Security salary across Europe (2026)
Highest median pay for Security roles: Germany at €45,000. Lowest: France at €42,500 — a gap of about 6%. Medians from live job ads across 2 countries.
Median Security salary by country
- Germany€45,000
Typical range €29,000–€66,500 · 56 ads
- France€42,500
Typical range €30,000–€52,500 · 453 ads
Gross advertised pay per year. Each bar is the median of that country's job ads.
Frequently asked questions
- Where do Securitys earn the most in Europe?
- Highest median: Germany, about €45,000 per year. Lowest: France at €42,500 — roughly a 6% gap. Figures are medians of advertised pay from live job ads.
- What is the median Security salary by country?
- Median advertised pay per year — Germany €45,000; France €42,500.
- How is this salary data calculated?
- We parse the advertised pay from 509 real job vacancies, take the most recent postings and report the median and the 25th–75th percentile range. It is advertised gross annual pay in EUR — not a survey, and not an offer.
How we calculate this
Medians are parsed from 509 live job ads that disclose pay, across 2 countries. Figures are gross annual advertised salaries, rounded for display — indicative benchmarks, not offers.