Compared with the local labor market
Web Developer I pay vs. the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area
Across all employers in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area, the median wage for Web Developers — about 3,470 people — is $130,440. Seattle Public Library pays a median base salary of $106,330 for this role, 18% below that figure — about the 29th percentile of local pay for the occupation.
Where Seattle Public Library sits in the local pay range
$81,190
$101,090
$130,440
$131,900
$176,750
Seattle Public Library median · $106,330
The bar is the range of annual wages for Web Developers across every employer in the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA area, from the 10th to the 90th percentile, with the middle 50% highlighted. The marker shows Seattle Public Library’s median base salary for this role. Both figures are base pay only.
And across the country
Nationwide, the median wage for Web Developers — about 70,190 people — is $92,650. Seattle Public Library’s median base salary is 15% above that national figure, about the 60th percentile of pay for the occupation nationally.
$48,100
$64,230
$92,650
$126,230
$162,290
Seattle Public Library median · $106,330
Local and national wages differ for reasons beyond how well a job pays — cost of living, the mix of employers, and local demand for the occupation all move the Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA range relative to the national one.
Median total compensation for this role at Seattle Public Library is $106,330, which includes overtime and employer-paid benefits. The benchmark above excludes both, so total compensation is deliberately not compared against it.
Benchmark: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (May 2025). BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics (OEWS) covers all employers in the area — private, non-profit, and government alike — so this is a comparison against the whole local labor market for the occupation, not against private-sector pay. OEWS wages are straight-time pay and exclude overtime, shift differentials, and employer-paid benefits, so the government figure shown here is base pay on the same basis. Total compensation is not comparable to it. Job titles are matched to the closest standard occupation, so the comparison is between similar work rather than an identical job classification.