Side-by-side distribution
Seattle
$180,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 77.6%
- Live roles
- 3,337
Toronto
$112,518
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 57.2%
- Live roles
- 3,636
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
Performance Engineer, Inference Systems
Staff Research Engineer, Discovery Team
Engineering Manager, GPU (ML Accelerator)
Research Engineer, Computer Use
Highest-paying jobs
Agiloft Client Lead
Shopify Practice Director
Office Practice Leader - Design Practice
Co-Founder & CEO - AI Retail Planning Autopilot
Sr. Engineer, Package Design
Software Engineer, Metal Runtime (Core Systems)
Staff Field Application Engineer
GCC Compiler Engineer
Design Verification Lead, AI Hardware
Sr. Engineer, Ethernet IP
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 | 111 |
OpenAI
|
$307,500 | 71 |
| AX Axon | $185,250 | 61 |
DigitalOcean
|
$189,000 | 54 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Okta
|
$134,418 | 63 |
Cohere
|
$206,683 | 61 |
Jobber
|
$125,800 | 39 |
Waabi
|
$200,250 | 38 |
Lyft
|
$118,800 | 37 |
Konrad
|
$105,000 | 37 |
Lightmatter
|
$192,500 | 35 |
JOEY Restaurants
|
$44,720 | 32 |
Highest-paying roles in Seattle
| Role | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | $207,900 | 829 |
| Data Scientist | $193,000 | 65 |
| DevOps | $192,500 | 81 |
| UX Designer | $180,000 | 29 |
| Sales | $180,000 | 718 |
| Product Manager | $176,400 | 607 |
| Recruiter | $168,935 | 319 |
| Customer Success | $167,500 | 631 |
| Project Manager | $158,400 | 221 |
| Marketing Manager | $149,499 | 245 |
Highest-paying roles in Toronto
| Role | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Data Scientist | $182,750 | 45 |
| Software Engineer | $153,218 | 481 |
| Recruiter | $126,000 | 233 |
| Product Manager | $117,246 | 561 |
| DevOps | $114,628 | 104 |
| Project Manager | $111,986 | 230 |
| Marketing Manager | $110,140 | 298 |
| UX Designer | $108,097 | 24 |
| Sales | $108,000 | 619 |
| Customer Success | $107,500 | 643 |
Seattle vs Toronto: which pays more?
The median for Seattle is $180,000 per year (typically $132,500–$226,563), versus $112,518 for Toronto ($79,529–$163,230). That puts Seattle about 60% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Seattle and Toronto 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.