Security Engineer compensation
Security Engineer Salary at AI Startups (2026)
The median Security Engineer salary at AI startups is $215,000, based on 176 disclosed job postings ($32,000–$456,850 range). Updated October 2026. These are aggregate figures only; we never publish an individual company's offer.
$32,000Minimum
$215,000Median
$456,850Maximum
Sample size: based on 176 disclosed salaries.
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Median Security Engineer salary by funding stage
| Funding stage | Median salary | Sample size |
|---|---|---|
| Series G+ | $275,000 | 35 |
| Debt | $224,000 | 9 |
| Series F | $222,500 | 13 |
| Series D | $215,000 | 21 |
| Series C | $209,250 | 24 |
| Private Equity | $205,000 | 5 |
| Series E | $200,450 | 17 |
| Series A | $200,000 | 15 |
| Series B | $192,000 | 25 |
| Growth | $191,500 | 10 |
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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 176 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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