Salaries / Security Engineer Salary in Washington, DC
Security Engineer Salary in Washington, DC
The median Security Engineer salary in Washington, DC is $144K/yr based on 278 disclosed-pay job postings from 31 employers on RoleSuite, with most roles paying between $114K/yr and $183K/yr.
$144K/yrmedian
$114K/yr – $183K/yrtypical range (25th–75th)
278disclosed-pay postings
Pay distribution
Highest-paying employers
- Anthropic$248K/yr3 disclosed
- Google$214K/yr5 disclosed
- AstraZeneca$212K/yr4 disclosed
- Parsons$188K/yr10 disclosed
- Boeing$177K/yr12 disclosed
- Capital One$176K/yr16 disclosed
- Bank of America$172K/yr3 disclosed
- UltraViolet Cyber$165K/yr3 disclosed
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Figures are computed from the midpoint of each posting's disclosed pay range across currently-open Security Engineer roles in Washington, DC on RoleSuite, as of 2026-06. Sourced directly from employer career pages; implausible outliers are excluded. Estimates, not guarantees.