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Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other · SOC 19-3099

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other Salary in the Seattle Metro Area

Source: BLS OEWS, May 2025Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area

Figures describe the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metropolitan statistical area as defined by BLS/OMB — the whole multi-county metro region, not Seattle city limits.

Median annual wage$105,140
Median hourly wage$50.55

Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA metro area earned a median of $105,140 per year ($50.55 per hour) as of the May 2025 BLS OEWS estimates. Pay ranged from $73,460 at the 10th percentile to $163,230 at the 90th. BLS estimates 800 people work in this occupation in the area.

Pay distribution

Half of Social Scientists and Related Workers, All Other in the Seattle metro area earn more than $105,140 per year, half earn less; the middle half earn between $83,100 and $133,950.

Wage percentiles (BLS OEWS)
Wage10th25thMedian75th90th
Annual$73,460$83,100$105,140$133,950$163,230
Hourly$35.32$39.95$50.55$64.40$78.48

A percentile is a cut point: 25% of workers in this occupation and area earn less than the 25th-percentile wage. The median is the 50th percentile — half earn less, half earn more.

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How this area compares

  • Seattle metro areathis metro area
    $105,140
  • Washingtonstate (WA)
    $102,920
  • United Statesnational
    $101,110

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

The median here is +2% vs Washington overall and +4% vs the U.S. median for this occupation.

Compare with other areas

Where this metro sits nationally

$57,350$84,317$111,283$138,250Jefferson City, MO — $57,350Lansing-East Lansing, MI — $61,210Fargo, ND-MN — $64,110Ithaca, NY — $69,660Raleigh-Cary, NC — $75,350Cincinnati, OH-KY-IN — $75,570Lexington-Fayette, KY — $75,780Asheville, NC — $76,400San Juan-Bayamon-Caguas, PR — $76,400Grand Forks, ND-MN — $78,850Springfield, MO — $78,850Tallahassee, FL — $78,850Burlington-South Burlington, VT — $78,980Pensacola-Ferry Pass-Brent, FL — $79,960Nashville-Davidson--Murfreesboro--Franklin, TN — $80,860Charleston-North Charleston, SC — $81,330Jacksonville, FL — $81,330Panama City-Panama City Beach, FL — $81,330Wichita, KS — $81,330Durham-Chapel Hill, NC — $81,420Reno, NV — $81,640Helena, MT — $82,380Fort Collins-Loveland, CO — $82,430Columbus, OH — $83,100Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL — $83,460Clarksville, TN-KY — $83,780Columbia, SC — $83,780Gulfport-Biloxi, MS — $83,780Louisville/Jefferson County, KY-IN — $83,780Kiryas Joel-Poughkeepsie-Newburgh, NY — $84,010Indianapolis-Carmel-Greenwood, IN — $84,570Richmond, VA — $85,030Topeka, KS — $85,160Ann Arbor, MI — $85,370Syracuse, NY — $85,600Oklahoma City, OK — $86,260Fresno, CA — $86,670Spokane-Spokane Valley, WA — $86,690Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY — $87,040Santa Maria-Santa Barbara, CA — $87,260Savannah, GA — $87,380Alexandria, LA — $87,980St. Louis, MO-IL — $88,440Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA — $88,610Boise City, ID — $88,610Knoxville, TN — $88,610Orlando-Kissimmee-Sanford, FL — $88,700Shreveport-Bossier City, LA — $88,710Madison, WI — $88,830Rochester, NY — $89,230Kansas City, MO-KS — $90,060Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC — $90,580Crestview-Fort Walton Beach-Destin, FL — $91,170Columbus, GA-AL — $91,210Grand Rapids-Wyoming-Kentwood, MI — $91,560Jackson, MS — $91,560Salt Lake City-Murray, UT — $91,560Des Moines-West Des Moines, IA — $91,920San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA — $92,060Providence-Warwick, RI-MA — $92,100San Luis Obispo-Paso Robles, CA — $92,640San Diego-Chula Vista-Carlsbad, CA — $94,110Pittsburgh, PA — $94,680Eugene-Springfield, OR — $95,020Urban Honolulu, HI — $95,600Cleveland, OH — $95,800El Paso, TX — $96,100Ogden, UT — $96,100Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA — $96,460Memphis, TN-MS-AR — $96,610Palm Bay-Melbourne-Titusville, FL — $96,820Albuquerque, NM — $97,160McAllen-Edinburg-Mission, TX — $97,470Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD — $97,570Phoenix-Mesa-Chandler, AZ — $98,520Tucson, AZ — $99,320Las Vegas-Henderson-North Las Vegas, NV — $99,570Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY — $100,210Morgantown, WV — $100,260Los Angeles-Long Beach-Anaheim, CA — $100,550San Francisco-Oakland-Fremont, CA — $101,090Champaign-Urbana, IL — $102,110Austin-Round Rock-San Marcos, TX — $102,540Riverside-San Bernardino-Ontario, CA — $103,310Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington, MN-WI — $103,330Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI — $104,250Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington, TX — $104,420Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, IL-IN — $104,550Boulder, CO — $104,750Sacramento-Roseville-Folsom, CA — $104,770Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA — $105,140College Station-Bryan, TX — $105,270Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH — $105,670New Orleans-Metairie, LA — $106,550New York-Newark-Jersey City, NY-NJ — $107,170Omaha, NE-IA — $107,410Virginia Beach-Chesapeake-Norfolk, VA-NC — $107,910Fayetteville, NC — $107,950Houston-Pasadena-The Woodlands, TX — $108,350Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT — $108,430Colorado Springs, CO — $109,140Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO — $109,640San Antonio-New Braunfels, TX — $110,490Bakersfield-Delano, CA — $112,990Trenton-Princeton, NJ — $113,800Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC — $115,920Charlottesville, VA — $119,430Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater, WA — $119,520Dayton-Kettering-Beavercreek, OH — $120,220Baltimore-Columbia-Towson, MD — $124,590New Haven, CT — $126,610Harrisburg-Carlisle, PA — $135,390Washington-Arlington-Alexandria, DC-VA-MD-WV — $138,250

