Application Security Engineer salary
What application and product security engineers are offered right now, taken from the salary ranges employers print in their own open postings rather than from self-reported surveys. The headline band is for every level together; the tables below separate first jobs from senior seats, remote from on-site, and one employer from another.
Typical means the span from the 25th percentile of range midpoints to the 90th percentile of range tops, every figure taken as a full-time year (an hourly rate times 2,080 hours). A group below needs enough distinct ranges for a figure of its own; where it has fewer, the table says so instead of guessing. The methodology explains how postings are read.
By seniority
Pay at each rung, from intern to manager
Titles are grouped by the level they name. A title with no level word is usually a mid-level seat.
| Level | With a salary | Typical | Middle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Intern or student | 1 | too few ranges | |
| No level in the title | 45 | $148k–$329k/yr | $175k/yr |
| Senior, staff or principal | 69 | $205k–$391k/yr | $226k/yr |
| Lead or manager | 3 | $193k–$290k/yr | $235k/yr |
Workplace
Remote against on-site and hybrid
| Workplace | With a salary | Typical | Middle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Remote | 44 | $201k–$329k/yr | $223k/yr |
| On-site or hybrid | 74 | $158k–$349k/yr | $205k/yr |
Kind of employer
Who pays more: vendors, banks, cloud companies or labs
| Employer kind | With a salary | Typical | Middle |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI labs | 10 | $234k–$485k/yr | $359k/yr |
| Finance, payments and crypto | 12 | $172k–$300k/yr | $228k/yr |
| Software and internet companies | 37 | $198k–$335k/yr | $224k/yr |
| Defense, aerospace and hardware | 25 | $148k–$287k/yr | $212k/yr |
| Cloud, data and infrastructure | 16 | $191k–$336k/yr | $205k/yr |
| Security software companies | 15 | $157k–$280k/yr | $200k/yr |
| Security consultancies and managed services | 2 | too few ranges | |
| AI expert networks | 1 | too few ranges |
Employers
Best-paying employers for application and product security engineers
Only employers with enough stated ranges in this specialty for a figure of their own, highest middle first.
| Employer | With a salary | Typical | Middle |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anthropic | 5 | $403k–$485k/yr | $403k/yr |
| Chainguard | 3 | $194k–$253k/yr | $218k/yr |
| SpaceX | 20 | $148k–$287k/yr | $218k/yr |
| Flexport | 4 | $179k–$271k/yr | $197k/yr |
| Anduril Industries | 5 | $172k–$271k/yr | $184k/yr |
Open now
The highest salaries stated in open postings
- Staff + Software Security Engineer, Labs · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$320,000-$485,000 per year
- Staff + Software Security Engineer, Secure Frameworks · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$320,000-$485,000 per year
- Staff+ Application Security Engineer · Remote-Friendly (Travel-Required) | San Francisco, CA | Seattle, WA | New York City, NY$320,000-$485,000 per year
- Staff+ Software Security Engineer · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$405,000-$485,000 per year
- Security Engineer, Application Security · San Francisco$266,000-$445,000 per year
- Senior Software Security Engineer · San Francisco, CA | New York City, NY | Seattle, WA$320,000-$405,000 per year
- Principal Software Engineer II - Product Security · US-CA-Menlo Park$280,000-$402,500 per year
- Senior Software Engineer, Application Security · San Francisco$200,000-$400,000 per year
- Principal Security Software Engineer, Application Security · San Mateo, CA, United States$326,060-$385,050 per year
- Principal Security Software Engineer (Starlink) · Palo Alto, CA$235,000.00 - $355,000.00 per year
Every application security role with a salary, highest first.
Questions
Application Security Engineer pay, answered from the postings
What salary do application and product security engineers earn in 2026?
Open postings for application and product security engineers state a typical $171k–$346k/yr, with the middle at $218k/yr. That rests on 116 distinct salary ranges from 68 employers, read 11 Nov 2026. All figures are full-time yearly salaries in US dollars: an hourly, weekly or monthly rate in a posting is multiplied by 2,080, 52 or 12 (40 hours a week, 52 weeks a year).
Do remote application security roles pay less?
On today's postings remote roles state a middle of $223k/yr and on-site or hybrid roles $205k/yr, so working remotely costs nothing here: remote seats pay at least as much. Both figures come from 118 open roles that state a salary.
Where do application and product security engineers get the highest offers?
Of the employers with enough stated ranges to compare, Anthropic has the highest middle, $403k/yr, followed by Chainguard ($218k/yr). The table on this page ranks every employer with a figure of its own.
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