Hourly Wage for Data Security Engineer Salary in the United States

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As of January 01, 2025, the average hourly pay of Data Security Engineer in the United States is $57. While Salary.com is seeing that Data Security Engineer salary in the US can go up to $67 or down to $48, but most earn between $53 and $62. Salary.com shows the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Data Security Engineer in the United States.

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Prepare effective reports and metrics to highlight the project status and findings to management.

November 19, 2022

Drives data platform and data services roadmap from data quality to data extraction and acquisition, aggregation, transformation and warehousing, and leverages resources from multiple functions to deliver scalable solutions.

February 05, 2023

Support all compliance activities related to state, federal regulatory requirements, healthcare accreditation standards, and all other applicable regulations that govern the use and disclosure of patient, financial, or other confidential information.

March 10, 2023

Provides technical lead on individual security projects across multiple technologies including infrastructure, secure electronic data transfer, network security, platform security and application security.

March 24, 2023

Understand and comply with all enterprise and IS departmental information security policies, procedures and standards.

March 28, 2023

Design software tools and subsystems to support software reuse and domain analyses and manage their implementation.

April 02, 2023

Collaborate with a global team to continually operate and improve a world-class cyber program by driving the uplift of sensory tools, detection tuning, and access to data sources to increase detection effectiveness by applying data analytics.

April 03, 2023

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Average Hourly Wage

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These charts show the average hourly wage (core compensation), as well as the average total hourly cash compensation for the job of Data Security Engineer in the United States. The average hourly rate for Data Security Engineer ranges from $53 to $62 with the average hourly pay of $57. The total hourly cash compensation, which includes base and short-term incentives, can vary anywhere from $55 to $67 with the average total hourly cash compensation of $60.

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