Seattle · United States
Software Engineer salary in Seattle
The median salary in Software Engineer job ads in Seattle, United States is $231,000 a year (about $19,250 a month before tax). The middle half of those ads list $172,125 to $270,000, based on 27 salaries from 10 employers, updated 31 Oct 2026.
Official benchmark · U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Software Developers: official pay in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area, May 2025
In the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area, software developers (SOC 15-1252) earned a median $167,280 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 27 job ads for Seattle jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $231,000.
- 10th percentile
- $99,190
- 25th percentile
- $132,800
- Median
- $167,280
- 75th percentile
- $211,860
- 90th percentile
- $257,960
Jobiba's job-ad median is 38% above the BLS median. The two figures measure different things. Jobiba's counts only job ads that state pay, so it reflects the employers that publish pay ranges; the largest in this sample are OpenAI, Truveta and Brex. BLS surveys employers of every size and industry and covers every worker in the occupation, not only open jobs.
Occupation: Software Developers (SOC 15-1252) · 92,770 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
- $231,000
- a year
- 12-month range
- High $347,250
- Aug 2026
- Low $205,800 · Sep 2026
- Salaries
- 27
- from 10 employers
- Last updated
- 31 Oct 2026
- 12-month window to 31 Oct 2026
Salary range
Where pay sits in Seattle
- 10th percentile
- $127,500
- 25th percentile
- $172,125
- Median
- $231,000
- 75th percentile
- $270,000
- 90th percentile
- $378,000
27 salaries · 59 live local jobs. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median · whisker: 10th to 90th percentile.
Compared with the United States median of 1,227 salaries: down −0.6%
Based on 27 salary-listed job postings from the last 12 months · last updated 31 Oct 2026
Salary by company
What companies pay a Software Engineer in Seattle
Employers with at least 5 listed salaries for this role; those with 8 or more link to their own salary page. The sparkline is the company's monthly median where it has enough salaries.
| Company | Pay range chart | Median pay |
|---|---|---|
| OpenAI$347,250–$396,000 · 7 salaries | $366,000 | |
| Truveta$127,500–$127,500 · 5 salaries | $127,500 | |
| Brex$262,500–$270,000 · 5 salaries | $262,500 |
One shared scale, $116.8K to $406.7K. Box: the middle half of salaries · line: the median.
Skills and pay
Skills linked to higher Software Engineer pay in Seattle
How much higher or lower the median is for job posts that mention a skill. It shows an association, not a guarantee: better-paid jobs often bundle several scarce skills with senior scope. Skills with fewer than 8 salaries are left out.
| Skill | Pay premium chart | Pay premium |
|---|---|---|
| aimedian $258,900 · 21 salaries | up +12.1% | |
| awsmedian $200,800 · 10 salaries | down −13.1% | |
| pythonmedian $173,250 · 13 salaries | down −25.0% |
Pay listed by employers
Latest Software Engineer jobs that show their pay in Seattle
Pay as the employer wrote it, per year: individual job posts, not averages.
- Senior Staff Software Engineer - IAMDatabricks · Senior level · posted 17 Oct 2026$220,400 – $297,400
- Software Engineer - Clinical AnalyticsTruveta · Mid level · posted 16 Oct 2026$110,000 – $145,000
- Principal Software Engineer - Clinical AnalyticsTruveta · Senior level · posted 16 Oct 2026$222,000 – $240,000
- Software Engineer - Security & TrustTruveta · Mid level · posted 16 Oct 2026$110,000 – $145,000
- Staff Software Engineer - BackendDatabricks · Senior level · posted 17 Oct 2026$182,400 – $247,000
Evidence
Where these numbers come from
27 salaries from 10 employers, posted between 31 Oct 2025 and 31 Oct 2026. Last updated 31 Oct 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%
- Other sources 7%
Frequently asked questions
Software Engineer salary in Seattle: common questions
What is the average Software Engineer salary in Seattle in 2026?
In the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area, software developers (SOC 15-1252) earned a median $167,280 a year in May 2025, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; pay listed in 27 job ads for Seattle jobs on Jobiba from the last 12 months has a median of $231,000. The middle half of those job ads pay between $172,125 and $270,000 a year (25th to 75th percentile).
Why is Software Engineer pay in job ads different from the BLS figure?
Jobiba's job-ad median is 38% above the BLS median. The two figures measure different things. Jobiba's counts only job ads that state pay, so it reflects the employers that publish pay ranges; the largest in this sample are OpenAI, Truveta and Brex. BLS surveys employers of every size and industry and covers every worker in the occupation, not only open jobs.
How does Software Engineer pay in Seattle compare with the United States median?
The Software Engineer median in Seattle is -0.6% versus the United States median for the same role on Jobiba.
How does Jobiba calculate Software Engineer salary in Seattle?
From 27 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.