.9$139,360
Praetorian Security, Inc.9$115,000
Block, Inc.8$207,200
SECUREAPP TECHNOLOGIES8$80,714
MPG Operations LLC7$94,141
DEXPERTS INC.6$81,006
Juniper Networks, Inc.6$131,217
Adobe Inc.5$152,250
Akamai Technologies, Inc.5$104,550
MAKCATS INC5$61,755
Tangent Services Corporation5$100,000
CLOUDFLARE, INC.4$146,000
Coinbase, Inc.4$137,925
Flatiron Health, Inc.4$112,008
Gartner, Inc.4$102,700
InterSystems Corporation4$118,166
Mirai Solutions Inc4$93,974
Nexus IT Inc4$77,829
Salesforce, Inc.4$142,875
Stellar Cyber Inc.4$119,746
Stripe, Inc.4$173,232
United Wholesale Mortgage, LLC4$102,500
W.W. Grainger, Inc.4$121,800
21 Staff LLC3$86,000
AB TECHNOLOGIES INC3$101,000
Autodesk, Inc.3$107,300
Aware, Inc.3$120,000
CANDOR PS LLC3$91,354
Cigniti Technologies, Inc.3$100,000
DELVIOM LLC3$82,451
DoorDash, Inc.3$164,133
Dropbox, Inc.3$195,500
Epitec, Inc.3$135,200
Figma, Inc.3$145,000
HALLMARK GLOBAL TECHNOLOGIES INC3$96,000
Outpace LLC3$83,700
Quzara LLC3$126,500
Sapphire Software Solutions, Inc.3$84,000
Securonix, Inc.3$102,024
SOFT PARCH LLC3$115,066
SoftNice, Inc.3$90,397

Related job titles

Security Engineer II $166,809Information Security Engineer $98,176Senior Security Engineer $149,781Security Engineer I $152,000Network Security Engineer $99,751Cyber Security Engineer $91,042Security Engineer III $178,400Application Security Engineer $110,240Cloud Security Engineer $107,240Product Security Engineer $161,000

Estimates from public U.S. Department of Labor records — wages are employer-attested offered wages, not verified salaries paid. Not legal, financial, or career advice. Full disclaimer