Side-by-side distribution
Denver
$125,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 70%
- Live roles
- 2,843
Seattle
$180,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 77.6%
- Live roles
- 3,337
Highest-paying jobs
HVAC Comfort Advisor
S&T Market Leader I
Education Market Leader I
Executive Operations & Advancement Associate at Hillel of Colorado
Senior Account Executive, Startups (Denver)
Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) – Private Equity Principal
Principal/Partner - Forensic Accounting & Litigation Support
Relief Registered Veterinary Technician - Cherry Creek
Daytime Musculoskeletal Radiologist Partner-Track Denver, CO
Interventional Psychiatrist
Highest-paying jobs
S&T Market Leader I
Education Market Leader I
Mid-Market Customer Success Manager, North America
Account Manager
Co-Founder & CEO - AI Retail Planning Autopilot
Research Engineer, Visual Knowledge Work
Research Engineer, Computer Use
Engineering Manager, GPU (ML Accelerator)
Performance Engineer, Inference Systems
Staff Research Engineer, Discovery Team
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Esri
|
$135,200 | 138 |
Crusoe
|
$159,185 | 60 |
Fivetran
|
$203,643 | 53 |
Xometry
|
$99,000 | 45 |
DoorDash USA
|
$130,200 | 44 |
Gusto, Inc.
|
$146,750 | 42 |
| TA True Anomaly | $169,760 | 40 |
Datadog
|
$123,000 | 36 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Fluidstack
|
$217,500 | 256 |
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 Denver
| Role | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Data Scientist | $187,500 | 6 |
| UX Designer | $171,000 | 11 |
| DevOps | $163,850 | 66 |
| Recruiter | $157,500 | 260 |
| Software Engineer | $155,698 | 332 |
| Product Manager | $145,000 | 337 |
| Customer Success | $136,792 | 690 |
| Marketing Manager | $136,500 | 233 |
| Sales | $136,084 | 793 |
| Project Manager | $126,900 | 233 |
Highest-paying roles in Seattle
| Role | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | $207,700 | 828 |
| 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 | 632 |
| Project Manager | $159,200 | 220 |
| Marketing Manager | $149,750 | 244 |
Denver vs Seattle: which pays more?
The median for Denver is $125,000 per year (typically $80,000–$175,000), versus $180,000 for Seattle ($132,500–$226,563). That puts Seattle about 44% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Denver 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.