Side-by-side distribution
Austin
$159,750
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 41.8%
- Live roles
- 4,346
Seattle
$179,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 76.9%
- Live roles
- 3,265
Highest-paying jobs
Performance Marketing Manager
Co-Founder & CEO - AI Retail Planning Autopilot
Inside Sales Rep, Austin, Texas
Strategic Account Executive - TOLA (Remote)
Strategic Account Executive
Lead Systems Software Architect
Chief of Staff
Freelance Finance Content Writer
Freelance Business Writer
Member of Technical Staff - Model Training
Highest-paying jobs
Education Market Leader I
S&T Market Leader I
Mid-Market Customer Success Manager, North America
Account Manager
Co-Founder & CEO - AI Retail Planning Autopilot
Research Engineer, Visual Knowledge Work
Performance Engineer, Inference Systems
Staff Research Engineer, Discovery Team
Engineering Manager, GPU (ML Accelerator)
Research Engineer, Computer Use
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Fluidstack
|
$217,500 | 285 |
Neuralink
|
$118,500 | 48 |
DoorDash USA
|
$145,650 | 46 |
Braze
|
$145,000 | 46 |
Gong.io
|
$162,500 | 37 |
Tenstorrent
|
$300,000 | 36 |
MongoDB
|
$149,750 | 34 |
NoGigiddy
|
$43,680 | 29 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Fluidstack
|
$217,500 | 257 |
Brex
|
$216,000 | 143 |
Anduril Industries
|
$193,000 | 120 |
|
Anthropic
|
$362,500 | 119 |
|
DoorDash USA
|
$161,300 | 111 |
OpenAI
|
$307,500 | 70 |
| AX Axon | $183,593 | 63 |
DigitalOcean
|
$188,100 | 56 |
Highest-paying roles in Austin
| Role | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| UX Designer | $205,000 | 15 |
| Software Engineer | $200,000 | 464 |
| Data Scientist | $187,500 | 18 |
| DevOps | $171,750 | 72 |
| Recruiter | $159,050 | 246 |
| Product Manager | $157,500 | 374 |
| Customer Success | $153,300 | 525 |
| Project Manager | $141,500 | 192 |
| Sales | $140,000 | 658 |
| Marketing Manager | $135,000 | 251 |
Highest-paying roles in Seattle
| Role | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | $207,500 | 837 |
| Data Scientist | $193,000 | 65 |
| DevOps | $192,000 | 83 |
| UX Designer | $181,250 | 30 |
| Sales | $180,000 | 720 |
| Product Manager | $176,400 | 610 |
| Recruiter | $168,468 | 322 |
| Customer Success | $167,500 | 631 |
| Project Manager | $156,900 | 222 |
| Nurse | $151,450 | 22 |
Austin vs Seattle: which pays more?
The median for Austin is $159,750 per year (typically $100,000–$213,000), versus $179,000 for Seattle ($130,605–$225,000). That puts Seattle about 12% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Austin and Seattle are compared on equal terms regardless of the currency each role was originally posted in. Only roles that publish a salary range feed the medians; numbers refresh every few hours as new roles post and older ones close, so this comparison reflects the market right now rather than a fixed survey. Use it as a directional benchmark when weighing one path against the other.