How Much Do Data Science Jobs Pay in Seattle? (November 2026)

How pay has moved

Median base salary by month, from our monthly salary snapshots.

Highest-paying employers

1. #1

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   Anthropic

   26 salaried listings in Seattle

   $422,500

   median
   Engineering Manager, GPU (ML Accelerator)$500k – $850k·San Francisco, CAResearch Engineer / Performance Engineer, RL Distributed Systems$500k – $850k·San Francisco, CAResearch Engineer / Research Scientist, RL Frontiers$500k – $850k·San Francisco, CAResearch Engineer / Scientist, Pre-training$500k – $850k·RemoteResearch Engineer, Computer Use$500k – $850k·San Francisco, CA
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2. #2

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   OpenAI

   5 salaried listings in Seattle

   $309,000

   median
   Machine Learning Engineer, Core Experimentation$437k – $485k·SeattleData Scientist, Cloud Distribution & Growth$347k – $445k·San Francisco, SeattleData Scientist, Core Experimentation$293k – $325k·SeattleApplied AI Engineer, Codex Core Agent$230k – $385k·San FranciscoApplied AI Engineer, Digital Natives$197k – $278k·San Francisco, Seattle
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3. #3

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   Plaid

   10 salaried listings in Seattle

   $272,160

   median
   Staff Machine Learning Engineer (Research Scientist) - DFAI$249k – $368k·San Francisco HQ, Seattle Office, New York City OfficeData Science Manager - Fraud$216k – $329k·New York City Office, Seattle Office, San Francisco HQSenior Machine Learning Engineer (Research Scientist) - Fraud$229k – $315k·New York City Office, Seattle Office, San Francisco HQSenior Machine Learning Engineer - Embedded Insights$229k – $315k·New York City Office, Seattle Office, San Francisco HQSenior Machine Learning Engineer - Fraud$229k – $315k·San Francisco HQ, Seattle Office, New York City Office
   All Plaid roles →
4. #4

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   Snapchat

   14 salaried listings in Seattle

   $261,000

   median
   Director, Machine Learning Engineer, Content$334k – $500k·Palo Alto, CaliforniaPrincipal Machine Learning Engineer, Platform Integrity Engineering, Level 7$276k – $414k·Bellevue, WashingtonPrincipal Machine Learning Engineer, Signals and Measurement$276k – $414k·Bellevue, WashingtonLead Data Scientist, Core, Level 6$229k – $343k·Los Angeles, CaliforniaManager, Machine Learning Engineering, Advertiser Experience ML$229k – $343k·Palo Alto, California
   All Snapchat roles →
5. #5

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   Sesame

   3 salaried listings in Seattle

   $255,000

   median
   Research Engineer$190k – $320k·San Francisco, New York , BellevueResearch Scientist$190k – $320k·San Francisco, New York , BellevueML Model Serving Engineer$175k – $280k·San Francisco, New York , Bellevue
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Employers ranked by median advertised base among those with at least two salaried listings in Seattle; each one’s best-paying open roles are listed beneath it.