78,570 certified filings with a worksite in this city · FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3)
Reported wages are what employers filed with the Department of Labor — not actual take-home pay. Filings are counted by worksite, so a company headquartered elsewhere appears here if the job is here.
FY2025 median across the 14,240 filings that reported a wage for a worksite in Seattle, WA — of 78,570 certified filings in total. DOL LCA · FY2025
| Fiscal year | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| FY2026 (through Q3) | $160,600 median of 12,208 | 12,208 |
| FY2025 | $153,100 median of 14,240 | 14,240 |
| FY2024 | $154,000 median of 12,589 | 12,589 |
| FY2023 | $140,483 median of 12,288 | 12,288 |
| FY2022 | $140,920 median of 15,691 | 15,691 |
| FY2021 | $136,000 median of 11,525 | 11,525 |
How these wages are computed · All cities · All job titles
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 · Basis worksite city as filed; median not average
Filings from Seattle, WA fall inside the federal statistical area SEATTLE-TACOMA-BELLEVUE, WA. That area is larger than this city — it spans several cities and, where the name says so, more than one state. Everything on this page is computed from filings whose worksite city is Seattle itself, so the numbers above are city figures, not area figures.
| Employer | Filed wage | Wage sample (n) |
|---|---|---|
| Google LLC | $160,000 median of 2,642 | 2,642 |
| Amazon | $144,000 median of 1,884 | 1,884 |
| Expedia, Inc. | $140,920 median of 1,703 | 1,703 |
| Apple Inc. | $180,392 median of 1,600 | 1,600 |
| Nordstrom, Inc. | $150,000 median of 1,106 | 1,106 |
| Meta | $167,000 median of 917 | 917 |
| University of Washington | $84,672 median of 889 | 889 |
| Ernst & Young U.S. LLP | $128,000 median of 827 | 827 |
| Starbucks Coffee Company | $151,172 median of 787 | 787 |
| Zillow, Inc. | $162,510 median of 724 | 724 |
| Uber Technologies, Inc. | $185,800 median of 724 | 724 |
| DoorDash, Inc. | $185,000 median of 556 | 556 |
| Stripe, Inc. | $140,920 median of 535 | 535 |
| Adobe Inc. | $160,000 median of 389 | 389 |
| DocuSign Inc. | $169,437 median of 387 | 387 |
| Deloitte Consulting LLP | $143,600 median of 371 | 371 |
| Pinterest, Inc. | $148,626 median of 332 | 332 |
| Salesforce | $185,284 median of 330 | 330 |
| Qualtrics, LLC | $161,000 median of 325 | 325 |
| Snap Inc. | $148,013 median of 317 | 317 |
| Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center | $82,450 median of 312 | 312 |
Ranked by number of filings, not by pay and not by quality. This is not a “best employers” list. Employers with fewer than 10 filings here show the count only. 3,662 employers in total filed for a worksite in Seattle; the 21 above are those with the most filings. Those with at least 10 certified filings have their own page; the rest are counted here but do not.
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035) · Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Updated 2026-08-28 ·Basis worksite city as filed; counted across the whole coverage period, not one year
The table above ranks employers by how many roles they filed for a worksite here. This list is a different question: employers whose filing address is in Seattle, WA, that have their own page, and that are not already in that table. The two are not the same set — an employer can be headquartered here and file most of its roles elsewhere.
Slalom, LLC (1,593) · Amazon Advertising LLC (972) · F5, Inc. (766) · Twitch Interactive, Inc. (552) · Annapurna Labs (U.S.) Inc. (380) · Avanade Inc. (314) · Remitly, Inc. (280) · Pillpack LLC (259) · lululemon usa inc. (256) · A9.com INC (204) · Redfin Corporation (194) · F5 Networks, Inc. (192) · Avalara, Inc. (158) · Allen Institute (156) · zulily, LLC. (129) · IMDb.com, Inc. (119) · Highspot, Inc. (107) · Moss Adams LLP (89) · Convoy, Inc. (88) · Russell Investments Group, LLC (83) · Outreach Corporation (82) · Sana Biotechnology, Inc. (80) · Expeditors International of Washington, Inc. (79) · Alaska Airlines, Inc. (69) · Compass Washington, LLC (65) · Elemental Technologies LLC (65) · KPFF, Inc. (65) · Seattle University (59) · MCG Health, LLC (44) · FLEXE, Inc. (39) · Seattle Pacific University (38) · Omniva LLC (37) · Holland America Line N.V. (30)
Source U.S. Department of Labor — OFLC LCA disclosure files (ETA-9035, employer address as filed) ·Coverage FY2021–FY2026 (through Q3) ·Basis employer filing address, not worksite; counts are that employer’s certified filings everywhere, not only in Seattle
We build a page for a city once it has at least 50 certified filings — 2,578 cities qualify, and 2,298 of those also clear our content threshold and are listed in the city index. Below the filing threshold we do not publish a median, because a median from a small number of filings reads like a market rate and is not one. Those filings are still counted on their employer's page.