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Security engineer salary in Chicago

19 security engineer roles in Chicago, from 16 employers and posted Oct 21–26, 2026, list a yearly salary range. The median bottom of those ranges is $130K and the median top is $193K. The middle half of the bottoms runs from $92K to $145K, and the middle half of the tops from $156K to $233K.

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 31 security engineer roles in Chicago RoleWeek lists, 19 are counted here. Roles of every level are counted together. Data as of .

19roles list a yearly salary range
16employers posted them
$130Kmedian bottom of the range
$193Kmedian top of the range

How the posted ranges spread

Measure25th percentileMedian75th percentile
Bottom of the posted range$92K$130K$145K
Top of the posted range$156K$193K$233K

Not counted: 10 roles list no salary, 1 lists pay by the hour and 1 lists pay by the month. 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 19, newest first. Show all security engineer roles in Chicago that list a salary

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 Chicago (31 posted in the last 7 days). Every city and role type: developer salary ranges by city.

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