Side-by-side distribution
Seattle
$180,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 77.7%
- Live roles
- 3,357
United States
$125,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 54.6%
- Live roles
- 65,473
Highest-paying jobs
Mid-Market Customer Success Manager, North America
Education Market Leader I
S&T Market Leader I
Account Manager
Co-Founder & CEO - AI Retail Planning Autopilot
Performance Engineer, Inference Systems
Engineering Manager, GPU (ML Accelerator)
Research Engineer, Domain Scaling
Research Engineer, Visual Knowledge Work
Staff Research Engineer, Discovery Team
Highest-paying jobs
Project Coordinator 1
Senior Manager, Paid Media
Client Partner
Project Coordinator 1
National Leader of Behavioral Health - Design Practice
Senior Director of Healthcare Partnerships, Scholars Network
Project Coordinator 1
Project Coordinator 2
Wholesale Account Executive, National
Senior Project Coordinator
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Fluidstack
|
$217,500 | 249 |
Brex
|
$216,000 | 156 |
Anduril Industries
|
$193,000 | 120 |
|
Anthropic
|
$362,500 | 119 |
DoorDash USA
|
$161,300 | 110 |
OpenAI
|
$307,500 | 75 |
| AX Axon | $184,421 | 62 |
DigitalOcean
|
$189,000 | 54 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Anduril Industries
|
$170,000 | 1,864 |
Centria Autism
|
$44,720 | 1,166 |
Greenlife Healthcare Staffing
|
$82,500 | 849 |
Gotham Enterprises Ltd
|
$117,500 | 743 |
Serenity Mental Health Centers
|
$73,840 | 480 |
Sandpiper Productions
|
$62,400 | 404 |
NoGigiddy
|
$43,680 | 282 |
Scout Motors
|
$132,500 | 254 |
Highest-paying roles in Seattle
| Role | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | $207,500 | 834 |
| Data Scientist | $193,375 | 66 |
| DevOps | $192,250 | 80 |
| UX Designer | $180,000 | 29 |
| Sales | $180,000 | 729 |
| Product Manager | $176,400 | 619 |
| Recruiter | $168,935 | 324 |
| Customer Success | $167,250 | 644 |
| Project Manager | $155,360 | 224 |
| Marketing Manager | $147,550 | 254 |
Highest-paying roles in United States
| Role | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Data Scientist | $183,757 | 412 |
| Software Engineer | $178,800 | 4,996 |
| DevOps | $172,490 | 760 |
| Recruiter | $168,500 | 3,075 |
| UX Designer | $164,500 | 122 |
| Product Manager | $150,000 | 4,925 |
| Customer Success | $138,288 | 6,432 |
| Financial Analyst | $129,500 | 779 |
| Marketing Manager | $127,500 | 2,835 |
| Project Manager | $125,540 | 2,950 |
Seattle vs United States: which pays more?
The median for Seattle is $180,000 per year (typically $132,500–$226,813), versus $125,000 for United States ($74,000–$180,045). That puts Seattle about 44% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Seattle and United States 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.