Remote security engineer salary (US or Canada)
96 remote security engineer roles open to the US or Canada, from 70 employers and posted Oct 20–27, 2026, list a yearly salary range. The median bottom of those ranges is $135K and the median top is $190K. The middle half of the bottoms runs from $110K to $171K, and the middle half of the tops from $148K to $225K.
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 136 remote security engineer roles open to the US or Canada RoleWeek lists, 96 are counted here. Roles of every level are counted together and shown apart under By level. Data as of .
How the posted ranges spread
| Measure | 25th percentile | Median | 75th percentile |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bottom of the posted range | $110K | $135K | $171K |
| Top of the posted range | $148K | $190K | $225K |
Not counted: 36 roles list no salary, 1 lists pay by the hour and 3 list a yearly range in Canadian dollars. Pay by the hour, week or month is never converted or mixed with yearly ranges, and each page uses one currency.
By level
| Level | Roles | Bottom of range median, middle half | Top of range median, middle half |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid level | 35 | $110K $92K–$146K | $153K $128K–$197K |
| Senior | 32 | $133K $115K–$153K | $183K $158K–$200K |
| Staff+ | 14 | $190K $156K–$213K | $229K $213K–$263K |
Level is RoleWeek’s reading of each posting. A level with fewer than 10 roles that list a yearly range is left out.
Roles that list a yearly salary
Showing 24 of 96, newest first. Show all remote security engineer roles open to the US or Canada that list a salary
Senior Security Engineer
LumosUSRemote$155K–$200K/yrAWSMongoDB5+ yrsBacked by a16zSpecialist, Cloud Security
CrowdStrikeUSRemote$85K–$128K/yr5+ yrsCyber Fraud Expert
AllstateUSRemote$120K–$190K/yrPenetration Testing5+ yrsCyber Integration Deputy Team Lead
LeidosUSRemote$107.9K–$195.1K/yrTerraformAnsible8+ yrsCyber Security Engineer
LMIUSRemote$92.1K–$158.1K/yrAWSLinuxCyberSecurity Engineer
GDITRemote$93.5K–$126.5K/yrActive DirectoryServiceNow3+ yrsDirector, Cloud Engineering DevSecOps
American Association of Insurance ServicesRemote$185K/yrAWSAzureNo account needed10+ yrsManager, Endpoint Security Engineering
CenteneRemote$102.9K–$190.5K/yr5+ yrsPrincipal Security Engineer
Imagine PediatricsUSRemote$195K–$225K/yrAWSAzureNo account needed10+ yrsPrivacy Engineer
Cigna GroupBloomfield, CTRemote$116.5K–$194.1K/yrJavaScriptSecurity Data Engineer
AnthropicSan Francisco, CARemote$320K–$405K/yrSQLSOC 2No account neededBacked by AccelInformation System Security Officer (ISSO)
LMIUSRemote$92.1K–$158.1K/yrAWSAzureSecurity Engineer, Corporate Security
CoinbaseUSRemote$152.4K–$179.3K/yrLLMsZero Trust3+ yrsSenior AI Security Architect
BaxterUSRemote$152K–$209K/yrAzureLLMs8+ yrsSenior Cloud Security Engineer (AWS & GCP)
Quantum SkyUSRemote$135K–$160K/yrLinuxSQLSenior Cybersecurity Engineer
HumanaRemote$117.6K–$161.7K/yrREST APIs2+ yrsSenior Identity Governance Engineer
ServiceTitanUSRemote$125.7K–$201.7K/yrSnowflakeSalesforceSenior Manager, A&D Security Operations
Johnson & JohnsonNew York, RaritanRemote$122K–$212.8K/yr8+ yrsSenior Security Engineer
AxiosRemote$150K–$180K/yrAWSKubernetesNo account neededSenior Security Engineer
MOXFIVERemote$180K–$240K/yrPythonLLMs6+ yrsSenior Security Engineer
Sirona MedicalRemote$145K–$185K/yrSOC 2AWSNo account needed7+ yrsSenior Security Engineer Attack Surface Platforms
First AmUSRemote$112.4K–$149.8K/yrPythonPowerShell4+ yrsSenior Security Engineer, Corporate Security
CoinbaseUSRemote$186.1K–$218.9K/yrLLMsZero Trust5+ yrs
How these numbers are made
- Source: the yearly salary ranges employers publish in their own job postings, for roles RoleWeek lists as posted in the last 7 days. They are what employers advertise, not offers, not what people are paid, and not a market average. RoleWeek lists a share of all developer roles, and an employer decides whether to post a range at all.
- One role is one card: an opening listed for several places counts once on a page. A role listed in several cities counts on each city’s page.
- Bottom and top of each posted range are summarised separately: the median, and the 25th and 75th percentiles (half of the roles fall between them). A role that posts a single figure counts as both its bottom and its top.
- Yearly ranges only, in one currency per page: CA$ 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: Remote security engineer jobs (136 posted in the last 7 days). Every city and role type: developer salary ranges by city.