Data Security Engineer Salary in Fort Collins, CO

How much does a Data Security Engineer make in Fort Collins, CO?

As of May 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Data Security Engineer in Fort Collins, CO is $119,438. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $109,355 to $130,114, with most professionals earning between $100,176 and $139,835.

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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 Fort Collins, CO

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119438

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138606

125296

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 Fort Collins, CO. The base salary for Data Security Engineer ranges from $109,355 to $130,114 with the average base salary of $119,438. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $113,819 to $138,606 with the average total cash compensation of $125,296.

View Average Salary for Data Security Engineer as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$119,438	$109,355 - $130,114
Bonus	$5,858	$4,464 - $8,491
Total Pay	$125,296	$113,819 - $138,606

* 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 Fort Collins, CO

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Fort Collins, CO
CITY, STATE Loveland, CO	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $109,212 - $129,944	COMPARE TO Fort Collins, CO
CITY, STATE Greeley, CO	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $109,996 - $130,876	COMPARE TO Fort Collins, CO
CITY, STATE Boulder, CO	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $115,823 - $137,809	COMPARE TO Fort Collins, CO
CITY, STATE Broomfield, CO	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $113,836 - $135,446	COMPARE TO Fort Collins, CO
CITY, STATE Cheyenne, WY	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $104,654 - $124,521	COMPARE TO Fort Collins, CO
CITY, STATE Westminster, CO	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $112,512 - $133,870	COMPARE TO Fort Collins, CO

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About Fort Collins, Colorado

Fort Collins is the Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Larimer County, Colorado, United States. Situated on the Cache La Poudre River along the Colorado Front Range, Fort Collins is located 56 mi (90 km) north of the Colorado State Capitol in Denver. With a 2016 estimated population of 161,000, it is the fourth most populous city in Colorado after Denver, Colorado Springs, and Aurora. Fort Collins is a midsize college city, home to Colorado State University. Fort Collins is situated at the base of the Rocky Mountain foothills of the northern Fr...

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