What is the typical H-1B salary for a security engineer?

Across 62 certified H-1B filings at 16 employers, the typical salary is $138,880 a year, and the middle half of employers' medians fall between $129,489 and $152,869.

Which company sponsors the most security engineers?

Intel filed the most, with 7 filings for "Security Researcher" at a median of $133,050.

Where do these numbers come from?

They are the wages employers committed to on their own certified H-1B filings for the fiscal year — not self-reported figures. Each employer's median is weighted by how many filings it made, so a company with thousands of filings counts for more than one with ten.

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Security Engineer H-1B salaries

What employers committed to paying sponsored security engineers on their certified H-1B filings — per employer, with the job title they used.

$138,880
typical salary: $129k–$153k
middle half: 62
filings: 16
employers

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The employers sponsoring the most security engineers, and what they pay.

Employers with the most H-1B filings for security engineers
Employer	Job title on the filings	Median	Middle half	Filings
Intel	Security Researcher	$133,050	$115k–$186k	7
Inteli Platforms	Network Security Engineer	$84,427	$81k–$91k	7
U.S. Bank National Association	Senior Info Security Engineer	$139,398	$134k–$145k	4
eBay	Information Security Engineer 2	$120,000	$104k–$154k	4
Snap	Security Engineer	$193,452	$164k–$211k

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What is the typical H-1B salary for a security engineer?: Across 62 certified H-1B filings at 16 employers, the typical salary is $138,880 a year, and the middle half of employers' medians fall between $129,489 and $152,869.
Which company sponsors the most security engineers?: Intel filed the most, with 7 filings for "Security Researcher" at a median of $133,050.
Where do these numbers come from?: They are the wages employers committed to on their own certified H-1B filings for the fiscal year — not self-reported figures. Each employer's median is weighted by how many filings it made, so a company with thousands of filings counts for more than one with ten.