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Tech salaries in Washington DC area

82 posted ranges at 12 companies · median $181k · H-1B median $157k (794 filings)

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Median of posted rangesMiddle halfH-1B median

TitlePosted
Forward Deployed Engineer22 posted ranges$190k$143k to $225k
Software Engineer17 posted ranges$173k$145k to $200k
Solutions Engineer13 posted ranges$201k$180k to $220k
Site Reliability Engineer7 posted ranges$206k$174k to $238k
Security Engineer7 posted ranges$173k$145k to $200k
Machine Learning Engineer3 posted ranges$265k$235k to $294k
Engineering Manager3 posted ranges$240k$214k to $267k
Platform Engineer3 posted ranges$168k$135k to $200k
Applied AI Engineer2 posted ranges$211k to $302k2 postings
DevOps Engineer2 posted ranges$167k to $256k2 postings
Full Stack Engineer1 posted range$207k to $385kone posting
Data Analyst1 posted range$184k to $230kone posting
Data Engineer1 posted range$180k to $225kone posting

Posted ranges

82 postings

PostingRange
Forward Deployed Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAISecurity EngineerNot stated$266kto $445k
Full Stack Software Engineer, Gov (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAIFull Stack EngineerNot stated$207kto $385k
Team Lead, ARC Software Engineering Team (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AISoftware EngineerSenior$287kto $359k
Manager, Delivery Solutions Architects - Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksSolutions EngineerManager$250kto $343k
Staff Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AIMachine Learning EngineerStaff$274kto $343k
DevOps Engineer, Infrastructure & Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AIDevOps EngineerNot stated$198kto $311k
Sr. Deployment Strategist, FDE - Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksForward Deployed EngineerSenior$220kto $302k
Applied AI Engineer, Cyber, Government (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAIApplied AI EngineerNot stated$211kto $302k
Applied AI Engineer, Government (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAIApplied AI EngineerNot stated$211kto $302k
Sr. Solutions Architect - Public Sector (Defense Industrial Base) (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksSolutions EngineerSenior$219kto $301k
Sr. Solutions Engineer - Public Sector (Defense Industrial Base) (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksSolutions EngineerSenior$219kto $301k
Senior Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AIMachine Learning EngineerSenior$235kto $294k
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AIForward Deployed EngineerNot stated$184kto $293k
Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - CMEG (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksForward Deployed EngineerManager$212kto $291k
Senior Software Engineer - NatSec (the posting, opens in a new tab)SnowflakeSoftware EngineerSenior$200kto $288k
Senior Manager, Site Reliability Engineering (Federal) (the posting, opens in a new tab)OktaSite Reliability EngineerManager$207kto $285k
Forward Deployed Engineer, Gov (the posting, opens in a new tab)OpenAIForward Deployed EngineerNot stated$146kto $280k
Deployed Engineer, Federal (the posting, opens in a new tab)CognitionForward Deployed EngineerNot stated$180kto $280k
Senior Mission Software Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AISoftware EngineerSenior$223kto $279k
Software Engineering Manager, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AIEngineering ManagerManager$223kto $279k
Engineering Manager, Frontier AI Infrastructure - Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AIEngineering ManagerManager$214kto $267k
AI Engineer - Forward Deployed Engineering (AI FDE), U.S. Public Sector (Federal Focus) (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksForward Deployed EngineerNot stated$182kto $250k
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksForward Deployed EngineerSenior$182kto $250k
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Communications, Media, Entertainment & Games (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksForward Deployed EngineerSenior$182kto $250k
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Financial Services (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksForward Deployed EngineerSenior$182kto $250k
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksForward Deployed EngineerSenior$182kto $250k
Sr. Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) - Public Sector/National Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksForward Deployed EngineerSenior$182kto $250k
Solutions Architect - Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)CohereSolutions EngineerNot stated$215kto $250k
Solutions Architect - Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksSolutions EngineerNot stated$180kto $248k
Machine Learning Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AIMachine Learning EngineerNot stated$196kto $245k
Staff TDI Site Reliability Engineer, Okta Federal (the posting, opens in a new tab)OktaSite Reliability EngineerStaff$174kto $239k
Staff TDI Site Reliability Engineer, Okta Federal (the posting, opens in a new tab)OktaSite Reliability EngineerStaff$174kto $239k
Staff Site Reliability Engineer, Federal (TS/SCI) (the posting, opens in a new tab)OktaSite Reliability EngineerStaff$174kto $238k
Staff Site Reliability Engineer, Networking w/ active TS/SCI (the posting, opens in a new tab)OktaSite Reliability EngineerStaff$174kto $238k
Solutions Engineer (Clearance Required) (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AISolutions EngineerNot stated$186kto $233k
Senior Data Analyst, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AIData AnalystSenior$184kto $230k
Senior Data Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AIData EngineerSenior$180kto $225k
Solutions Architect (the posting, opens in a new tab)CoreWeaveSolutions EngineerNot stated$165kto $220k
Sr Software Engineer -Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksSoftware EngineerSenior$156kto $214k
Senior Solutions Engineer, Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)WizSolutions EngineerSenior$190kto $211k
Staff Systems Development Engineer (GovOps) (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksSoftware EngineerStaff$153kto $211k
Sr. Solutions Engineer - Public Sector (DoW - 4th Estate) (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksSolutions EngineerSenior$152kto $209k
