Side-by-side distribution
San Francisco
$200,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 76%
- Live roles
- 13,943
Seattle
$180,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 77.6%
- Live roles
- 3,337
Highest-paying jobs
VP of Growth
Performance Marketing Manager
Grants Manager
Co-Founder & CEO - AI Retail Planning Autopilot
Director Of Influencer Marketing
Account Executive
Create Your Own Role
Account Executive, Enterprise
Director / VP Sales
Paid Growth Specialist
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 |
|---|---|---|
OpenAI
|
$307,500 | 478 |
|
Anthropic
|
$352,500 | 315 |
Fluidstack
|
$217,500 | 291 |
DoorDash USA
|
$161,300 | 232 |
Brex
|
$203,500 | 217 |
Databricks
|
$217,375 | 173 |
Airwallex
|
$205,000 | 146 |
Crusoe
|
$210,000 | 139 |
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 San Francisco
| Role | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | $216,000 | 3,003 |
| Data Scientist | $208,875 | 358 |
| DevOps | $205,000 | 285 |
| Product Manager | $195,900 | 2,514 |
| Sales | $195,900 | 3,614 |
| Customer Success | $192,500 | 2,642 |
| UX Designer | $192,250 | 98 |
| Recruiter | $187,875 | 1,562 |
| Marketing Manager | $175,000 | 1,105 |
| Project Manager | $171,000 | 807 |
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 | 727 |
| Product Manager | $176,400 | 612 |
| Recruiter | $168,935 | 321 |
| Customer Success | $167,500 | 636 |
| Project Manager | $160,000 | 219 |
| Marketing Manager | $148,991 | 246 |
San Francisco vs Seattle: which pays more?
The median for San Francisco is $200,000 per year (typically $155,000–$250,000), versus $180,000 for Seattle ($132,500–$226,563). That puts San Francisco about 11% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so San Francisco 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.