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Software & Data in Washington, D.C. Salaries

Live posted base-salary benchmarks for software & data roles in Washington, D.C..

187 openings with posted pay · Updated Sep 5, 2026

Median base salary

$193k

Posted range midpoint

Typical range

$168k–$222k

25th to 75th percentile

Openings with pay

187

83% of 225 live openings

Companies disclosing

38

From their own postings

Annual base salary in USD. Equity and bonus excluded.

Highest-paying live openings

Sorted by posted range
1
Dir, Engineering - Pathfinder

Twenty · Washington, D.C. · Director

$224k–$470k
2
Staff Backend Engineer

Twenty · Arlington, VA · Staff / Principal

$192k–$455k
3
Staff Data Engineer - TS/SCI Cleared

Twenty · Arlington, VA · Staff / Principal

$192k–$455k
4
Staff Frontend Engineer

Twenty · Washington, D.C. · Staff / Principal

$192k–$455k
5
Senior/Staff Forward Deployed Software Engineer - TS/SCI Cleared

Twenty · Arlington, VA · Staff / Principal

$192k–$455k
6
Principal Engineer, State Estimation (R4602)

Shield AI · San Diego, CA · Staff / Principal

$270k–$400k
7
Software Engineer, Gov

OpenAI · Washington, D.C. · Senior

$207k–$385k
8
Data Scientist, Policy

Anthropic · New York City, NY · Senior

$285k–$380k
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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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