Seattle · United States
Engineering Manager salary in Seattle
The median salary in Engineering Manager job ads in Seattle, United States is $234,500 a year (about $19,542 a month before tax). The middle half of those ads list $217,550 to $270,000, based on 15 salaries from 8 employers, updated 11 Nov 2026.
Official benchmark · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Architectural and Engineering Managers: official pay in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area, May 2025
In the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area, architectural and engineering managers (SOC 11-9041) earned a median $204,340 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 15 job ads for Seattle jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $234,500.
- 10th percentile
- $158,330
- 25th percentile
- $171,360
- Median
- $204,340
- 75th percentile
- $219,300
- 90th percentile
- $265,340
Jobiba's job-ad median is 15% above the BLS median.
Occupation: Architectural and Engineering Managers (SOC 11-9041) · 4,390 jobs · per year, before tax. Annual wages of all wage and salary workers in the occupation in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan statistical area, all industries and employer sizes (self-employed excluded) — not only jobs that are advertised. Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 (metropolitan area data) (public domain), retrieved 1 Nov 2026.
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- Median in job ads
- $234,500
- a year
- 12-month range
- High $234,500
- Oct 2026
- Low $228,775 · Sep 2026
- Salaries
- 15
- from 8 employers
- Last updated
- 11 Nov 2026
- 12-month window to 11 Nov 2026
Salary range
Where pay sits in Seattle
- 10th percentile
- $214,280
- 25th percentile
- $217,550
- Median
- $234,500
- 75th percentile
- $270,000
- 90th percentile
- $284,600
15 salaries · 19 live local jobs. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Compared with the United States median of 688 salaries: down −1.9%
Based on 15 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 11 Nov 2026
Pay listed by employers
Latest Engineering Manager jobs that show their pay in Seattle
Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.
- Engineering ManagerAurelian · posted 8 Nov 2026$170,000 – $250,000
- Manager, Environmental Control Systems & Thermal Engineering (R6306)Shield AI · Senior level · posted 29 Oct 2026$200,000 – $300,000
- Senior Manager, Avionics Mechanical EngineeringShield AI · Senior level · posted 29 Oct 2026$220,000 – $330,000
- Manager, Mechanical Engineering - Hardware Test (X-BAT) (R6093)Shield AI · Senior level · posted 29 Oct 2026$180,000 – $280,000
- Software Engineering Manager, Hardware Test (X-BAT) (R6020)Shield AI · Senior level · posted 29 Oct 2026$169,000 – $300,000
Evidence
Where these numbers come from
15 salaries from 8 employers, posted between 11 Nov 2025 and 11 Nov 2026. Last updated 11 Nov 2026. Every figure on this page comes from this one group of salaries; the median is the middle value, not the average.
- Employer hiring-system feeds 93%
- Pay read from posting text 7%
Frequently asked questions
Engineering Manager salary in Seattle: common questions
What is the average Engineering Manager salary in Seattle in 2026?
In the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area, architectural and engineering managers (SOC 11-9041) earned a median $204,340 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 15 job ads for Seattle jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $234,500. The middle half of those job ads pay between $217,550 and $270,000 a year (25th to 75th percentile).
How does Engineering Manager pay in Seattle compare with the United States median?
The Engineering Manager median in Seattle is -1.9% versus the United States median for the same role on Jobiba.
How does Jobiba calculate Engineering Manager salary in Seattle?
From 15 salary-listed Jobiba job postings from the last 12 months that state an explicit salary, currency and pay period. Hourly, daily and monthly pay is converted to an annual figure, implausible values and outliers are removed, and currencies are never mixed or converted. Jobiba publishes the median and 25th–75th percentile range only when enough comparable postings exist.