Security Engineer Salary in Washington DC (2026)

Top-paying companies in Washington DC

Median of disclosed midpoints; companies with at least 3 disclosed salaries.

Recent Security Engineer jobs with disclosed pay

• Staff Application Security Engineer — Thenuclearcompany · Washington, DC · $150k–$173k
• Cybersecurity Engineer, Product Security — Chaosindustries · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · $110k–$190k
• Cybersecurity Administrator, Data Loss Prevention — Chaosindustries · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · $110k–$190k
• Cybersecurity SOC Analyst II — Chaosindustries · Washington, District of Columbia, United States · $110k–$160k
• Product Security Analyst — Hackerone · Remote · $120k–$155k
• Cybersecurity Analysts — Darkwolfsolutions · Washington DC Metro Area · $100k–$145k
• Forward Deployed Security Engineer — Openai · Washington, DC · $293k–$385k
• Cloud Cybersecurity Manager — Pingwind · Alexandria, VA · $121k–$170k
• Defensive Security Analyst-Washington, DC — Specterops · Remote · $110k–$160k
• Senior Counsel, Export Controls & Cybersecurity — Hadrian-automation · Washington, DC · $220k–$240k

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Methodology

Figures are computed from base-salary ranges that employers disclose directly on live job postings tracked by ForgeApply (as of 2026-07-14). For each posting we take the midpoint of the disclosed range, then report the median and the 25th–75th percentile band across all matching postings. Postings without disclosed pay are excluded, which can skew results toward companies and states with pay transparency requirements. This is marketplace data about current openings, not an estimate of total compensation or of any individual offer.

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