Security Engineer salaries in Chicago.
What Security Engineer roles in Chicago pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
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$166,375
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$140.5k – $206k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
37.7%
90 of 239 roles
Live roles
239
open right now
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying live roles
Senior Sales Engineer - Data & AI Security
Senior Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Okta for AI Agents
Senior Architect, Emerging Technologies (Auth0)
Principal Forward Deployed Engineer - Okta for AI Agents
Sr. Security Software Engineer, Application Security
VP of Engineering
Senior Security Engineer- USA
Manager, Site Reliability Engineering - Fleet Management
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How much do Security Engineer roles in Chicago pay?
The median salary for Security Engineer roles in Chicago is $166,375 per year. Most pay falls between $140,500 (25th percentile) and $206,013 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $130,442 to $236,690.
These figures are computed live from 239 active Security Engineer roles in Chicago on JobsRadar, of which 90 (37.7%) 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 Chicago include Veeam Software, Okta, Pinterest and Codal.
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.