Who Is Hiring AI Security Engineers — And What They Pay

AI Security Engineers earn a median of $150,000 per year, with most postings between $121,452 and $187,000. From 299 job postings that disclosed pay, across 113 companies, August 2026.

These are ranges employers published in their own job postings — not salaries people typed into a form years ago.

Who is hiring AI Security Engineers

15 companies with open postings in this sample.

GitHub
$256,350 3
Apple
$242,675 14
Akina, Inc.
$223,500 3
EY
$223,500 3
Google
$213,000 28
Anduril
$207,500 10
Microsoft
$190,400 12
Quantum Sky
$190,000 5
JPMorganChase
$185,875 7
Cisco
$181,200 6

Also hiring: Google, General Dynamics Information Technology, Apple, Amazon Web Services, Cyera, Microsoft, Anduril, JPMorganChase, Base-2 Solutions, LLC, Booz Allen Hamilton, Cisco, Envestnet.

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What AI Security Engineer postings actually ask for

Ranked by how many of the 399 posting descriptions mention them.

Artificial Intelligence 27%
Machine Learning 21%
Data Science 14%
Data Engineering 12%
Technology Solutions 11%
Automated Testing 11%
Code reviews 11%
CI/CD Pipelines 10%
Generative AI 10%
Cloud Infrastructure 10%
Cloud Security 9%
Design Development 8%
Cloud Environments 8%
U.S. Citizenship 8%
Infrastructure as Code 8%
Data Governance 8%
Systems Engineering 8%
Data Pipelines 8%

What AI Security Engineers earn

10th $95K 25th $121K median $150K 75th $187K 90th $232K
$88K $260K

Each bar is a pay band; height is how many employers post in it.

AI Security Engineer vs adjacent roles

Roles people compare this one against, taken from what they search.

  • security engineer
  • cyber security engineer
  • cyber security
  • software engineer
  • ai security engineer
  • cybersecurity

Remote vs onsite pay

Median of remote-eligible postings against the rest.

Remote-eligible
$162,000
Onsite
$171,350

98 remote-eligible postings against 202 onsite. Onsite pays 5.5% more in this sample.

Pay by experience level

Level is taken from the posting title, so only postings that state one are counted.

Mid
$103,415 13
Senior
$164,125 70
Lead / Manager
$171,350 62
Principal / Staff
$224,872 24

Pay by location

Metros with at least three salaried postings.

Remote, US
$142,325 20
New York, NY
$209,050 19
Austin, TX
$169,050 11
Washington, DC
$143,950 10
Seattle, WA
$187,300 10
US
$190,400 9
Mountain View, CA
$233,250 8
Redmond, WA
$175,525 8
Charlotte, NC
$145,600 7
Reston, VA
$164,650 7
Herndon, VA
$140,512 6
Chicago, IL
$123,575 6

Where this data comes from

  • 399 live postings analysed
  • 299 (75%) published a salary range
  • 136 (34%) were remote-eligible
  • 155 distinct employers
  • Requirements read from 399 full posting descriptions
  • Each employer gets one vote in the median, so a company running a large hiring campaign cannot move it
  • Ranges are converted to annual figures; hourly and contract postings are normalised before comparison