Side-by-side distribution
Seattle
$179,000
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 76.9%
- Live roles
- 3,265
Washington State
$149,675
median · per year, annualized USD
- Disclosing
- 69.4%
- Live roles
- 5,932
Highest-paying jobs
Education Market Leader I
S&T 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
Project Coordinator 1
Director of Development
Account Executive
SVP, Public Affairs
Managing Director, Digital Strategy
Co-Founder & CEO - AI Retail Planning Autopilot
Vice President of Enterprise Sales, East
Psychiatrist (MD / DO)
VP, Sales - GovTech (CLEAR1 - B2B)
Area Vice President, Strategic Sales
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Fluidstack
|
$217,500 | 257 |
Brex
|
$216,000 | 143 |
Anduril Industries
|
$193,000 | 120 |
|
Anthropic
|
$362,500 | 119 |
DoorDash USA
|
$161,300 | 111 |
OpenAI
|
$307,500 | 70 |
| AX Axon | $183,593 | 63 |
DigitalOcean
|
$188,100 | 56 |
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Anduril Industries
|
$193,000 | 265 |
Accenture Federal Services
|
$146,650 | 248 |
Esri
|
$129,740 | 183 |
| AX Axon | $188,614 | 94 |
Databricks
|
$214,700 | 92 |
|
Okta
|
$214,000 | 85 |
NoGigiddy
|
$43,680 | 70 |
Palantir
|
$140,000 | 62 |
Highest-paying roles in Seattle
| Role | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Software Engineer | $207,500 | 837 |
| Data Scientist | $193,000 | 65 |
| DevOps | $192,000 | 83 |
| UX Designer | $181,250 | 30 |
| Sales | $180,000 | 720 |
| Product Manager | $176,400 | 610 |
| Recruiter | $168,468 | 322 |
| Customer Success | $167,500 | 631 |
| Project Manager | $156,900 | 222 |
| Nurse | $151,450 | 22 |
Highest-paying roles in Washington State
| Role | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
| Data Scientist | $180,000 | 43 |
| Software Engineer | $177,500 | 787 |
| UX Designer | $170,500 | 25 |
| Product Manager | $164,692 | 620 |
| Customer Success | $156,750 | 1,015 |
| DevOps | $151,800 | 193 |
| Recruiter | $151,800 | 564 |
| Sales | $150,000 | 1,063 |
| Nurse | $148,950 | 68 |
| Project Manager | $140,000 | 371 |
Seattle vs Washington State: which pays more?
The median for Seattle is $179,000 per year (typically $130,605–$225,000), versus $149,675 for Washington State ($102,500–$193,000). That puts Seattle about 20% ahead at the median.
Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so Seattle and Washington State 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.