SOC 15-2021 · Computer and Mathematical Occupations · May 2025
How much do Mathematicians make in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?
In the May 2025 Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Mathematicians in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is $185,520. The 10th percentile is $102,380 and the 90th percentile is $239,960. Employment is 70.
Median annual wage
$185,520
- 10th percentile
- $102,380
- 25th percentile
- $113,600
- Median
- $185,520
- 75th percentile
- $194,120
- 90th percentile
- $239,960
- Mean
- $167,380
Annual wage from the May 2025 OEWS estimates.
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Percentile spread
For Mathematicians, the published 10th percentile is $102,380 and the 90th percentile is $239,960. The difference is $137,580, which is 74.2% 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 $113,600 to the 75th at $194,120, covers $80,520.
The mean annual wage is $167,380, which sits below the median of $185,520. Median and mean measure different points in the same distribution.
National and state comparison
The Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA median is 46.4% higher than the national median of $126,710 for Mathematicians. In 2024 national prices the local median is $166,935, which is 31.7% higher than that same national median. The national figure is already in national prices because the United States parity is 100.
It is 14.3% higher than the Washington median of $162,280.
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 $185,520 by that parity and multiplying by 100 puts Mathematicians at $166,935 in national prices. The wage year and the price year are different. Compare this wage after prices.
Nearby metros
No other metropolitan area within 200 miles has a published annual median for Mathematicians in the May 2025 tables. A wage from farther away is not filled in. When a wage is not published.
Employment share
Mathematicians accounts for 0.00% of wage-and-salary employment in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA (70 of 2,086,210). Nationally the occupation is 0.00% of employment (2,030 of 155,495,730). The local share is 2.57 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.
Highest-paying jobs in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA · Mathematicians by metro · How to read these percentiles · Median and mean · When a wage is not published · How the figures are made · Compare this wage after prices
Questions this page answers
How much do Mathematicians make in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA?
In the May 2025 OEWS estimates, released May 15, 2026, the median annual wage for Mathematicians in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is $185,520. The 10th percentile is $102,380 and the 90th percentile is $239,960. Employment is 70.
How does that compare with the national median for Mathematicians?
The local median is 46.4% higher than the national median of $126,710.
What is Mathematicians pay in Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA after local prices?
The 2024 all-items regional price parity for Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA is 111.133, with the United States at 100. In those national prices, the May 2025 median of $185,520 is $166,935. The wage is May 2025 and the parity is 2024.