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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 |