Security engineer salary in Boston
24 security engineer roles in Boston, from 19 employers and posted Oct 20–26, 2026, list a yearly salary range. The median bottom of those ranges is $123K and the median top is $198K. The middle half of the bottoms runs from $112K to $142K, and the middle half of the tops from $170K to $230K.
These are the ranges employers published in their own postings. They are not offers, not what people are paid and not a market average. Of the 28 security engineer roles in Boston RoleWeek lists, 24 are counted here. Roles of every level are counted together. Data as of .
How the posted ranges spread
| Measure | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottom of the posted range | $112K | $123K | $142K |
| Top of the posted range | $170K | $198K | $230K |
Not counted: 3 roles list no salary and 1 lists pay by the hour. Pay by the hour, week or month is never converted or mixed with yearly ranges, and each page uses one currency.
Roles that list a yearly salary
All 24, newest first. Show all security engineer roles in Boston that list a salary
Cloud Cybersecurity Engineer
Booz AllenLexington, MAHybrid$61.9K–$141K/yrPythonPowerShell2+ yrsEnterprise Integration Security Architect
State StreetQuincy, Princeton +3Hybrid$120K–$202.5K/yrAzureKafka14+ yrsGRC Engineer
Seven AIBoston, MAHybrid$130K–$180K/yrSOC 2SIEM5+ yrsManager, Cyber Forward Deployed Engineer
KPMGProvidence, Seattle +75$127.2K–$246.9K/yrLLMsGCPPrincipal Security Architect
InsuletActon, San DiegoHybrid$196.5K–$294.8K/yriOSAndroid10+ yrsPrincipal System Security Engineer - P4
RTXWoburn, MAOn-site$118.3K–$224.9K/yrLinuxSIEMSenior Cloud Security Engineer
IterableBoston, Chicago +3Remote$141K–$194K/yrAWSTerraform5+ yrsSenior Security Engineer
LaterBoston, VancouverRemote$125K–$205K/yrSOC 2OWASPNo account needed7+ yrsUniversity - 2027 Summer Games Cyber Security Intern
Booz AllenLexington, MAHybrid$52.9K–$108K/yrInternshipLinuxBusiness Information Security Officer - VP
State StreetBoston, Clifton +2Hybrid$120K–$202.5K/yrAzureAWSSenior Security Engineer
Panera BreadNewton$119.6K–$143.6K/yrZero TrustGCPSr. Staff Threat Intelligence Engineer
SunoBoston, San Francisco +2On-site$316.1K–$414.9K/yrPythonSQL10+ yrsSecurity Detection Engineer
WHOOPBoston, MAOn-site$130K–$170K/yrPythonGo4+ yrsAWS Security Engineer - Experience Associate
PwCBoston, Chicago +9$80K–$90K/yrCloudFormationTerraform3+ yrsSenior Associate, Cyber Forward Deployed Engineer
KPMGProvidence, Seattle +75$90.4K–$168.2K/yrGCPAzureSenior Research Scientist, AI for Cybersecurity
NVIDIAWestford, Santa Clara$224K–$431.2K/yrPython5+ yrsSenior Systems Security Engineer - P3
RTXWoburn, MAOn-site$95.5K–$181.7K/yrLinuxSIEMAssociate Director, Information Security Engineering & Operations
ElevateBioWaltham, MAHybrid$165K–$225K/yrLinuxPython5+ yrsCyber Senior Manager - Strategy, Growth, and Transformation
DeloitteBoston, San Francisco +11$163.4K–$322.1K/yr8+ yrsCyber Threat Defense Sr AI/ML Engineer
Bank of AmericaBoston, Jersey City +2$145K–$192.5K/yrLLMsPython7+ yrsManager, Product Security Engineering
Johnson ControlsWestford, MAHybrid$116K–$170K/yrPenetration TestingCI/CD10+ yrsSenior Security Engineer - Detection and Response
KlaviyoBoston, MA$141.6K–$212.4K/yrSIEMPython5+ yrsCloud and DevSecOps Engineer
Booz AllenLexington, MAHybrid$112.9K–$257K/yrAWSAzure7+ yrs
How these numbers are made
- Source: the yearly salary ranges employers publish in their own job postings, for roles RoleWeek lists as posted in the last 7 days. They are what employers advertise, not offers, not what people are paid, and not a market average. RoleWeek lists a share of all developer roles, and an employer decides whether to post a range at all.
- One role is one card: an opening listed for several places counts once on a page. A role listed in several cities counts on each city’s page.
- Bottom and top of each posted range are summarised separately: the median, and the 25th and 75th percentiles (half of the roles fall between them). A role that posts a single figure counts as both its bottom and its top.
- Yearly ranges only, in one currency per page: CA$ for the Canadian cities, $ for US cities and remote roles. Pay by the hour, day, week or month is never converted or mixed in.
- A page exists only when 15 or more roles list a yearly range; a level gets a row at 10. The numbers are rebuilt every day from the roles posted in the last 7 days.
The roles themselves: Security engineer jobs in Boston (28 posted in the last 7 days). Every city and role type: developer salary ranges by city.