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 |