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Salaries in Washington, D.C.
The average salary in Washington, D.C. is $183k – $248k per year, based on 38 jobs.
Median salary
$201.9k
Based on 38 jobs · 7% less than the average salary on Inference Jobs
25th percentile
$150k
Average
$215.5k
75th percentile
$279.8k
Top paying titles in Washington, D.C.
Highest paying job titles in Washington, D.C., ranked by average salary.
Software Engineering
Avg. $144.6k – $269.2k · 6 jobs
Defense Engineering
Avg. $149.2k – $202.5k · 6 jobs
Government Relations
Avg. $236.5k – $262.4k · 5 jobs
Public Sector
Avg. $179.0k – $273.4k · 5 jobs
Government
Avg. $155k – $195k · 4 jobs
Government Sales
Avg. $224.6k – $294.8k · 4 jobs
Public Policy
Avg. $249k – $276.3k · 4 jobs
Test Engineering
Avg. $161.7k – $201.7k · 3 jobs
operational-safety
Avg. $150k – $185k · 3 jobs
Program Management
Avg. $162.4k – $220.8k · 3 jobs
Top paying skills in Washington, D.C.
Highest paying skills in Washington, D.C., ranked by average salary.
Python
Avg. $175k – $254.3k · 15 jobs
Machine Learning
Avg. $174.8k – $262.2k · 7 jobs
Risk Management
Avg. $159.1k – $207.3k · 6 jobs
C++
Avg. $136.3k – $202.5k · 6 jobs
UAS
Avg. $156.7k – $194.2k · 6 jobs
FAA Part 107
Avg. $156.7k – $194.2k · 6 jobs
Javascript
Avg. $182.4k – $268.1k · 5 jobs
Public Sector
Avg. $187.3k – $236.5k · 5 jobs
AI/ML
Avg. $190.1k – $255.1k · 5 jobs
Policy Analysis
Avg. $252.2k – $280k · 5 jobs
Top paying companies
NVIDIA
Avg. $169.9k – $298.2k · 467 jobs
OpenAI
Avg. $248.5k – $338.9k · 327 jobs
Anthropic
Avg. $258.6k – $337.8k · 298 jobs
CoreWeave
Avg. $136.8k – $196.5k · 261 jobs
Crusoe
Avg. $153.3k – $186.8k · 253 jobs
Applied Intuition
Avg. $145.3k – $234.6k · 182 jobs
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Washington, D.C. salary FAQs
All salary figures are normalized to USD annual equivalents. Averages are based on published jobs with salary data and filtered for statistical outliers.