Portland
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Portland has a growing tech scene with companies like Intel and a vibrant startup ecosystem. Oregon has no sales tax, and the city offers a lower cost of living compared to other West Coast tech hubs.
Median Salary
$62000.00
CoL Index
70.00
Population
641162
Timezone
America/Los_Angeles
Cost of Living Breakdown
All indices use New York City = 100 as baseline.
Overall
70.00
Rent
65.00
Groceries
72.00
Restaurants
70.00
Transport
62.00
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 | $154000.00 | $110880.00 | $112000.00 | $266000.00 |
| Engineering Manager | $122500.00 | $88200.00 | $94500.00 | $175000.00 |
| AI/ML Researcher | $112000.00 | $80640.00 | $77000.00 | $175000.00 |
| Cloud Architect | $108500.00 | $78120.00 | $80500.00 | $157500.00 |
| Tech Lead | $108500.00 | $78120.00 | $80500.00 | $154000.00 |
| ML Engineer | $98000.00 | $70560.00 | $70000.00 | $147000.00 |
| Site Reliability Engineer | $94500.00 | $68040.00 | $66500.00 | $140000.00 |
| Security Engineer | $91000.00 | $65520.00 | $64400.00 | $136500.00 |
| Blockchain Developer | $91000.00 | $65520.00 | $63000.00 | $140000.00 |
| Product Manager | $91000.00 | $65520.00 | $63000.00 | $140000.00 |
| Data Scientist | $87500.00 | $63000.00 | $59500.00 | $133000.00 |
| DevOps Engineer | $87500.00 | $63000.00 | $61600.00 | $133000.00 |
| Data Engineer | $84000.00 | $60480.00 | $57400.00 | $129500.00 |
| Software Engineer | $84000.00 | $60480.00 | $59500.00 | $129500.00 |
| Backend Developer | $80500.00 | $57960.00 | $56000.00 | $122500.00 |
| Full Stack Developer | $78400.00 | $56448.00 | $54600.00 | $119000.00 |
| Mobile Developer | $77000.00 | $55440.00 | $52500.00 | $117600.00 |
| Frontend Developer | $73500.00 | $52920.00 | $50400.00 | $112000.00 |
| UI/UX Designer | $70000.00 | $50400.00 | $47600.00 | $105000.00 |
| QA Engineer | $59500.00 | $42840.00 | $40600.00 | $87500.00 |