Salaries / Infrastructure, IT, & Security in Seattle

Infrastructure, IT, & Security in Seattle Salaries

Live posted base-salary benchmarks for infrastructure, it, & security roles in Seattle.

230 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Median base salary

$212k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$176k–$275k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

230

88% of 262 live openings

Companies disclosing

27

From their own postings

Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.

Highest-paying live openings

Sorted by posted range
1
Software Engineer, ML Networking

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Mid-Level

$280k–$850k
2
Engineering Manager, Hardware Platform Security

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Manager

$485k–$625k
3
Engineering Manager, Inference Infrastructure

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Manager

$405k–$625k
4
Offensive Security Agent Engineer

OpenAI · Remote · Staff / Principal

$347k–$490k
5
Staff Software Engineer, Kubernetes Platform

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Staff / Principal

$405k–$485k
6
Staff+ Software Engineer, Platform

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Staff / Principal

$405k–$485k
7
Software Security Engineering Manager, Secure Frameworks

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Manager

$405k–$485k
8
Staff+ Software Security Engineer

Anthropic · San Francisco, CA · Staff / Principal

$405k–$485k
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Methodology

BuildList pulls salary ranges from company applicant tracking systems hourly. Nothing is self-reported or estimated.

Non-USD pay is converted to USD, and hourly, weekly, and monthly pay is annualized. Figures are medians and quartiles of each posting's range midpoint, weighted by currently open roles.

Base salary only. Equity and bonus are excluded. Groups with fewer than 30 salaried openings are withheld.

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