Staff Engineer salaries in Seattle.
What Staff Engineer roles in Seattle pay, from live listings on JobsRadar.
Compare with anotherMedian salary
$248,825
per year · annualized USD
Typical range
$210k – $348.8k
25th–75th percentile
Disclosing pay
59.7%
172 of 288 roles
Live roles
288
open right now
Salary distribution
annualized USD · disclosed rolesHighest-paying live roles
Performance Engineer, GPU
TPU Kernel Engineer
Research Engineer/Research Scientist, Pre-training
Staff Research Engineer, Discovery Team
Research Engineer, Knowledge Team
Performance Engineer, Inference Systems
Performance Engineer
Research Engineer, Universes
Top companies hiring
| Company | Median | Roles |
|---|---|---|
|
Anthropic
|
$362,500 | 59 |
Databricks
|
$214,700 | 14 |
Anduril Industries
|
$256,000 | 9 |
Pinterest
|
$288,078 | 8 |
| AX Axon | $219,375 | 7 |
| DG DLR Group | $131,000 | 6 |
MORSE Corp
|
$165,000 | 5 |
Ditto
|
$243,000 | 4 |
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How much do Staff Engineer roles in Seattle pay?
The median salary for Staff Engineer roles in Seattle is $248,825 per year. Most pay falls between $210,000 (25th percentile) and $348,750 (75th percentile), with the broader 10th–90th percentile band running from $180,389 to $445,000.
These figures are computed live from 288 active Staff Engineer roles in Seattle on JobsRadar, of which 172 (59.7%) 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 Staff Engineer roles in Seattle include Anthropic.
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.