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High-paying jobs in DC

Active job postings in DC that advertise a salary of $150,000 or more. Only postings that published a salary figure are included.

DC job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in DC.

917Active postings
151Posted this week
218Open 30+ days24% of active
75Remote / hybrid8% of active
19%List salary171 of 917
4%Hourly7 of disclosed
$140kMedian annual (max)
$29.13/hrMedian hourly (max)
14dMedian agep90 77d (long tail)

Wages by category

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Director	59	$228k n=12	—
Legal	52	$124k n=7	—
Crew / Cashier	29	—	—
Account Executive	25	$187k n=8	—
Store Supervisor / Manager	23	—	—

Wages by occupation (SOC)

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Managers, All Other	87	$215k n=16	—
Software Developers	36	$199k n=3	—
Paralegals and Legal Assistants	32	—	—
Management Analysts	26	—	—
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products	23	$100k n=5	—

Wages by employment type

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Contract	74	$190k n=41	—
Full-time	54	$155k n=37	—
Part-time	47	$68k n=19	$29.13/hr n=5
Intern	13	$80k n=5	—
Temporary	2	—	—

Wages by sector

Bucket	Jobs	Median annual	Median hourly
Technology	351	$160k n=55	—
Professional Services	183	$160k n=53	—
Food Service / Restaurants	132	$170k n=19	—
Manufacturing	131	$196k n=16	—
Retail	88	$90k n=5	$29.13/hr n=7

Top categories

Director59
Legal52
Crew / Cashier29
Account Executive25
Store Supervisor / Manager23
Engineering20

Top occupations (SOC)

Managers, All Other87
Software Developers36
Paralegals and Legal Assistants32
Management Analysts26
Sales Representatives, Wholesale and Manufacturing, Technical and Scientific Products23
Lawyers19

In-demand skills

Top sectors

Technology351
Professional Services183
Food Service / Restaurants132
Manufacturing131
Retail88
Media & Entertainment82

Employment mix

Unspecified727 · 79%
Contract74 · 8%
Full-time54 · 6%
Part-time47 · 5%
Intern13 · 1%
Temporary2 · 0%

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Expert Senior Manager, Engineering Excellence
Bain & Company · Washington, DC · bain.com
$258k · 14 days open · posted 2 weeks ago
Principal Architect
Scale AI · Washington, DC · job-boards.greenhouse.io
$257k · 260 days open · posted 8 months ago
DevOps Engineer, Infrastructure & SecurityDevOps / SRE
Scale AI · Washington, DC · job-boards.greenhouse.io
$246k · 51 days open · posted 1 month ago
Program Manager (Homeland Layered Defense), Public SectorProgram Manager
Scale AI · Washington, DC · job-boards.greenhouse.io
$233k · 67 days open · posted 2 months ago
Technical Platform and Data LeadDevOps / SRE
General Dynamics · Washington, DC · gd.com
$164k–$219k · 3 days open · posted 3 days ago
Lead, AI EngineeringML / AI Engineering
Bain & Company · Washington, DC · bain.com
$204k · 14 days open · posted 2 weeks ago
Software Engineer II- (GCC‑High/DoD)- CTJ- SecretBackend
Microsoft · Washington, DC · apply.careers.microsoft.com
$101k–$199k · 13 days open · posted 1 week ago
Director, CelerityDirector
Bain & Company · Washington, DC · bain.com
$163k–$196k · 0 days open · posted 16 hours ago
Technical Program Manager, Public SectorTechnical PM
Scale AI · Washington, DC · job-boards.greenhouse.io
$187k · 168 days open · posted 5 months ago
Solutions Engineer (Clearance Required)Sales Engineer
Scale AI · Washington, DC · job-boards.greenhouse.io
$186k · 80 days open · posted 2 months ago
Lead, Engineering Excellence
Bain & Company · Washington, DC · bain.com
$180k · 14 days open · posted 2 weeks ago