Side-by-side distribution
New York
$160,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 75.4%
- Live roles
- 20,798
Seattle
$180,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 77.6%
- Live roles
- 3,337
Highest-paying jobs
Director, Client Services
Sr. Business Development Leader - S&T Market
Performance Marketing Manager
Chief Legal Officer (CLO) ($1M-$5M salary)
Revenue Leader, Brand Partnerships
Senior Staff Frontend Engineer ($500k - $1.5m salary)
Co-Founder & CEO - AI Retail Planning Autopilot
Senior Staff React Native Engineer ($500k - 1.5m salary)
Senior Staff Backend Engineer ($500k - $1.5m salary)
Senior Staff Full Stack Engineer ($500k - $1.5m salary)
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
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 |
|---|---|---|
Greenlife Healthcare Staffing
|
$141,440 | 309 |
Fluidstack
|
$217,500 | 290 |
|
Anthropic
|
$362,500 | 221 |
Oscar Health
|
$151,700 | 197 |
Brex
|
$195,632 | 194 |
DIG INN Chefs-In-Training
|
$36,400 | 184 |
CoreWeave
|
$203,500 | 177 |
DoorDash USA
|
$136,700 | 177 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Fluidstack
|
$217,500 | 251 |
|
Brex
|
$216,000 | 146 |
|
Anthropic
|
$362,500 | 120 |
Anduril Industries
|
$193,000 | 120 |
|
DoorDash USA
|
$161,300 | 112 |
OpenAI
|
$307,500 | 74 |
| AX Axon | $184,421 | 62 |
DigitalOcean
|
$189,000 | 54 |
Highest-paying roles in New York
| Role | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | $205,000 | 2,599 |
| Data Scientist | $192,225 | 232 |
| DevOps | $191,850 | 318 |
| UX Designer | $172,500 | 121 |
| Recruiter | $170,000 | 1,807 |
| Product Manager | $165,500 | 3,383 |
| Customer Success | $165,000 | 3,658 |
| Sales | $162,500 | 5,312 |
| Marketing Manager | $144,000 | 2,012 |
| Project Manager | $133,750 | 1,487 |
Highest-paying roles in Seattle
| Role | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | $207,500 | 830 |
| Data Scientist | $193,375 | 66 |
| DevOps | $192,750 | 82 |
| UX Designer | $180,000 | 29 |
| Sales | $180,000 | 725 |
| Product Manager | $176,400 | 612 |
| Recruiter | $168,935 | 321 |
| Customer Success | $167,500 | 634 |
| Project Manager | $160,000 | 219 |
| Marketing Manager | $148,991 | 246 |
New York vs Seattle: which pays more?
The median for New York is $160,000 per year (typically $105,000–$212,000), versus $180,000 for Seattle ($132,500–$226,563). That puts Seattle about 13% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so New York 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.