Security engineer salary in Denver-Boulder
27 security engineer roles in Denver-Boulder, from 20 employers and posted Oct 20–26, 2026, list a yearly salary range. The median bottom of those ranges is $105K and the median top is $190K. The middle half of the bottoms runs from $89K to $145K, and the middle half of the tops from $145K to $212K.
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 Denver-Boulder RoleWeek lists, 27 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 | $89K | $105K | $145K |
| Top of the posted range | $145K | $190K | $212K |
Not counted: 1 role lists no salary. 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
Showing 24 of 27, newest first. Show all security engineer roles in Denver-Boulder that list a salary
Mid-Career Information System Security Officer (ISSO)
Lockheed MartinLittleton, COOn-site$95.9K–$178.1K/yrSIEMSplunkSenior Cyber Security Engineer
MANTECHChantilly, Denver$114.6K–$190.2K/yrLinuxAWS4+ yrsStaff Security Engineer, AI
CompaDenver, Seattle +1Hybrid$202.5K–$275K/yrLLMsOWASPSystems Security Engineer I
SNCLone Tree, COOn-site$86.1K–$118.4K/yrLinuxEntryClassified Cybersecurity Analyst - TS/SCI
Northrop GrummanAurora, CO$91.8K–$137.6K/yrSAPSplunkCyber Security Operations Analyst
MaxarWestminster, CO$105K–$154K/yrSIEMAWSManager, Cyber Forward Deployed Engineer
KPMGBoulder, Seattle +75$127.2K–$246.9K/yrLLMsGCPSenior Cloud Security Engineer
IterableDenver, Chicago +3Remote$141K–$194K/yrAWSTerraform5+ yrsSecurity Analyst - SOC - Tuesday - Saturday - 3:00pm EST - 11:30pm EST
PNCDenver, Strongsville +1$75K–$137.5K/yrSIEM3+ yrsIT Security Analyst
TransPerfectBoulder, Tempe +6On-site$55K–$70K/yrLinuxNetworking3+ yrsAWS Security Engineer - Experience Associate
PwCDenver, Chicago +9$80K–$90K/yrCloudFormationTerraform3+ yrsChief Information Security Officer (CISO)
Ursa MajorLongmont, CO$240K–$300K/yrSAPZero Trust12+ yrsSenior Cyber Threat Analyst
MANTECHDenver, CO$104.2K–$172.9K/yrSIEMSplunk5+ yrsCloud Security Architect, Senior
Booz AllenAurora, ChantillyOn-site$86.8K–$198K/yr5+ yrsNetwork Security Engineer - Web Proxy
Bank of AmericaDenver$95K–$148.9K/yrVMwareAWS5+ yrsClassified Cybersecurity Analyst 3/4 - TS/SCI
Northrop GrummanAurora, CO$114K–$193.9K/yrSAPSplunkSeniorSenior Staff / Senior Cybersecurity Engineer (Clearance Required)
SciTecBoulder, CO$125K–$193K/yrSIEMCI/CDNo account neededSenior Associate, Cyber Forward Deployed Engineer
KPMGBoulder, Seattle +75$90.4K–$168.2K/yrGCPAzurePrincipal Security Engineer
DriveWealthDenver, Seattle +4Remote$215K–$235K/yrAWSKubernetesNo account neededCloud Security Architect
Gibson DunnDenver, Palo Alto +8$190K–$230K/yrAzureAWSNo account needed15+ yrsCyber Senior Manager - Strategy, Growth, and Transformation
DeloitteDenver, San Francisco +11$163.4K–$322.1K/yr8+ yrsSenior Security Engineer, Global Professional Services Security
AmazonDenver, Seattle +4$178.4K–$226.7K/yrAWSVMware4+ yrsCyber Systems Engineer - Level 2
Northrop GrummanBoulder, CO$101K–$151.4K/yrLinuxMid
How these numbers are made
- Source: the yearly salary ranges employers publish in their own job postings, for roles RoleWeek lists as posted in the last 7 days. They are what employers advertise, not offers, not what people are paid, and not a market average. RoleWeek lists a share of all developer roles, and an employer decides whether to post a range at all.
- One role is one card: an opening listed for several places counts once on a page. A role listed in several cities counts on each city’s page.
- Bottom and top of each posted range are summarised separately: the median, and the 25th and 75th percentiles (half of the roles fall between them). A role that posts a single figure counts as both its bottom and its top.
- Yearly ranges only, in one currency per page: CA$ 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 Denver-Boulder (28 posted in the last 7 days). Every city and role type: developer salary ranges by city.