Backend Software Engineer - Defense (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirSoftware EngineerNot stated$135kto $200k
DevOps Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirDevOps EngineerNot stated$135kto $200k
Forward Deployed Engineer - Mixed Reality (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirForward Deployed EngineerNot stated$135kto $200k
Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer - US Government (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirPlatform EngineerNot stated$135kto $200k
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Edge Autonomous Systems (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirForward Deployed EngineerNot stated$135kto $200k
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Intel (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirForward Deployed EngineerNot stated$135kto $200k
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Japan Forward Deployed (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirForward Deployed EngineerNot stated$135kto $200k
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Korea Forward Deployed (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirForward Deployed EngineerNot stated$135kto $200k
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - Tactical Edge (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirForward Deployed EngineerNot stated$135kto $200k
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirForward Deployed EngineerNot stated$135kto $200k
Forward Deployed Software Engineer - US Government - Federal Health and Civilian (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirForward Deployed EngineerNot stated$135kto $200k
Information Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirSecurity EngineerNot stated$135kto $200k
Information Security Engineer - Infrastructure Security (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirSecurity EngineerNot stated$145kto $200k
Information Security Engineer - Insider Risk (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirSecurity EngineerNot stated$145kto $200k
Offensive Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirSecurity EngineerNot stated$145kto $200k
Platform Engineer - Identity Infrastructure (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirPlatform EngineerNot stated$135kto $200k
Senior Identity Security Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirSecurity EngineerSenior$135kto $200k
Senior Software Engineer - Autonomous Systems (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirSoftware EngineerSenior$145kto $200k
Senior Software Engineer, Network Infrastructure (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirSoftware EngineerSenior$135kto $200k
Senior Software Engineer, Substrate (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirSoftware EngineerSenior$145kto $200k
Software Engineer - Defense Applications (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirSoftware EngineerNot stated$145kto $200k
Software Engineer - Hosted Model Infrastructure (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirSoftware EngineerNot stated$145kto $200k
Software Engineer - Mission Manager (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirSoftware EngineerManager$135kto $200k
Web Application Developer - Defense (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirSoftware EngineerNot stated$135kto $200k
Sr. Field Technical Program Manager, Forward Deployed Engineering - Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)DatabricksForward Deployed EngineerManager$140kto $193k
Operations Engineering Manager, Fleet Reliability (the posting, opens in a new tab)CoreWeaveEngineering ManagerManager$143kto $191k
Senior Partner Solutions Engineer - Federal Systems Integrators (FSI) (the posting, opens in a new tab)CriblSolutions EngineerSenior$110kto $190k
Senior Software Engineer in Test, Federal Classified (the posting, opens in a new tab)OktaSoftware EngineerSenior$136kto $187k
IT Systems Engineer (the posting, opens in a new tab)Scale AISoftware EngineerNot stated$149kto $186k
Forward Deployed Site Reliability Engineer - US Government (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirSite Reliability EngineerNot stated$125kto $185k
Site Reliability Engineer - US Government (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirSite Reliability EngineerNot stated$125kto $185k
Senior Solutions Architect - Federal Civilian (the posting, opens in a new tab)ElasticSolutions EngineerSenior$108kto $170k
Senior Solutions Architect - Federal Civilian (the posting, opens in a new tab)ElasticSolutions EngineerSenior$108kto $170k
Software Engineer, New Grad - Defense (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirSoftware EngineerEntry$145kto $155k
Software Engineer, New Grad - Production Infrastructure (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirSoftware EngineerEntry$145kto $155k
Forward Deployed Security Engineer - US Government (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirSecurity EngineerNot stated$90kto $150k
Forward Deployed Infrastructure Engineer, New Grad - US Government (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirPlatform EngineerEntry$135kto $145k
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - Intel, US Government (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirForward Deployed EngineerEntry$135kto $145k
Forward Deployed Software Engineer, New Grad - US Government (the posting, opens in a new tab)PalantirForward Deployed EngineerEntry$135kto $145k
Partner Solutions Architect - Public Sector (the posting, opens in a new tab)ElasticSolutions EngineerNot stated$75kto $118k
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By company

CompanyPosted
Palantir32 posted ranges$168k$135k to $200k
Databricks16 posted ranges$216k$182k to $250k
Scale AI13 posted ranges$240k$198k to $279k
Okta6 posted ranges$206k$174k to $239k
OpenAI5 posted ranges$257k$211k to $302k
Elastic3 posted ranges$139k$108k to $170k
CoreWeave2 posted ranges$154k to $206k2 postings
Snowflake1 posted range$200k to $288kone posting
Cohere1 posted range$215k to $250kone posting
Cognition1 posted range$180k to $280kone posting
Wiz1 posted range$190k to $211kone posting
Cribl1 posted range$110k to $190kone posting

Posted median by week

Week ofRangesMedian
Sep 2182$181k

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