Application Security Engineer salary: $219K median
The median advertised Application Security Engineer salary is $219K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $181K to $254K: counted from 183 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range: about $105 an hour or $18,250 a month. A tenth of the postings offer $312K or more. Advertised ranges, not verified pay.
Check an offer against these figuresAll application security engineer jobs
$219Kmedian advertised salary
$181K – $254Kmiddle half of roles
$223Kaverage advertised salary
183roles counted
Application Security Engineer salary by level
Lead roles advertise a median of $250K, 22% more than senior roles ($205K). The level comes from the job title; titles without a level word are counted separately.
| Level | Median salary | Middle half | Roles |
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior | $205K | $184K–$222K | 54 |
| Lead and above | $250K | $230K–$285K | 59 |
| No level in the title | $195K | $155K–$230K | 67 |
Application Security Engineer salary by location
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸Seattle, WA | $254K | 20 |
| 🇺🇸New York, NY | $250K | 30 |
| 🇺🇸San Francisco Bay Area | $250K | 60 |
| 🇺🇸California | $230K | 84 |
| 🇺🇸United States | $220K | 176 |
Skills that pay more for Application Security Engineer roles
| Skill | Median with it | Above the median | Postings |
|---|---|---|---|
| SOC 2 | $234K | +$16K | 22 |
| Cloud security | $234K | +$16K | 30 |
| Vulnerability management | $230K | +$11K | 59 |
| LLM | $230K | +$11K | 43 |
| Penetration testing | $228K | +$10K | 49 |
Top-paying companies
| Name | Median salary | Roles counted |
|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | $402K | 6 |
| OpenAI | $356K | 4 |
| Harvey | $308K | 4 |
| Ripple | $262K | 3 |
| Samsara | $230K | 5 |
| Chainguard | $218K | 5 |
| Anduril Industries | $217K | 12 |
| Flexport | $196K | 4 |
| CHAOS Industries | $167K | 3 |
| SpaceX | $152K | 10 |
| Accenture Federal Services | $139K | 6 |
| Esri | $126K | 5 |
Highest-paying open Application Security Engineer roles
All application security engineer jobs- Staff+ Application Security EngineerAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | S…$320K - $485KRemoteLead and aboveRustGoPython
- Staff+ Application Security Engineer - M&AAnthropic · 🇺🇸Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | S…$320K - $485KRemoteLead and aboveRustGoPython
- Security Engineer, Application SecurityOpenAI · 🇺🇸San Francisco$266K - $445KHybridPythonJavaC++
- Security Engineer, Application SecurityOpenAI · 🇺🇸Seattle$266K - $445KPythonJavaC++
- Director of Product SecurityHarvey · 🇺🇸New York$272K - $408KHybridLead and aboveApplication securityThreat modeling
- Director of Product SecurityHarvey · 🇺🇸San Francisco$272K - $408KHybridLead and aboveApplication securityThreat modeling
- Principal Software Engineer II - Product SecuritySnowflake · 🇺🇸US-CA-Menlo Park$280K - $402KHybridLead and aboveGoPythonJava
- Senior Software Engineer, Application SecurityDecagon · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $400KSeniorGCPCI/CDAI agents
- Member of Technical Staff, Product SecurityInferact · 🇺🇸San Francisco$200K - $400KPyTorchCI/CDKubernetes
- Senior Product Security EngineerLambda · 🇺🇸San Francisco Office (Second St)$266K - $395KHybridSeniorGoPythonTerraform
- Engineering Manager, Security (Cloud, Infrastructure & Application Security)Replit · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$250K - $387KHybridGoPythonTypeScript
- Principal Security Software Engineer, Application SecurityRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$326K - $385KLead and aboveGoPythonC#
- Staff/Senior Staff Software Engineer - Product SecurityZoox · 🇺🇸Foster City, CA$292K - $375KLead and aboveAWSInfrastructure as codeApplication security
- Senior Director, Product SecurityAnduril Industries · 🇺🇸Costa Mesa, California, United States$278K - $369KLead and aboveRustGoPython
- Security Engineer, Application SecurityFigure · 🇺🇸San Jose, CA$150K - $350KRustGoPython
- Software Engineer - Product SecurityArena · 🇺🇸SF Bay Area$150K - $350KPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Security Engineer, Product SecurityScale AI · 🇺🇸New York, NY; San Francisco, CA; Seattle, WA; Washington, DC$278K - $347KPythonTypeScriptJavaScript
- Engineering Manager, Application SecurityRoblox · 🇺🇸San Mateo, CA, United States$295K - $345KCI/CDMicroservicesApplication security
- Director, Product Security, PSIRTOkta · 🇺🇸Bellevue, Washington; San Francisco, California$224K - $345KLead and aboveMachine LearningSecurity clearanceAI agents
- Software Engineer, AI Product SecurityNotion · 🇺🇸San Francisco, California$270K - $340KHybridAIApplication securityThreat modeling
Questions about Application Security Engineer pay
- What is the average Application Security Engineer salary?
- $223K a year on average and $219K at the median, across 183 open Application Security Engineer postings at companies that state pay (November 2026). The median is the better guide: a few very high offers pull the average up.
- What is the typical range?
- The middle half of the postings offer $181K to $254K a year. A quarter offer less and a quarter offer more.
- Which companies advertise the highest Application Security Engineer pay?
- Anthropic ($402K), OpenAI ($356K), Harvey ($308K), by the median of their open postings that state pay (three postings or more).
- Is an application security engineer a high-paying job?
- The median Application Security Engineer posting advertises $219K a year, more than the median of all 55,899 job postings with pay on Jobs Every Hour ($174K). That is 26% above the middle of the market.
- How much can you earn as an application security engineer?
- A tenth of the postings offer $312K a year or more; the highest open Application Security Engineer role advertises up to $485K. Pay rises with level: see the table by level.
- What is the Application Security Engineer salary per hour and per month?
- The median of $219K a year is about $105 an hour (2,080 working hours) and $18,250 a month before tax. The middle half of postings: $87 to $122 an hour.
- Which skills pay more for Application Security Engineer roles?
- Postings that ask for SOC 2 (+$16K, 22 postings), Cloud security (+$16K, 30 postings), Vulnerability management (+$11K, 59 postings) advertise more than the $219K median of all Application Security Engineer postings with pay.
- Where do these figures come from?
- From the pay ranges employers print in their own job postings, read from their careers pages every hour. The midpoint of each range is counted. These are advertised ranges for open roles, mostly in the United States and in US dollars, not what people are actually paid.
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The median advertised salary for Application Security Engineer roles at companies is $219K a year, and the middle half of postings offer $181K to $254K. Counted from 183 open job postings that state pay, November 2026. Source: Jobs Every Hour, https://jobseveryhour.com/salaries/application-security/
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