Data Security Engineer Salary in Baltimore, MD

How much does a Data Security Engineer make in Baltimore, MD?

As of March 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Data Security Engineer in Baltimore, MD is $123,292. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $112,886 to $134,313, with most professionals earning between $103,412 and $144,346.

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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 Baltimore, MD

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112886

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Average Total Cash Compensation

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129338

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 Baltimore, MD. The base salary for Data Security Engineer ranges from $112,886 to $134,313 with the average base salary of $123,292. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $117,495 to $143,077 with the average total cash compensation of $129,338.

View Average Salary for Data Security Engineer as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$123,292	$112,886 - $134,313
Bonus	$6,046	$4,608 - $8,764
Total Pay	$129,338	$117,495 - $143,077

* 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 Baltimore, MD

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Baltimore, MD
CITY, STATE Towson, MD	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $112,886 - $134,313	COMPARE TO Baltimore, MD 0%
CITY, STATE Dundalk, MD	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $112,886 - $134,313	COMPARE TO Baltimore, MD 0%
CITY, STATE Ellicott City, MD	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $112,813 - $134,225	COMPARE TO Baltimore, MD
CITY, STATE Glen Burnie, MD	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $112,886 - $134,313	COMPARE TO Baltimore, MD 0%
CITY, STATE Columbia, MD	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $112,703 - $134,095	COMPARE TO Baltimore, MD
CITY, STATE Bowie, MD	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $121,985 - $145,139	COMPARE TO Baltimore, MD

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About Baltimore, Maryland

Baltimore (/ˈbɔːltɪmɔːr/) is the largest city in the state of Maryland within the United States. Baltimore was established by the Constitution of Maryland as an independent city in 1729. With a population of 611,648 in 2017, Baltimore is the largest such independent city in the United States. As of 2017[update], the population of the Baltimore metropolitan area was estimated to be just under 2.808 million, making it the 20th largest metropolitan area in the country. Baltimore is located about 40 miles (60 km) northeast of Washington, D.C., making it a principal city in the Washington-Baltimo...

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