Side-by-side distribution
Los Angeles
$130,200
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 66.6%
- Live roles
- 4,508
Seattle
$180,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 77.7%
- Live roles
- 3,357
Highest-paying jobs
Executive Director
Business Development Leader II - Behavioral Health Market
Office Practice Leader II
Commercial Market Leader I
Account Director - Growth Marketing (Paid Social)
Co-Founder & CEO - AI Retail Planning Autopilot
Strategic Account Executive - Southern California (Remote)
Business Development Manager (Japanese and English bilingual)
Transaction Advisory Services (TAS) – Private Equity Principal
Business Development Manager
Highest-paying jobs
Mid-Market Customer Success Manager, North America
S&T Market Leader I
Education Market Leader I
Account Manager
Co-Founder & CEO - AI Retail Planning Autopilot
Performance Engineer, Inference Systems
Research Engineer, Domain Scaling
Staff Research Engineer, Discovery Team
Engineering Manager, GPU (ML Accelerator)
Research Engineer, Visual Knowledge Work
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
CHAOS Industries
|
$175,000 | 130 |
DoorDash USA
|
$130,200 | 110 |
Hadrian Automation
|
$185,000 | 93 |
Apex Technology, Inc.
|
$150,000 | 92 |
| L( LA28 (Web) | $101,500 | 86 |
General Matter
|
$132,500 | 73 |
AEG Worldwide
|
$89,453 | 63 |
Freeform
|
$145,000 | 53 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Fluidstack
|
$217,500 | 249 |
Brex
|
$216,000 | 156 |
|
Anthropic
|
$362,500 | 120 |
Anduril Industries
|
$193,000 | 120 |
|
DoorDash USA
|
$161,300 | 110 |
OpenAI
|
$307,500 | 75 |
| AX Axon | $184,421 | 62 |
DigitalOcean
|
$189,000 | 54 |
Highest-paying roles in Los Angeles
| Role | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| DevOps | $180,000 | 78 |
| Software Engineer | $170,000 | 548 |
| Data Scientist | $170,000 | 31 |
| UX Designer | $165,000 | 23 |
| Recruiter | $145,000 | 289 |
| Product Manager | $139,500 | 499 |
| Nurse | $137,500 | 33 |
| Customer Success | $135,000 | 540 |
| Project Manager | $122,500 | 327 |
| Sales | $117,550 | 734 |
Highest-paying roles in Seattle
| Role | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | $207,500 | 833 |
| Data Scientist | $193,375 | 66 |
| DevOps | $192,250 | 80 |
| UX Designer | $180,000 | 29 |
| Sales | $180,000 | 730 |
| Product Manager | $176,400 | 620 |
| Recruiter | $168,935 | 323 |
| Customer Success | $167,500 | 645 |
| Project Manager | $155,360 | 224 |
| Marketing Manager | $147,550 | 254 |
Los Angeles vs Seattle: which pays more?
The median for Los Angeles is $130,200 per year (typically $85,000–$175,000), versus $180,000 for Seattle ($132,500–$226,813). That puts Seattle about 38% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Los Angeles 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.