How much do Life Scientists, All Other make in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?

Percentile spread

For Life Scientists, All Other, the published 10th percentile is $67,710 and the 90th percentile is $136,780. The difference is $69,070, which is 67.1% of the median. Ten percent of measured wages fall below the 10th percentile and ten percent fall above the 90th. How to read a percentile.

The middle half of the distribution, from the 25th percentile at $82,440 to the 75th at $113,650, covers $31,210.

The mean annual wage is $103,500, which sits above the median of $103,000. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.

National and state comparison

The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA median is 9.9% higher than the national median of $93,750 for Life Scientists, All Other. In 2024 national prices the local median is $92,682, which is 1.1% lower than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.

It is 2.6% higher than the Washington median of $100,420.

Price-adjusted pay

The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 111.133, with the United States at 100. The Bureau of Economic Analysis released those parities on February 19, 2026. Dividing the May 2025 median of $103,000 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Life Scientists, All Other at $92,682 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.

Nearby metros

One other metropolitan area within 200 miles publishes a annual median for Life Scientists, All Other. Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA ranks 2nd of 2 on that median, counting itself. Distance is the great-circle mileage between Census Bureau internal points (U.S. Census Bureau, 2024 Gazetteer Files, Core Based Statistical Areas, internal points (INTPTLAT, INTPTLONG).).

• Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA is 134 miles away, with a median of $109,580 and employment of 120. That median is 6.4% higher than the median here. In 2024 national prices it is $103,945, against $92,682 here.

Employment share

Life Scientists, All Other accounts for 0.01% of wage-and-salary employment in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (140 of 2,086,210). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (7,460 of 155,495,730). The local share is 1.40 times the national share. That ratio is the location quotient computed from these May 2025 employment counts. It is not copied from the location-quotient column in the BLS bulk file.