Senior Full Stack Developer salary in Seattle, WA

Based on 14 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Bellevue, Issaquah, Bothell, Redmond, Lynnwood.

Median salary$193,900
Middle 50%$168.9k–$200k
vs. all levels here+30%comparison median $149,240
Filings14FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $140,927 and $246,540.
PercentileSalary
10th$163,862
25th$168,928
50th (median)$193,900
75th$200,000
90th$209,136

Salary by year

Median salary

$130k $155k $180k FY2022: median $148,013 (13 filings) FY2023: median $156,250 (16 filings) FY2024: median $170,000 (13 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 2 filings FY20 FY2021: 6 filings FY21 FY2022: 13 filings FY22 FY2023: 16 filings FY23 FY2024: 13 filings FY24 FY2025: 7 filings FY25 FY2026: 7 filings FY26 16
Shaded: FY2025–FY2026, the years behind the figures above. Median shown for years with at least 10 filings. FY2026 covers Q1–Q3 only.
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Fiscal yearMedianP25P75Filings
FY2020–––2
FY2021–––6
FY2022$148,013$140,920$157,47713
FY2023$156,250$148,013$167,50016
FY2024$170,000$155,418$180,00013
FY2025–––7
FY2026–––7

Cost of living

Seattle's median senior Full Stack Developer salary of $193,900 is worth about $174,500 at national average prices.

Source: BEA Regional Price Parities, 2024 (U.S. = 100; Seattle = 111.1).

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Stripetoo few3
SoFitoo few2

Employers with at least 2 filings here. Median shown at 10+ filings.

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $117,749 28
Mid-level · Level II $149,240 45
Senior · Level III $193,900 14
Expert · Level IV – 0

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.