Healthcare Administrator salary in Seattle, WA

Based on 25 certified H-1B filings in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Bellevue, Bothell, Tacoma, Burien, Everett.

Also listed as: Medical and Health Services Manager

Median salary$157,500
Middle 50%$144.8k–$226.8k
vs. national median+48%comparison median $106,434
Filings25FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $103,123 and $399,544.
PercentileSalary
10th$132,834
25th$144,757
50th (median)$157,500
75th$226,758
90th$296,656

Salary by year

Median salary

$120k $145k $170k FY2022: median $142,000 (19 filings) FY2023: median $147,430 (11 filings) FY2024: median $160,000 (16 filings) FY2025: median $161,644 (20 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 5 filings FY20 FY2021: 8 filings FY21 FY2022: 19 filings FY22 FY2023: 11 filings FY23 FY2024: 16 filings FY24 FY2025: 20 filings FY25 FY2026: 5 filings FY26 20
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–––5
FY2021–––8
FY2022$142,000$112,361$237,42619
FY2023$147,430$112,656$213,71511
FY2024$160,000$92,352$203,00216
FY2025$161,644$146,821$233,74420
FY2026–––5

Cost of living

Seattle's median Healthcare Administrator salary of $157,500 is worth about $141,700 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Medical and Health Services Managers in the Seattle, WA area earned a median of $160,100 in May 2025 (4,600 employed). The H-1B median here is $157,500, 2% lower.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, OEWS metropolitan area estimates. BLS wages include some incentive pay; H-1B figures are base salary.

Top employers filing

EmployerMedianFilings
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Centertoo few7
Gates Foundationtoo few4
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundationtoo few2
Curevotoo few2
MultiCare Health Systemtoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I – 0
Mid-level · Level II too few 3
Senior · Level III too few 2
Expert · Level IV too few 6

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.