AI salaries · updated November 3, 2026

AI Security Engineer salary

Security engineers protect AI systems, model weights and customer data, and test models for misuse. Across 62 open postings that publish pay, the median is $316K a year, and the middle half pay $247K to $363K.

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Median yearly pay

$316K

10th
$200K
25th
$247K
75th
$363K
90th
$402K

From 62 open postings at 17 companies that publish pay.

  • $316KMedian posted pay
  • $133K–$510KLowest to highest posted
  • 62Postings with pay
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Pay breakdown

By experience level

Median of each posting's pay range, grouped by the level in the job title.

  • Mid level 26$333K
  • Senior 34$308K

Remote or in the office

Remote roles often pay by the location you live in; on-site roles here are mostly in high-cost cities.

  • Remote 32$322K
  • On-site or hybrid 30$315K

Top-paying companies

Companies with at least two open AI Security Engineer postings that show pay, by median.

  • Anthropic 16$363K
  • OpenAI 9$356K
  • Lambda 4$331K
  • Suno 4$312K
  • Harvey 8$280K
  • Replit 2$268K
  • Scale AI 2$267K
  • Databricks 3$231K

How we calculate this

We read the pay ranges employers publish on their own job postings (US pay-transparency laws require most of them), count each posting once at the middle of its range, and use only yearly US-dollar pay. Equity and bonuses are not included; for sales roles some employers publish on-target earnings (base plus commission) instead of base pay. The data refreshes twice a day from 3,640 AI job postings with pay.

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