Compensation and Salaries

A cyber security engineer will make a well-respected and lucrative career option for anyone willing to to obtain what it takes to qualify for this role. According to Indeed.com, the median salary for US-based security engineers is $82.162 and that figure increases to $100.987 in big cities such as New York and the San Francisco bay area. Seasoned generalized engineers will make up to $150.000 with the opportunity of earning over $175.000 if they could impress with their skills and become lead cyber security engineers.