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Governance, risk, and compliance jobs in Washington State: cloud and software, e-commerce, aerospace, and healthcare.
Open GRC jobs in Washington State (20)
Staff, Third Party Risk Management
Audit, Security GRC
Sr Offensive AI Security Engineer II
Customer Integrity & Threat Detection Manager (Starlink)
Manager, Regulatory Compliance
AI Ethics & Human Impact Lead
Director, Product Management - Security and Risk Partnerships
Animal Research Safety and Compliance Officer
Security Audit & Controls, Security GRC
Supplier Security & Assurance, Security GRC
Staff Software Engineer, Risk
Security Risk & Compliance, Data Centers & Compute
Account Executive Product - Fraud & Risk
Lead, Security Controls Assurance - SOX
Product Manager, Multi-Cloud Trust & Safety
Staff+ Software Engineer, Privacy
Staff+ Software Engineer, Privacy
Sr. Counsel, Privacy Compliance
Tax Director, Provision & Compliance
Staff+ Software Engineer, Payment Fraud
The Washington State GRC market
Washington State is a cloud and software hub, and that shapes its governance market. Seattle and the Eastside, including Bellevue, Redmond, and Kirkland, host major cloud, e-commerce, and platform companies building AI products at scale, which drives demand for responsible AI, privacy, and model governance roles. Aerospace and a strong healthcare sector add traditional risk and compliance hiring. Expect a tech forward bar, with governance work tied closely to engineering and product.
Key sectors: cloud and software, e-commerce, aerospace, and healthcare. On the board now: 20 local and 0 remote-eligible jobs.
BLS put the 2024 median at $78,420. In 2026, market trackers show averages from roughly $99,000 to $120,000, with the top quartile above $160,000. Financial centers and senior governance roles sit at the top of that range.
Sources: BLS, 2024 median
Washington State GRC jobs: what the market looks like right now
A snapshot built from the 20 Washington State GRC roles currently on this page.
What these roles pay by level
| Level | Median midpoint | Postings |
|---|---|---|
| Mid-level | $270k | 7 |
| Senior / lead / manager | $170k | 7 |
How these figures were calculated, and sources
Primary source: our own board. Every figure above is the median midpoint of the salary ranges published in the live postings on this page. Nothing is estimated, modeled, or carried over from a previous month. It is recalculated each time the board refreshes.
What is included. Only postings that publish a salary range. Hourly, weekly and monthly rates are annualised (2,080 hours, 52 weeks, 12 months). Ranges below $20,000 a year are excluded as data-entry placeholders. A seniority band is shown only when at least five postings support it; director is present on this page but below that threshold, so no median is published for that band.
What this is not. These are advertised ranges, not accepted offers. Advertised ranges tend to run wider than what is actually paid, and roles that do not publish a range are missing from the calculation entirely, which can bias the result upward.
For an independent benchmark, compare against the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics for SOC 13-1041 — Compliance Officers, published annually at bls.gov/oes. BLS reports actual wages across all employers rather than advertised ranges, so its medians normally sit below job-board figures.
Where the work is
- Work mode: 3 remote, 0 hybrid, 17 on-site or unstated.
- Seniority mix: mid (11), senior (7), director (2)
- Employers hiring more than one: Anthropic (10)
Skills these postings ask for
- board and committee reporting
- policy lifecycle ownership
- risk appetite and tolerance setting
- three-lines-of-defense operating models
- ISO/IEC 42001 and NIST AI RMF fluency
How to get a governance job — the full career guide for this field: entry routes, transferable backgrounds, certifications and salary by level.
Certifications that come up most
None of these are universally required, but they appear often enough in Washington State GRC postings to be worth knowing: CGEIT, CRISC, AIGP, CISA. The certification academy covers what each one actually tests and who it is for.
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