Salaries in Seattle.

3,445 roles. One city.

Cost-of-living index: 1.24x national average. Last updated August 2026.

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Highest Paying

$418,000

SVP of Data

Median of All Roles

$172,000

Aerospace Data Engineer

Entry Level

$41,000

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.

Seattle, WA has a cost-of-living index of 1.24x the national average. The highest-paying role is SVP of Data at $418,000, while the median across all 3,445 roles is $172,000. Seattle is home to Amazon, Microsoft, and a dense cluster of cloud computing, gaming, and AI companies.

About the Seattle market

Seattle is home to Amazon, Microsoft, and a dense cluster of cloud computing, gaming, and AI companies. The presence of major tech headquarters drives some of the highest engineering salaries outside the Bay Area. Seattle's job market is particularly strong for cloud infrastructure, machine learning, and enterprise software roles.

Cloud ComputingE-CommerceAerospaceGamingArtificial Intelligence

Top 50 salaries in Seattle

#	Role	Median	Range
1	SVP of Data	$418,000	$355,000 – $543,000
2	SVP of Product	$414,000	$351,000 – $538,000
3	SVP of Technology	$414,000	$351,000 – $538,000
4	SVP of Finance	$406,000	$345,000 – $527,000
5	Senior VP of Product	$401,000	$313,000 – $521,000
6	Chief Security Officer	$401,000	$312,000 – $521,000
7	Senior VP of Security	$396,000	$337,000 – $515,000
8	VP of AI Research	$391,000	$333,000 – $508,000
9	VP of Mobile	$391,000	$333,000 – $508,000
10	VP of Analytics	$391,000	$333,000 – $508,000
11	VP of Information Technology	$391,000	$333,000 – $508,000
12	VP of Security Engineering	$391,000	$333,000 – $508,000
13	VP of Network Engineering	$391,000	$333,000 – $508,000
14	SVP of Engineering	$390,000	$331,000 – $506,000
15	VP of Finance	$387,000	$329,000 – $503,000
16	VP of IT	$387,000	$330,000 – $503,000
17	VP of Information Security	$387,000	$330,000 – $503,000
18	VP of Data	$387,000	$330,000 – $503,000
19	VP of Database Engineering	$387,000	$330,000 – $503,000
20	SVP of Sales	$387,000	$302,000 – $503,000
21	SVP of AI Innovation	$386,000	$327,000 – $501,000
22	Chief Science Officer	$384,000	$300,000 – $500,000
23	VP of Risk	$383,000	$326,000 – $498,000
24	Chief Architect	$383,000	$326,000 – $498,000
25	VP of Application Engineering	$383,000	$326,000 – $498,000
26	VP of Cybersecurity	$383,000	$326,000 – $498,000
27	VP of Machine Learning	$379,000	$323,000 – $493,000
28	VP of Data Science	$379,000	$323,000 – $493,000
29	Chief Machine Learning Officer	$379,000	$296,000 – $493,000
30	VP of Privacy	$379,000	$323,000 – $493,000
31	SVP of Strategy	$379,000	$296,000 – $493,000
32	Chief AI Officer	$377,000	$279,000 – $486,000
33	Chief Commercial Officer	$377,000	$294,000 – $490,000
34	VP of Cloud	$376,000	$320,000 – $489,000
35	VP of Developer Experience	$376,000	$320,000 – $489,000
36	VP of Partner Engineering	$376,000	$320,000 – $489,000
37	Chief Transformation Officer	$374,000	$291,000 – $486,000
38	SVP of Marketing	$374,000	$291,000 – $486,000
39	Chief Design Officer	$373,000	$291,000 – $486,000
40	Chief Strategy Officer	$373,000	$291,000 – $485,000
41	Senior Head of Product	$372,000	$291,000 – $484,000
42	VP of Site Reliability Engineering	$372,000	$317,000 – $484,000
43	Chief Risk Officer	$370,000	$289,000 – $482,000
44	VP of Engineering	$368,000	$314,000 – $479,000
45	VP of Data Engineering	$368,000	$314,000 – $479,000
46	VP of Platform Engineering	$368,000	$314,000 – $479,000
47	VP of Security	$368,000	$314,000 – $479,000
48	Chief Legal Officer	$368,000	$287,000 – $479,000
49	VP of Solutions Engineering	$368,000	$314,000 – $479,000
50	VP of Field Engineering	$368,000	$314,000 – $479,000

Tax considerations

Washington State has no personal income tax, which significantly boosts take home pay. However, state and local sales taxes are among the highest in the country at roughly 10.25%.

Negotiating in Seattle

Remind employers that no state income tax makes your effective compensation higher. You can accept a slightly lower gross salary and still take home more than in California.

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