Security Engineer compensation
Security Engineer Salary at AI Startups (2026)
The median Security Engineer salary at AI startups is $208,000, based on 130 disclosed job postings ($90,000–$405,000 range). Updated July 2026. These are aggregate figures only; we never publish an individual company's offer.
$90,000Minimum
$208,000Median
$405,000Maximum
Sample size: based on 130 disclosed salaries.
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Median Security Engineer salary by funding stage
| Funding stage | Median salary | Sample size |
|---|---|---|
| Series G+ | $235,000 | 28 |
| Series C | $225,750 | 20 |
| Series E | $202,750 | 8 |
| Series D | $202,500 | 21 |
| Series A | $200,000 | 13 |
| Series B | $194,465 | 18 |
| Debt | $137,500 | 9 |
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How we calculate this
Roughly a quarter of AI-startup postings disclose pay. We extract the USD range from those that do, normalize each to a midpoint, and aggregate across distinct postings (deduplicated by posting ID). The minimum, median, and maximum above are based on 130 disclosed salaries. We publish aggregate ranges only, never a single company's salary, so the numbers stay representative rather than anecdotal.
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