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Principal security engineer salary for remote jobs in the US

The median posted base pay for principal security engineering jobs remote in the US is $255K a year, from 23 open jobs at 18 companies. The middle half of the jobs is from $205K to $284K. One job in ten has posted pay above $379K.

Data of . This is posted base pay, not total pay. It does not include stock or a bonus.

Median posted base pay
$255K
Middle half of the jobs
$205K to $284K
10th to 90th percentile
$186K to $379K
Open jobs with posted pay
23
Companies
18

Security engineer pay by level for remote jobs in the US

Posted base pay for security engineering jobs remote in the US, by the level in the job title. This page is about the principal level. A level needs 20 or more jobs with posted pay.

  • Level not stated126 jobs$208K$161K to $250K
  • Senior106 jobs$195K$169K to $216K
  • Staff59 jobs$222K$200K to $241K
  • Principal23 jobs$255K$205K to $284K
Each band goes from the 10th to the 90th percentile. The darker part is the middle half of the jobs. The line is the median. This is posted base pay, not total pay.
Pay bands by level, security engineering, US remote. Posted base pay in US dollars for each year.
Level10th25thMedian75th90thJobs with pay
Level not stated$133K$161K$208K$250K$297K126
Senior$147K$169K$195K$216K$238K106
Staff$177K$200K$222K$241K$266K59
Principal$186K$205K$255K$284K$379K23

How we compute these numbers

We read each job from the job board of the company and check it every day. We use only open jobs that state a yearly pay range in US dollars. One job counts with the middle point of its posted range. The median is the middle value of these amounts: half of the jobs are above it and half are below it.

We do not use a range with a bottom below $15,000, a top above $1,000,000, or a top that is more than four times the bottom. A role page needs 20 or more open jobs with posted pay. In the bar chart, a company needs 5 or more jobs with posted pay.

The numbers are base pay as the company posted it. They are not the pay of a person, and they do not include stock, a bonus or benefits. For the stock and the bonus that people reported, see Reported pay.