Side-by-side distribution
Massachusetts
$125,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 68.9%
- Live roles
- 3,125
Seattle
$179,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 76.9%
- Live roles
- 3,265
Highest-paying jobs
Director of Annual Giving: JFund
Co-Founder & CEO - AI Retail Planning Autopilot
Strategic Account Executive - Boston (Remote)
Vice President of Enterprise Sales, East
Psychiatrist (MD / DO)
Area Vice President, Strategic Sales
Sr. Staff Program Manager & Chief of Staff, Operations
General Dentist
Endodontist
Machine Learning Research Engineer (LLMs & AI Systems)
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
Engineering Manager, GPU (ML Accelerator)
Staff Research Engineer, Discovery Team
Research Engineer, Computer Use
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Anduril Industries
|
$193,000 | 157 |
Formlabs
|
$130,000 | 85 |
| AX Axon | $184,275 | 76 |
|
JCC Greater Boston
|
$39,260 | 70 |
The Trustees of Reservations
|
$39,520 | 61 |
Centria Autism
|
$50,960 | 58 |
Datadog
|
$154,250 | 52 |
Professional Physical Therapy
|
$95,000 | 49 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Fluidstack
|
$217,500 | 256 |
Brex
|
$216,000 | 143 |
|
Anduril Industries
|
$193,000 | 120 |
|
Anthropic
|
$362,500 | 119 |
DoorDash USA
|
$161,300 | 112 |
OpenAI
|
$307,500 | 71 |
| AX Axon | $184,421 | 62 |
DigitalOcean
|
$188,100 | 56 |
Highest-paying roles in Massachusetts
| Role | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | $172,750 | 357 |
| DevOps | $169,192 | 68 |
| Customer Success | $152,500 | 472 |
| Product Manager | $150,000 | 321 |
| Recruiter | $145,000 | 311 |
| Data Scientist | $143,754 | 46 |
| UX Designer | $142,649 | 7 |
| Financial Analyst | $130,250 | 50 |
| Sales | $128,720 | 616 |
| Project Manager | $125,000 | 189 |
Highest-paying roles in Seattle
| Role | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | $207,500 | 833 |
| Data Scientist | $193,000 | 65 |
| DevOps | $192,250 | 82 |
| UX Designer | $181,250 | 30 |
| Sales | $180,000 | 717 |
| Product Manager | $176,400 | 609 |
| Recruiter | $168,935 | 321 |
| Customer Success | $167,500 | 632 |
| Project Manager | $156,900 | 222 |
| Nurse | $151,450 | 22 |
Massachusetts vs Seattle: which pays more?
The median for Massachusetts is $125,000 per year (typically $75,000–$176,725), versus $179,000 for Seattle ($130,605–$225,000). That puts Seattle about 43% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Massachusetts 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.