Security Engineer salaries in San Francisco.
What Security Engineer roles in San Francisco pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$231,238
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$196k – $265k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
85.9%
207 of 241 roles
Live roles
241
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
Principal Security Engineer, Infrastructure Security
Offensive Security Agent Engineer
Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure Security
Offensive Security Engineer, Agent Products
Staff+ Application Security Engineer
Staff+ Application Security Engineer - M&A
Staff+ Software Security Engineer
Principal Security Engineer
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
OpenAI
|
$339,000 | 14 |
|
Anthropic
|
$362,500 | 11 |
CoreWeave
|
$203,500 | 10 |
Fluidstack
|
$196,000 | 7 |
Crusoe
|
$213,750 | 6 |
| VE Vercel | $260,000 | 5 |
Databricks
|
$231,150 | 5 |
Airwallex
|
$205,000 | 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 $231,238 per year. Most pay falls between $196,000 (25th percentile) and $265,000 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $174,850 to $339,000.
These figures are computed live from 241 active Security Engineer roles in San Francisco on JobsRadar, of which 207 (85.9%) 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 Block.
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.