Side-by-side distribution
Boston
$150,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 68.6%
- Live roles
- 3,975
Seattle
$180,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 77.6%
- Live roles
- 3,337
Highest-paying jobs
Sr. Business Development Leader - S&T Market
Senior Manager, Search Marketing
Enterprise Account Executive
Co-Founder & CEO - AI Retail Planning Autopilot
Strategic Account Executive - Boston (Remote)
Senior Account Executive, Startups(NYC OR Boston)
Senior Account Executive, Start-ups (NYC OR Boston)
Research Engineer/Research Scientist, Pre-training
VP, Namer Strategic Sales
Head of GovTech Sales
Highest-paying jobs
S&T Market Leader I
Mid-Market Customer Success Manager, North America
Education Market Leader I
Account Manager
Co-Founder & CEO - AI Retail Planning Autopilot
Engineering Manager, GPU (ML Accelerator)
Research Engineer, Computer Use
Performance Engineer, Inference Systems
Research Engineer, Visual Knowledge Work
Staff Research Engineer, Discovery Team
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Whoop
|
$163,750 | 140 |
Klaviyo
|
$177,000 | 108 |
Motional
|
$200,500 | 73 |
| AX Axon | $183,300 | 68 |
Anduril Industries
|
$193,000 | 64 |
InterSystems
|
$137,500 | 59 |
Datadog
|
$166,000 | 57 |
DIG INN Chefs-In-Training
|
$35,360 | 54 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Fluidstack
|
$217,500 | 252 |
Brex
|
$216,000 | 146 |
|
Anthropic
|
$362,500 | 119 |
|
Anduril Industries
|
$193,000 | 119 |
DoorDash USA
|
$161,300 | 112 |
OpenAI
|
$307,500 | 71 |
| AX Axon | $185,250 | 61 |
DigitalOcean
|
$189,000 | 54 |
Highest-paying roles in Boston
| Role | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | $182,500 | 593 |
| DevOps | $172,500 | 125 |
| Data Scientist | $171,150 | 108 |
| UX Designer | $168,000 | 22 |
| Recruiter | $168,000 | 472 |
| Product Manager | $160,992 | 597 |
| Customer Success | $160,000 | 842 |
| Sales | $150,000 | 970 |
| Project Manager | $141,250 | 293 |
| Marketing Manager | $137,625 | 314 |
Highest-paying roles in Seattle
| Role | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | $207,900 | 827 |
| Data Scientist | $193,000 | 65 |
| DevOps | $192,500 | 81 |
| UX Designer | $180,000 | 29 |
| Sales | $180,000 | 717 |
| Product Manager | $176,400 | 607 |
| Recruiter | $168,935 | 321 |
| Customer Success | $167,500 | 631 |
| Project Manager | $158,400 | 219 |
| Marketing Manager | $149,750 | 244 |
Boston vs Seattle: which pays more?
The median for Boston is $150,000 per year (typically $107,000–$193,050), versus $180,000 for Seattle ($132,500–$226,563). That puts Seattle about 20% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Boston 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.