Each dot is one metro area with a published median — hover any dot for the name and figure. Metros without published estimates are not drawn.

The Seattle metro area has the 23rd-highest published median for this occupation among the 113 metro areas where BLS publishes it. Higher medians often track higher living costs — this is a pay comparison, not a ranking of where the job is “best”.

Other metro areas in Washington

Metro areas in the same state with published May 2025 medians for social scientists and related workers, all other, highest first. Areas without published estimates are not listed.

  • Seattle metro areathis page
    $105,140
  • Olympia metro area
    $119,520
  • Spokane metro area
    $86,690

Bars span the 25th–75th percentile (the middle half of workers); the tick marks the median.

Keep exploring

Other occupations in the same SOC group with published medians here, largest employment first:

Medical Scientists, Except Epidemiologists$105,430Environmental Scientists and Specialists, Including Health$102,980Biological Technicians$63,770Biological Scientists, All Other$108,580Occupational Health and Safety Specialists$109,500Urban and Regional Planners$108,040

Highest-paying metro areas for social scientists and related workers, all others · Highest-paying occupations in Seattle Metro

About this estimate

These figures are survey estimates from the BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program — modeled from employer reports collected over three years and benchmarked to May 2025. They describe what employers in this area currently pay across all industries, not what any individual worker will be offered.

Employment counts wage-and-salary jobs in the occupation (self-employed workers are excluded). Estimates carry sampling error; percentile wages are rounded by BLS. Some values are suppressed by BLS for confidentiality or quality — suppressed values appear here as “not published”, never as zero. Read the full methodology.

About this data. Estimates are from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics program, May 2025 release, retrieved from bls.gov/oes/tables.htm on July 24, 2026. OEWS estimates describe metropolitan/nonmetropolitan areas and states — not city limits — and are not designed for year-over-year comparisons. See BLS methodology, our plain-English methodology, and sources. CitySalaryData is independent and not affiliated with BLS.