Mundevo

Salary by city · Cybersecurity engineer

Cybersecurity engineer salary by city — 25 destinations ranked

Senior security engineer covering application security, infrastructure security, or detection / response.

NYC P50 anchor: $200,000/year · scaled by local pay-tier multipliers + FX into each city's currency. Net + lifestyle-tier mapping uses each country's effective payroll deduction.

Illustrative bands, not negotiation data. Cross-check against Levels.fyi, Glassdoor, or local recruiters before quoting these numbers in a real offer conversation.

Who this band describes

Senior security engineers in this band have 5-8 years of experience in offensive (red-team / pentesting), defensive (SOC / detection / response), or product-security (appsec / cloud security) tracks. Specialization matters: cloud-security and appsec command premiums at SaaS companies; detection / response runs higher at financial services.

Pay sits modestly above general-purpose senior SWE bands due to specialization scarcity. Highest at fintech, defense-adjacent tech, and large public tech companies; mid-band at enterprise SaaS and cybersecurity consultancies.

All cities ranked by best-supported lifestyle tier

P50 local-currency band shown; net is the post-tax monthly take-home at P50. Lifestyle tier is the highest Mundevo tier that net covers in this city.

CityP25 / P50 / P75 (gross/year)Net / month at P50Best tierHeadroom
Dubai· United Arab Emirates
AED 477,870
AED 370,350 – AED 621,231
AED 37,831Premium+440%
Kuala Lumpur· Malaysia
MYR 280,556
MYR 217,431 – MYR 364,722
MYR 19,405Premium+292%
Bangkok· Thailand
THB 2,138,889
THB 1,657,639 – THB 2,780,556
THB 160,417Premium+251%
Buenos Aires· Argentina
ARS 38,888,889
ARS 30,138,889 – ARS 50,555,556
ARS 2,398,148Premium+232%
Bangalore· India
₹8,333,333
₹6,458,333 – ₹10,833,333
₹520,833Premium+223%
Seoul· South Korea
₩164,444,444
₩127,444,444 – ₩213,777,778
₩10,825,926Premium+220%
Osaka· Japan
¥15,555,556
¥12,055,556 – ¥20,222,222
¥946,296Premium+195%
Medellin· Colombia
COP 407,407,407
COP 315,740,741 – COP 529,629,630
COP 26,481,481Premium+191%
Tokyo· Japan
¥18,666,667
¥14,466,667 – ¥24,266,667
¥1,135,556Premium+168%
Mexico City· Mexico
MX$1,194,444
MX$925,694 – MX$1,552,778
MX$87,344Premium+164%
Taipei· Taiwan
NT$3,194,444
NT$2,475,694 – NT$4,152,778
NT$214,959Premium+149%
Ho Chi Minh City· Vietnam
₫2,500,000,000
₫1,937,500,000 – ₫3,250,000,000
₫161,458,333Premium+140%
Budapest· Hungary
HUF 36,574,074
HUF 28,344,907 – HUF 47,546,296
HUF 2,026,813Premium+105%
Toronto· Canada
CA$190,556
CA$147,681 – CA$247,722
CA$11,433Premium+88%
Prague· Czech Republic
CZK 2,268,519
CZK 1,758,102 – CZK 2,949,074
CZK 148,399Premium+88%
Athens· Greece
€92,593
€71,759 – €120,370
€4,938Premium+85%
Singapore· Singapore
SGD 187,963
SGD 145,671 – SGD 244,352
SGD 14,724Premium+84%
Warsaw· Poland
PLN 398,148
PLN 308,565 – PLN 517,593
PLN 23,059Premium+83%
Valencia· Spain
€92,593
€71,759 – €120,370
€5,833Premium+80%
São Paulo· Brazil
R$537,037
R$416,204 – R$698,148
R$29,985Premium+78%
Sydney· Australia
A$198,611
A$153,924 – A$258,194
A$12,744Premium+73%
Tallinn· Estonia
€74,074
€57,407 – €96,296
€4,840Premium+72%
Montreal· Canada
CA$136,111
CA$105,486 – CA$176,944
CA$8,167Premium+69%
Stockholm· Sweden
SEK 1,161,111
SEK 899,861 – SEK 1,509,444
SEK 62,894Premium+66%
Brisbane· Australia
A$152,778
A$118,403 – A$198,611
A$9,803Premium+62%
Melbourne· Australia
A$152,778
A$118,403 – A$198,611
A$9,803Premium+47%
Lyon· France
€92,593
€71,759 – €120,370
€4,938Premium+46%
Manchester· United Kingdom
£78,704
£60,995 – £102,315
£4,853Premium+43%
New York· United States
$200,000
$155,000 – $260,000
$12,558Premium+40%
Vienna· Austria
€92,593
€71,759 – €120,370
€4,475Premium+39%
Porto· Portugal
€64,815
€50,231 – €84,259
€3,727Premium+31%
Rome· Italy
€92,593
€71,759 – €120,370
€5,054Premium+30%
Zurich· Switzerland
CHF 149,537
CHF 115,891 – CHF 194,398
CHF 9,907Premium+29%
Edinburgh· United Kingdom
£78,704
£60,995 – £102,315
£4,853Premium+28%
Vancouver· Canada
CA$136,111
CA$105,486 – CA$176,944
CA$8,167Premium+28%
Amsterdam· Netherlands
€120,370
€93,287 – €156,481
€6,771Premium+27%
Madrid· Spain
€74,074
€57,407 – €96,296
€4,667Premium+26%
Paris· France
€111,111
€86,111 – €144,444
€5,926Premium+24%
Milan· Italy
€92,593
€71,759 – €120,370
€5,054Premium+21%
Lisbon· Portugal
€74,074
€57,407 – €96,296
€4,259Premium+20%
Rotterdam· Netherlands
€92,593
€71,759 – €120,370
€5,208Premium+20%
Berlin· Germany
€101,852
€78,935 – €132,407
€4,923Premium+15%
London· United Kingdom
£110,185
£85,394 – £143,241
£6,795Premium+14%
Munich· Germany
€120,370
€93,287 – €156,481
€5,818Premium+12%
Barcelona· Spain
€74,074
€57,407 – €96,296
€4,667Premium+11%
Copenhagen· Denmark
DKK 828,889
DKK 642,389 – DKK 1,077,556
DKK 37,991Premium+8%
Oslo· Norway
NOK 1,074,074
NOK 832,407 – NOK 1,396,296
NOK 55,315Premium+5%
Hamburg· Germany
€92,593
€71,759 – €120,370
€4,475Comfortable+22%
Dublin· Ireland
€92,593
€71,759 – €120,370
€5,478Comfortable+21%
Frankfurt· Germany
€92,593
€71,759 – €120,370
€4,475Comfortable+20%
Austin· United States
$100,000
$77,500 – $130,000
$6,279Comfortable+13%
Chicago· United States
$100,000
$77,500 – $130,000
$6,279Comfortable+11%
Hong Kong· Hong Kong
HK$782,407
HK$606,366 – HK$1,017,130
HK$52,160Comfortable+5%
Tel Aviv· Israel
₪370,370
₪287,037 – ₪481,481
₪20,370Comfortable+0%
Seattle· United States
$100,000
$77,500 – $130,000
$6,279Balanced+15%
Miami· United States
$100,000
$77,500 – $130,000
$6,279Balanced+10%
San Francisco· United States
$100,000
$77,500 – $130,000
$6,279Frugal+25%

See the full math per city

Click any city in the table above for the full breakdown: gross-to-net derivation, monthly budget allocation, tier-by-tier salary requirements, and what the band would actually buy you locally. Or jump to the calculator for your own inputs.