Salaries in Washington DC.

1 metro area. 3445 roles.

Average cost-of-living index: 1.25x national average. Last updated April 2026.

1 city tracked3445 roles

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Highest Paying

$429,000

Chief Security Officer

Median Role

$386,000

VP of Machine Learning

Entry Level

$379,000

VP of Quality

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.

Washington DC has 1 major metro area tracked in our salary database, with an average cost-of-living index of 1.25x the national average. The highest-paying role across the state is Chief Security Officer at $429,000 in Washington DC. The median role pays $386,000.

Metro areas in Washington DC

Washington DC

1.25x COL

Top paying roles

Chief Security Officer$429,000

Senior VP of Product$425,000

SVP of Product$413,000

Top 30 salaries in Washington DC

#	Role	Median	Top City	Range
1	Chief Security Officer	$429,000	Washington DC	$334,000 to $558,000
2	Senior VP of Product	$425,000	Washington DC	$332,000 to $552,000
3	SVP of Product	$413,000	Washington DC	$351,000 to $537,000
4	Senior VP of Security	$404,000	Washington DC	$343,000 to $525,000
5	SVP of Engineering	$397,000	Washington DC	$337,000 to $516,000
6	Chief AI Officer	$395,000	Washington DC	$293,000 to $510,000
7	VP of Engineering	$394,000	Washington DC	$335,000 to $512,000
8	VP of Platform Engineering	$394,000	Washington DC	$335,000 to $512,000
9	VP of Information Security	$394,000	Washington DC	$335,000 to $512,000
10	SVP of Technology	$393,000	Washington DC	$333,000 to $510,000
11	Senior VP of Design	$391,000	Washington DC	$306,000 to $509,000
12	Chief Strategy Officer	$391,000	Washington DC	$306,000 to $509,000
13	VP of Developer Experience	$390,000	Washington DC	$332,000 to $507,000
14	SVP of AI Innovation	$389,000	Washington DC	$330,000 to $505,000
15	SVP of Data	$389,000	Washington DC	$330,000 to $505,000
16	VP of Machine Learning	$386,000	Washington DC	$329,000 to $502,000
17	VP of Site Reliability Engineering	$386,000	Washington DC	$329,000 to $502,000
18	VP of Cybersecurity	$386,000	Washington DC	$329,000 to $502,000
19	SVP of Finance	$385,000	Washington DC	$328,000 to $500,000
20	VP of AI	$383,000	Washington DC	$326,000 to $497,000
21	Senior Head of Security	$380,000	Washington DC	$323,000 to $494,000
22	CTO	$379,000	Washington DC	$295,000 to $492,000
23	VP of Mobile	$379,000	Washington DC	$323,000 to $493,000
24	VP of Partner Engineering	$379,000	Washington DC	$323,000 to $493,000
25	VP of Field Engineering	$379,000	Washington DC	$323,000 to $493,000
26	VP of Support Engineering	$379,000	Washington DC	$323,000 to $493,000
27	VP of Technical Support	$379,000	Washington DC	$323,000 to $493,000
28	VP of Security Engineering	$379,000	Washington DC	$323,000 to $493,000
29	SVP of Sales	$379,000	Washington DC	$295,000 to $492,000
30	VP of Quality	$379,000	Washington DC	$323,000 to $493,000

Tax considerations in Washington DC

DC income tax rates reach 10.75% for high earners. Maryland and Virginia residents working in DC face their own state taxes. Choose your residence jurisdiction carefully to optimize net pay.

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