Median salary
$185,375
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$161.3k – $216.4k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
82.8%
53 of 64 roles
Live roles
64
open right now
Staff+ Software Engineer, Data Infrastructure
Data Engineer
Data Engineer, Core Experimentation
Sr. Staff Software Engineer - Unity Catalog Data Governance
Senior Staff Engineer - Ads Data Platform (Seattle or Mountain View)
Data Engineer
Staff Engineer - Data Platform - Seattle
Senior Software Engineer, Data Sync
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
DigitalOcean
|
$156,600 | 9 |
Brex
|
$216,000 | 6 |
Metropolis
|
$160,000 | 5 |
DoorDash USA
|
$161,300 | 4 |
Fluidstack
|
$217,500 | 3 |
Databricks
|
$214,700 | 3 |
Anthropic
|
$403,750 | 2 |
Speechify
|
$170,000 | 2 |
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The median salary for Data Engineer roles in Seattle is $185,375 per year. Most pay falls between $161,300 (25th percentile) and $216,375 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $155,455 to $252,810.
These figures are computed live from 64 active Data Engineer roles in Seattle on JobsRadar, of which 53 (82.8%) publish a salary range. Pay is normalized to annualized USD so roles can be compared on equal terms; the highest-paying roles listed above show their original posted currency. Numbers refresh every few hours as new roles are posted and older ones close.
Employers currently hiring well-paid Data Engineer roles in Seattle include Anthropic, OpenAI, Databricks and Coupang.
Salary transparency varies by employer and region, so the disclosing share above reflects only roles that publish pay — not every open position. Use it as a directional benchmark rather than an exact offer.