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Rio de Janeiro
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Rio de Janeiro is Brazil's second-largest city with a strong oil and gas sector (Petrobras) and tourism industry. Living costs are lower than Sao Paulo.
Median Salary
$10 000,00
CoL Index
26,00
Population
6 748 000
Timezone
America/Sao_Paulo
Cost of Living Breakdown
All indices use New York City = 100 as baseline.
Overall
26,00
Rent
18,00
Groceries
25,00
Restaurants
20,00
Transport
15,00
Salaries by Role
Estimated City salaries are derived from country-level data adjusted for local cost of living.
| Role | Median (USD) | Net (USD) | Entry | Senior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CTO | $39 325,00 | $30 673,00 | $28 600,00 | $67 925,00 |
| Engineering Manager | $31 281,00 | $24 399,00 | $24 131,00 | $44 688,00 |
| AI/ML Researcher | $28 600,00 | $22 308,00 | $19 662,00 | $44 688,00 |
| Cloud Architect | $27 706,00 | $21 610,00 | $20 556,00 | $40 219,00 |
| Tech Lead | $27 706,00 | $21 610,00 | $20 556,00 | $39 325,00 |
| ML Engineer | $25 025,00 | $19 519,00 | $17 875,00 | $37 538,00 |
| Site Reliability Engineer | $24 131,00 | $18 822,00 | $16 981,00 | $35 750,00 |
| Security Engineer | $23 238,00 | $18 125,00 | $16 445,00 | $34 856,00 |
| Blockchain Developer | $23 238,00 | $18 125,00 | $16 088,00 | $35 750,00 |
| Product Manager | $23 238,00 | $18 125,00 | $16 088,00 | $35 750,00 |
| Data Scientist | $22 344,00 | $17 428,00 | $15 194,00 | $33 962,00 |
| DevOps Engineer | $22 344,00 | $17 428,00 | $15 730,00 | $33 962,00 |
| Data Engineer | $21 450,00 | $16 731,00 | $14 658,00 | $33 069,00 |
| Software Engineer | $21 450,00 | $16 731,00 | $15 194,00 | $33 069,00 |
| Backend Developer | $20 556,00 | $16 033,00 | $14 300,00 | $31 281,00 |
| Full Stack Developer | $20 020,00 | $15 615,00 | $13 942,00 | $30 388,00 |
| Mobile Developer | $19 662,00 | $15 336,00 | $13 406,00 | $30 030,00 |
| Frontend Developer | $18 769,00 | $14 639,00 | $12 870,00 | $28 600,00 |
| UI/UX Designer | $17 875,00 | $13 942,00 | $12 155,00 | $26 812,00 |
| QA Engineer | $15 194,00 | $11 851,00 | $10 368,00 | $22 344,00 |