Reverse Engineer Salary in District of Columbia

How much does a Reverse Engineer make in DC?

As of April 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Reverse Engineer in District of Columbia is $146,048. According to Salary.com, salaries can range from a low of $122,961 to a high of $170,910, with most professionals earning between $133,963 and $159,062.

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Location	Avg. Salary	Date Updated
Location Naval Anacost Annex, DC	Avg. Salary $146,048	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Parcel Return Service, DC	Avg. Salary $146,048	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Washington, DC	Avg. Salary $146,048	Date Updated April 01, 2025
Location Washington Navy Yard, DC	Avg. Salary $146,048	Date Updated April 01, 2025

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Support the maintenance of malware analysis platforms and tool sets, identify requirements for new malware analysis capabilities, and contribute to the development of new malware analysis tools and techniques.

August 07, 2022

Document discovered vulnerabilities and support building a comprehensive knowledgebase of discovered vulnerabilities.

January 05, 2023

Understanding of compiler specifics, operating system concepts, security models, and the causes of most vulnerabilities and how to exploit them, preferably, experience coding and disassembling software on both Windows and Linux or other *BSD and Unix variants.

February 12, 2023

Designing, prototyping, documenting, testing and transitioning malicious code analysis methods and tools appropriate for operational use.

March 27, 2023

Provide input for the configuration of the applications and servers on which application programs run to ensure information security/information assurance principles related to the CNO mission are adequately addressed.

April 02, 2023

Assist in incident response activities such as host triage and retrieval, malware analysis, remote system analysis, end-user interviews, and remediation efforts.

April 08, 2023

Collaborate with the Cyber Innovations Team to develop software systems that aid in data analytics, network-based applications, reverse engineering tasks, embedded system development, and integration of hardware.

April 10, 2023

Works independently to form technical approach from differentiators and actively contributes to win theme meetings and pink team reviews.

April 12, 2023

Develop the critical components of the solution, including but not limited to, security, rules infrastructure, custom adapter implementation, and application interfaces.

May 10, 2023

Demonstrates understanding of business product offerings and contributes to marketing / business development by providing technical expertise during marketing engagements as well as supporting business development efforts led by others.

May 16, 2023

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About District of Columbia

Washington, D.C. is located in the mid-Atlantic region of the U.S. East Coast. Due to the District of Columbia retrocession, the city has a total area of 68.34 square miles (177.0 km2), of which 61.05 square miles (158.1 km2) is land and 7.29 square miles (18.9 km2) (10.67%) is water. The District is bordered by Montgomery County, Maryland to the northwest; Prince George's County, Maryland to the east; Arlington County, Virginia to the south; and Alexandria, Virginia to the west. The south bank of the Potomac River forms the District's border with Virginia and has two major tributaries: the An...

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