All roles · San Jose vs All roles · Seattle

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

Side A

Side B

All roles · San Jose pays about 1% more at the median.

Side-by-side distribution

All roles · San Jose All roles · Seattle
$194.6k
$193k
$90.9k box = 25th–75th · whiskers = 10th–90th $331.3k

All roles · San Jose

$194,550

median · per year, annualized USD

$157.3k 25th
$194.6k Median
$221k 75th
$116k
$278.3k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $45.8k – $581.4k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
18.4%
Live roles
1,683

All roles · Seattle

$193,000

median · per year, annualized USD

$153.2k 25th
$193k Median
$239.4k 75th
$107.5k
$314.7k
Box 25th–75th · whiskers 10th–90th Full range $42.2k – $850k · outliers off-axis
Disclosing
37.6%
Live roles
3,147

All roles · San Jose vs All roles · Seattle: which pays more?

The median for All roles · San Jose is $194,550 per year (typically $157,250–$221,000), versus $193,000 for All roles · Seattle ($153,150–$239,400). That puts All roles · San Jose about 1% ahead at the median.

Both figures are computed live from active listings on JobsRadar and normalized to annualized USD, so All roles · San Jose and All roles · 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.

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