Security Engineer salaries in San Francisco.
What Security Engineer roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$235,000
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$197.5k – $265k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
85%
216 of 254 roles
Live roles
254
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
Principal Security Engineer, Infrastructure Security
Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure Security
Offensive Security Engineer, Agent Products
Staff+ Application Security Engineer
Staff+ Application Security Engineer - M&A
Security Labs Engineer
Staff+ Software Security Engineer
Staff Engineer - Product Security
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Anthropic
|
$362,500 | 12 |
|
OpenAI
|
$330,750 | 12 |
CoreWeave
|
$203,500 | 10 |
Fluidstack
|
$235,000 | 7 |
Crusoe
|
$232,500 | 7 |
|
Faire
|
$395,200 | 5 |
| VE Vercel | $260,000 | 5 |
Databricks
|
$231,150 | 5 |
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How much do Security Engineer roles in San Francisco pay?
The median salary for Security Engineer roles in San Francisco is $235,000 per year. Most pay falls between $197,500 (25th percentile) and $265,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $175,000 to $339,130.
These figures are computed live from 254 active Security Engineer roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 216 (85%) publish a salary range. Pay is normalized to annualized USD so roles can be compared on equal terms; the highest-paying roles listed above show their original posted currency. Numbers refresh every few hours as new roles are posted and older ones close.
Employers currently hiring well-paid Security Engineer roles in San Francisco include OpenAI, Anthropic and Faire.
Salary transparency varies by employer and region, so the disclosing share above reflects only roles that publish pay — not every open position. Use it as a directional benchmark rather than an exact offer.