Data Security Engineer Salary in Akron, Ohio

How much does a Data Security Engineer make in Akron, OH?

As of March 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Data Security Engineer in Akron, OH is $115,736. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $105,968 to $126,081, with most professionals earning between $97,075 and $135,500.

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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

Lead development of security architectures to support a large-scale global user community with complex information authorization rules and requirements.

April 03, 2023

Act as a primary contact for DLP design, system performance, issue troubleshooting, and incident handling, including reviewing DLP policy violation alerts and working with Security, IT Eng, and business stakeholders to investigate and resolve.

April 16, 2023

Demonstrates a basic knowledge and understanding of Information security principles, System Development Life Cycle (SDLC), general and IT controls, security engineering principles, and related information security policies and procedures.

April 18, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Data Security Engineer in Akron, OH

Average Base Salary

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105968

126081

115736

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

110294

134308

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What is the average salary for Data Security Engineer in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Data Security Engineer in Akron, OH. The base salary for Data Security Engineer ranges from $105,968 to $126,081 with the average base salary of $115,736. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $110,294 to $134,308 with the average total cash compensation of $121,412.

View Average Salary for Data Security Engineer as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$115,736	$105,968 - $126,081
Bonus	$5,676	$4,326 - $8,227
Total Pay	$121,412	$110,294 - $134,308

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

Data Security Engineer Salary Near Akron, OH

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Akron, OH
CITY, STATE Cuyahoga Falls, OH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $105,430 - $125,441	COMPARE TO Akron, OH
CITY, STATE Canton, OH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $103,273 - $122,875	COMPARE TO Akron, OH
CITY, STATE Lakewood, OH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $108,401 - $128,975	COMPARE TO Akron, OH
CITY, STATE Cleveland, OH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $108,401 - $128,975	COMPARE TO Akron, OH
CITY, STATE Euclid, OH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $108,313 - $128,871	COMPARE TO Akron, OH
CITY, STATE Elyria, OH	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $105,913 - $126,016	COMPARE TO Akron, OH

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About Akron, Ohio

Akron (/ˈækrən/) is the fifth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Summit County. It is located on the western edge of the Glaciated Allegheny Plateau, about 30 miles (48 km) south of Cleveland. As of the 2017 Census estimate, the city proper had a total population of 197,846, making it the 119th-largest city in the United States. The Greater Akron area, covering Summit and Portage counties, had an estimated population of 703,505. The city was founded in 1825 by Simon Perkins and Paul Williams, along the Little Cuyahoga River at the summit of the developing Ohio and...

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