Salaries

Salaries in Arlington.

3,445 roles. One city.

Cost-of-living index: 1.22x national average. Last updated August 2026.

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Highest Paying

$418,000

Senior VP of Product

Median of All Roles

$169,000

Defense Data Engineer

Entry Level

$40,000

Hotel Clerk / Front Desk

The salary figures on this page are computed estimates, not observed wages. Each one is a national role baseline scaled by a Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity cost-of-living multiplier (2025 index) and rounded to the nearest $1,000. No published wage percentile is consulted and no wage survey response enters the calculation, so an Orbyt estimate must not be cited as a Bureau of Labor Statistics figure or as measured pay. The published wage data Orbyt holds is Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, and Department of Labor H-1B Labor Condition Application filings, which record a filed minimum visa base wage rather than market pay. Where BLS publishes a wage for the occupation a role maps to, it is shown on that role's page as a separate benchmark, labelled with its occupation code, metro area and the number of employed workers it covers. Last updated August 2026.

Arlington, VA has a cost-of-living index of 1.22x the national average. The highest-paying role is Senior VP of Product at $418,000, while the median across all 3,445 roles is $169,000. Arlington is the heart of the DC defense and intelligence corridor, home to the Pentagon, DARPA, and hundreds of government contractors.

About the Arlington market

Arlington is the heart of the DC defense and intelligence corridor, home to the Pentagon, DARPA, and hundreds of government contractors. The concentration of cleared tech jobs makes it one of the highest-paying metros for cybersecurity and cloud engineering. Amazon's HQ2 has brought a wave of commercial tech hiring.

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Top 50 salaries in Arlington

#RoleMedianRange
1Senior VP of Product$418,000$327,000 – $544,000
2SVP of Engineering$407,000$346,000 – $529,000
3SVP of Data$403,000$342,000 – $524,000
4SVP of AI Innovation$399,000$339,000 – $519,000
5Senior VP of Security$390,000$331,000 – $507,000
6Chief Science Officer$390,000$304,000 – $506,000
7SVP of Product$387,000$329,000 – $503,000
8SVP of Technology$387,000$329,000 – $503,000
9Chief Security Officer$386,000$301,000 – $502,000
10VP of Mobile$384,000$327,000 – $500,000
11VP of Information Security$384,000$327,000 – $500,000
12VP of Security Engineering$384,000$327,000 – $500,000
13SVP of Finance$384,000$326,000 – $499,000
14VP of Site Reliability Engineering$384,000$327,000 – $500,000
15VP of AI$381,000$324,000 – $495,000
16Chief Legal Officer$381,000$297,000 – $495,000
17VP of Solutions Engineering$381,000$324,000 – $495,000
18SVP of Sales$381,000$297,000 – $495,000
19VP of AI Product$377,000$321,000 – $490,000
20VP of Data Engineering$377,000$321,000 – $490,000
21VP of Cloud$377,000$321,000 – $490,000
22Senior VP of Design$375,000$293,000 – $487,000
23Chief Data & AI Officer$374,000$279,000 – $488,000
24VP of Machine Learning$373,000$318,000 – $485,000
25VP of Platform Engineering$373,000$318,000 – $485,000
26VP of Privacy$373,000$318,000 – $485,000
27VP of Security$373,000$318,000 – $485,000
28VP of Field Engineering$373,000$318,000 – $485,000
29Senior Head of Security$371,000$315,000 – $482,000
30Chief Design Officer$371,000$289,000 – $483,000
31VP of Finance$370,000$314,000 – $481,000
32VP of Analytics$370,000$315,000 – $481,000
33VP of Developer Experience$370,000$315,000 – $481,000
34VP of Technical Support$370,000$315,000 – $481,000
35VP of Reliability Engineering$370,000$315,000 – $481,000
36SVP of Strategy$370,000$288,000 – $481,000
37VP of Application Engineering$370,000$315,000 – $481,000
38VP of Cybersecurity$370,000$315,000 – $481,000
39VP of AI Engineering$366,000$312,000 – $476,000
40Chief Machine Learning Officer$366,000$285,000 – $476,000
41CTO$366,000$285,000 – $476,000
42VP of Data$366,000$312,000 – $476,000
43Chief AI Officer$363,000$269,000 – $468,000
44Chief Strategy Officer$363,000$283,000 – $472,000
45VP of Engineering$362,000$308,000 – $471,000
46VP of Data Science$362,000$308,000 – $471,000
47VP of AI Research$362,000$308,000 – $471,000
48VP of Risk$362,000$308,000 – $471,000
49VP of Partner Engineering$362,000$308,000 – $471,000
50VP of Database Engineering$362,000$308,000 – $471,000

Tax considerations

Virginia's top income tax rate is 5.75%. Arlington has no additional city income tax. Proximity to DC means many residents compare against DC and Maryland tax rates.

Negotiating in Arlington

A security clearance is your strongest asset. Cleared professionals in Arlington earn 20 to 30% premiums over non-cleared equivalents.

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