Data Security Engineer Salary in Columbus, GA

How much does a Data Security Engineer make in Columbus, GA?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Data Security Engineer in Columbus, GA is $106,288. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $97,316 to $115,788, with most professionals earning between $89,148 and $124,438.

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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 Columbus, GA

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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 Columbus, GA. The base salary for Data Security Engineer ranges from $97,316 to $115,788 with the average base salary of $106,288. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $101,288 to $123,345 with the average total cash compensation of $111,501.

View Average Salary for Data Security Engineer as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$106,288	$97,316 - $115,788
Bonus	$5,212	$3,972 - $7,556
Total Pay	$111,501	$101,288 - $123,345

* 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 Columbus, GA

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Columbus, GA
CITY, STATE Auburn, AL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $96,546 - $114,872	COMPARE TO Columbus, GA
CITY, STATE Macon, GA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $98,615 - $117,334	COMPARE TO Columbus, GA
CITY, STATE Albany, GA	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $97,889 - $116,469	COMPARE TO Columbus, GA
CITY, STATE Montgomery, AL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $97,724 - $116,273	COMPARE TO Columbus, GA
CITY, STATE Dothan, AL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $94,719 - $112,698	COMPARE TO Columbus, GA
CITY, STATE Prattville, AL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $97,724 - $116,273	COMPARE TO Columbus, GA

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About Columbus, Georgia

Columbus is one of Georgia's three Fall Line Cities, along with Augusta and Macon. The Fall Line is where the hilly lands of the Piedmont plateau meet the flat terrain of the coastal plain. As such, Columbus has a varied landscape of rolling hills on the north side and flat plains on the south. The fall line causes rivers in the area to decline rapidly towards sea level. Textile mills were established here in the 19th and early 20th centuries to take advantage of the water power from the falls. Columbus was developed along the Chattahoochee River. Interstate 185 runs east of the city, with acc...

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