Washington DC
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United States · Capital
Washington DC is the seat of the US federal government and a hub for policy, consulting, defense contracting, and cybersecurity. Government workers and contractors make up a significant portion of the workforce.
Median Salary
$72 000,00
CoL Index
85,00
Population
689 545
Timezone
America/New_York
Cost of Living Breakdown
All indices use New York City = 100 as baseline.
Overall
85,00
Rent
82,00
Groceries
83,00
Restaurants
84,00
Transport
80,00
Salaries by Role
Estimated City salaries are derived from country-level data adjusted for local cost of living.
| Role | Median (USD) | Net (USD) | Entry | Senior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTO | $187 000,00 | $134 640,00 | $136 000,00 | $323 000,00 |
| Engineering Manager | $148 750,00 | $107 100,00 | $114 750,00 | $212 500,00 |
| AI/ML Researcher | $136 000,00 | $97 920,00 | $93 500,00 | $212 500,00 |
| Cloud Architect | $131 750,00 | $94 860,00 | $97 750,00 | $191 250,00 |
| Tech Lead | $131 750,00 | $94 860,00 | $97 750,00 | $187 000,00 |
| ML Engineer | $119 000,00 | $85 680,00 | $85 000,00 | $178 500,00 |
| Site Reliability Engineer | $114 750,00 | $82 620,00 | $80 750,00 | $170 000,00 |
| Security Engineer | $110 500,00 | $79 560,00 | $78 200,00 | $165 750,00 |
| Blockchain Developer | $110 500,00 | $79 560,00 | $76 500,00 | $170 000,00 |
| Product Manager | $110 500,00 | $79 560,00 | $76 500,00 | $170 000,00 |
| Data Scientist | $106 250,00 | $76 500,00 | $72 250,00 | $161 500,00 |
| DevOps Engineer | $106 250,00 | $76 500,00 | $74 800,00 | $161 500,00 |
| Data Engineer | $102 000,00 | $73 440,00 | $69 700,00 | $157 250,00 |
| Software Engineer | $102 000,00 | $73 440,00 | $72 250,00 | $157 250,00 |
| Backend Developer | $97 750,00 | $70 380,00 | $68 000,00 | $148 750,00 |
| Full Stack Developer | $95 200,00 | $68 544,00 | $66 300,00 | $144 500,00 |
| Mobile Developer | $93 500,00 | $67 320,00 | $63 750,00 | $142 800,00 |
| Frontend Developer | $89 250,00 | $64 260,00 | $61 200,00 | $136 000,00 |
| UI/UX Designer | $85 000,00 | $61 200,00 | $57 800,00 | $127 500,00 |
| QA Engineer | $72 250,00 | $52 020,00 | $49 300,00 | $106 250,00 |