Seattle vs United Kingdom

Put two roles head to head — any role, in any location or worldwide-remote.

Side A

Side B

Seattle pays about 217% more at the median.

Side-by-side distribution

Seattle United Kingdom
$180k
$56.7k
$14.7k box = 25th–75th · whiskers = 10th–90th $313.6k

Seattle

$180,000

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -6.7%
$193,000 $180,000
$132.5k 25th
$180k Median
$226.8k 75th
$81.1k
$293k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $5.3k – $3,000k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
77.7%
Live roles
3,357

United Kingdom

$56,748

median · per year, annualized USD

Median over time ▼ -56.3%
$130,000 $56,748
$38.3k 25th
$56.7k Median
$107.7k 75th
$35.3k
$187.5k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $5k – $4,004.4k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
22.7%
Live roles
11,678

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

Top companies hiring

Company Median Roles
LO Lookers $58,835 160
ABM UK $36,841 156
Freedom Leisure $35,446 118
Charity Link $35,397 103
Rentokil Initial Group $36,013 93
Private Equity Insights $187,539 92
Universal Business Team $56,601 78
Biffa Waste Services $46,970 61

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

Highest-paying roles in United Kingdom

Role Median Roles
Financial Analyst $150,568 39
Recruiter $135,203 102
Software Engineer $118,453 220
DevOps $108,909 36
Data Scientist $107,086 15
Product Manager $94,478 298
Marketing Manager $87,820 253
Project Manager $75,084 149
Data Analyst $71,100 41
Sales $67,003 943

Seattle vs United Kingdom: which pays more?

The median for Seattle is $180,000 per year (typically $132,500–$226,813), versus $56,748 for United Kingdom ($38,345–$107,723). That puts Seattle about 217% ahead at the median.

Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Seattle and United Kingdom 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.

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