Software Engineer salary in Seattle
Employer-stated pay · updated Oct 23, 2026
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Software Engineer pay in Seattle is measured from 96 postings where the employer stated pay. The best-evidenced figure is senior, where 67 postings put the middle half between $188,025 and $221,400, with a median of $201,600.
Pay rises with seniority here: the medians run mid-level $167,500 and senior $201,600. Moving from mid-level to senior is worth roughly 20% more.
Against the 64 other measured markets for software engineer at senior, this sits below 19 of them; Long Beach leads at $227,450.
237 software engineer roles are open in Seattle right now, 232 listing pay.
| Level | Market range | Median | Sample |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mid | $160,000 – $196,000 | $167,500 | 29 |
| Senior | $188,025 – $221,400 | $201,600 | 67 |
Entry is junior titles. Mid is mid-level and manager titles. Senior is senior titles. Lead is director, VP and above.
Ranges span the 25th to 75th percentile of employer-stated base pay for the level. Median is the 50th percentile. Sample is the number of postings measured.
Open software engineer roles in Seattle · 232 with stated pay
this job's paywhere most pay sits here, $135,200–$285,600scale $80,000–$400,000
Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure AI Airwallex · Seattle New $140,000–$240,000 2d ago Software Engineer, Infrastructure AI Airwallex · Remote · US New $130,000–$200,000 2d ago 
Senior Software Engineer - Client Lifecycle Virta Health · Remote · US $161,500–$232,500 8d ago Software Engineer - Mobile, iOS urbancompass · New York $126,000–$141,000 9d ago Senior Software Engineer - .NET - HYBRID GEICO · Remote · US $105,000–$215,000 10d ago Senior Software Engineer Disney · Seattle $150,900–$202,400 11d ago Senior Software Engineer Disney (Disneycareerdc) · Seattle $150,900–$202,400 11d ago Sr Product Software Engineer Disney · Seattle $150,900–$202,400 2w ago Sr Product Software Engineer Disney (Disneycareerdc) · Seattle $150,900–$202,400 2w ago Principal Software Engineer – Core OS, Vehicle Compute Generalmotors · Mountain View $216,400–$450,400 2w ago Staff Software Engineer – Core OS, Vehicle Compute Generalmotors · Mountain View $160,200–$330,400 2w ago Lead Product Software Engineer (Kotlin) Disney · Seattle $165,600–$222,000 2w ago Lead Product Software Engineer (Kotlin) Disney (Disneycareerdc) · Seattle $165,600–$222,000 2w ago 
Backend Software Engineer, Cooperative AI (Evals) OpenAI · San Francisco $266,000–$445,000 2w ago Software Engineer, Cooperative AI OpenAI · San Francisco $266,000–$445,000 2w ago Senior Principal Software Engineer Eeho · Seattle $135,200–$306,400 3w ago Senior Staff Software Engineer - Incident Prevention / Post Incident Correction of Errors GEICO · Bethesda $110,000–$260,000 3w ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Remitly Business Remitly · Seattle $180,000–$225,000 3w ago Staff Software Engineer, USA & Canada Regional Experience Remitly · Seattle $208,000–$260,000 3w ago 
Software Engineer Stripe · Seattle $156,800–$235,200 3w ago 
Staff Software Engineer, Billing Docker · Remote · US $170,350–$275,550 3w ago Senior Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure (C++) Eeho · Seattle $79,200–$209,500 3w ago Staff Software Engineer, High Value Send Remitly · Seattle $208,000–$260,000 3w ago 
Staff Software Engineer - Ad Serving Viant Technology · Irvine $160,000–$200,000 3w ago 
Senior Software Engineer - Identity & Access Management Brex · Seattle $192,000–$240,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer - Identity & Access Management Brex · New York $192,000–$240,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer - Identity & Access Management Brex · San Francisco $192,000–$240,000 3w ago Sr. Staff Software Engineer, AI Agent Platform GEICO · New York $130,000–$300,000 3w ago Senior Software Engineer, AI Agent Platform GEICO · Palo Alto $105,000–$230,000 3w ago 
Fullstack Software Engineer, LiveOps BRINC · Seattle $142,000–$250,000 3w ago Staff Software Engineer GEICO · Palo Alto $110,000–$230,000 3w ago Staff Software Engineer, Data Platform Airwallex · Seattle $200,000–$260,000 3w ago 
Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference Anthropic · San Francisco $320,000–$485,000 3w ago Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Cloud Inference Launch Engineering Anthropic · San Francisco $320,000–$485,000 3w ago Staff + Sr. Software Engineer, Scaling Anthropic · New York $320,000–$485,000 3w ago Staff Software Engineer, Acquisition Brex · Seattle $240,000–$300,000 3w ago Staff Software Engineer, Acquisition Brex · San Francisco $240,000–$300,000 3w ago Staff Software Engineer, Acquisition Brex · Vancouver CA$240,000–CA$300,000 3w ago Senior Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Strategic Defense Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa $191,000–$254,000 4w ago 
Software Engineer, Energy Management Fluidstack · Austin $250,000–$300,000 4w ago 
Senior Software Engineer LendingTree · Denver $120,000–$160,000 4w ago Software Engineer LendingTree · Denver $100,000–$130,000 4w ago AI Native Software Engineer Remitly · Seattle $124,000–$155,000 4w ago Lead Principal Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure Eeho · Seattle $135,200–$306,400 4w ago Senior Software Engineer - (C#/Microservices/Azure) GEICO · Seattle $105,000–$215,000 4w ago Senior Software Engineer, Backend Stripe · Seattle $206,086–$285,600 4w ago Software Engineer, AI Automation Fluidstack · San Francsisco $224,000–$300,000 4w ago Software Engineer, Strategic Defense (Active Clearance) Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa $167,000–$222,000 4w ago 
Senior Software Engineer, Zero Trust Client Cloudflare · Austin $185,000–$254,000 4w ago 
Software Engineer, Communities Tin Can · Seattle $145,000–$175,000 4w ago Senior Software Engineer, Test Tin Can · Seattle $175,000–$195,000 4w ago Software Engineer, Growth Tin Can · Seattle $145,000–$175,000 4w ago Senior Software Engineer, Distributed Simulation (C++) Anduril Industries · Seattle $191,000–$254,000 5w ago 
Backend Software Engineer, Airports Lyft · San Francisco $128,000–$160,000 5w ago Senior Software Engineer, Frontend Brex · Vancouver CA$192,000–CA$240,000 5w ago Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Product Engineering) Brex · San Francisco $192,000–$240,000 5w ago Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Product Engineering) Brex · New York $192,000–$240,000 5w ago Senior Software Engineer, Backend (Product Engineering) Brex · Seattle $192,000–$240,000 5w ago Senior Software Engineer, Frontend Brex · Seattle $192,000–$240,000 5w ago Senior Software Engineer, Frontend Brex · San Francisco $192,000–$240,000 5w ago 60 of 237 open roles. All software engineer jobs