Senior Project Manager salary in Seattle, WA

Based on 155 certified H-1B filings at DOL wage level III in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area, FY2025–FY2026. Includes Bellevue, Redmond, Bothell, Issaquah, Kirkland.

Also listed as: Project Management Specialist, Project Coordinator

Median salary$140,000
Middle 50%$125.9k–$159.9k
vs. all levels here+7%comparison median $130,300
Filings155FY2025–FY2026 · latest two fiscal years

Salary range

Box: middle 50% of filings. Whiskers: 10th–90th percentile. 99% of filings are between $125,174 and $240,019.
PercentileSalary
10th$125,174
25th$125,944
50th (median)$140,000
75th$159,850
90th$174,029

Salary by year

Median salary

$110k $130k $150k FY2024: median $136,000 (16 filings) FY2025: median $140,500 (114 filings) FY2026: median $129,800 (41 filings) FY20 FY21 FY22 FY23 FY24 FY25 FY26

Filings per year

FY2020: 0 filings FY20 FY2021: 0 filings FY21 FY2022: 5 filings FY22 FY2023: 6 filings FY23 FY2024: 16 filings FY24 FY2025: 114 filings FY25 FY2026: 41 filings FY26 114
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–––0
FY2021–––0
FY2022–––5
FY2023–––6
FY2024$136,000$127,000$170,82716
FY2025$140,500$125,944$151,726114
FY2026$129,800$125,944$165,60041

Cost of living

Seattle's median senior Project Manager salary of $140,000 is worth about $126,000 at national average prices.

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

Compared with all workers here

All Project Management Specialists in the Seattle, WA area earned a median of $130,380 in May 2025 (26,910 employed). The H-1B median here is $140,000, 7% higher.

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

Employers filing at this level

EmployerMedianFilings
Amazon$140,000119
Microsofttoo few6
T-Mobiletoo few4
Deloittetoo few2
TikToktoo few2
Egenciatoo few2
Insight Globaltoo few2
LinkedIntoo few2

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

By experience level

Wage levelMedianFilings
Entry-level · Level I $85,010 75
Mid-level · Level II $108,319 141
Senior · Level III $140,000 155
Expert · Level IV $159,950 120

Median shown when a level has at least 10 filings.

Minimum H-1B salary by level

Wage levelPrevailing wage (most common)Median offered salaryFilings
Entry-level · Level I$76,710$85,01075
Mid-level · Level II$101,317$108,319141
Senior · Level III$125,174$140,000155
Expert · Level IV$150,550$159,950120

The prevailing wage is the minimum an employer must pay for this job and area. Amounts vary by county within a metro and by wage source.