Kafka salaries in Seattle.
What Kafka roles in Seattle pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$198,500
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$170k – $222.7k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
75.3%
64 of 85 roles
Live roles
85
open right now
Salary trend
median · annualized USDSalary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying jobs
Software Engineer, Build Systems / CI
Manager, Engineering, AI & ML
Senior Software Engineer
Principal Engineer - Security Products, Security Visibility
Principal Engineer - Security Products, Security Visibility
Software Engineer, Balance Abstraction
Staff Software Engineer, Productivity
Staff Software Engineer, Ads Data Warehouse
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
Metropolis
|
$170,000 | 8 |
|
PitchBook Data
|
$205,000 | 7 |
|
DigitalOcean
|
$225,900 | 6 |
Compass
|
$186,050 | 6 |
| OT Otter | $198,500 | 3 |
Amperity
|
$222,650 | 2 |
Databricks
|
$214,700 | 2 |
LVT
|
$202,588 | 2 |
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How much do Kafka roles in Seattle pay?
The median salary for Kafka roles in Seattle is $198,500 per year. Most pay falls between $170,000 (25th percentile) and $222,733 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $155,750 to $235,600.
These figures are computed live from 85 active Kafka roles in Seattle on JobsRadar, of which 64 (75.3%) 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 Kafka roles in Seattle include OpenAI, PitchBook Data, Datadog and DigitalOcean.
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.