Salaries

Salaries in Cincinnati.

3,445 roles. One city.

Cost-of-living index: 0.90x national average. Last updated August 2026.

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Highest Paying

$312,000

Senior VP of Product

Median of All Roles

$124,000

AI Construction Engineer

Entry Level

$32,000

Data Entry Specialist

The salary figures on this page are computed estimates, not observed wages. Each one is a national role baseline scaled by a Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parity cost-of-living multiplier (2025 index) and rounded to the nearest $1,000. No published wage percentile is consulted and no wage survey response enters the calculation, so an Orbyt estimate must not be cited as a Bureau of Labor Statistics figure or as measured pay. The published wage data Orbyt holds is Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, and Department of Labor H-1B Labor Condition Application filings, which record a filed minimum visa base wage rather than market pay. Where BLS publishes a wage for the occupation a role maps to, it is shown on that role's page as a separate benchmark, labelled with its occupation code, metro area and the number of employed workers it covers. Last updated August 2026.

Cincinnati, OH has a cost-of-living index of 0.90x the national average. The highest-paying role is Senior VP of Product at $312,000, while the median across all 3,445 roles is $124,000. Cincinnati is home to Procter and Gamble, Kroger, and a growing fintech scene.

About the Cincinnati market

Cincinnati is home to Procter and Gamble, Kroger, and a growing fintech scene. The city's extremely affordable cost of living and strong corporate base create excellent purchasing power. The University of Cincinnati feeds a steady pipeline of engineering and business talent.

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Top 50 salaries in Cincinnati

#RoleMedianRange
1Senior VP of Product$312,000$243,000 – $405,000
2Chief Security Officer$303,000$236,000 – $394,000
3SVP of Finance$298,000$253,000 – $387,000
4SVP of Technology$292,000$248,000 – $379,000
5SVP of AI Innovation$289,000$245,000 – $375,000
6SVP of Product$289,000$245,000 – $375,000
7Senior VP of Security$288,000$245,000 – $374,000
8VP of Cloud$284,000$241,000 – $369,000
9VP of Partner Engineering$284,000$241,000 – $369,000
10SVP of Engineering$283,000$240,000 – $368,000
11SVP of Data$283,000$240,000 – $368,000
12CTO$281,000$219,000 – $365,000
13VP of Finance$281,000$239,000 – $365,000
14VP of Information Technology$281,000$239,000 – $365,000
15VP of Database Engineering$281,000$239,000 – $365,000
16Chief Strategy Officer$279,000$218,000 – $363,000
17VP of Infrastructure$278,000$237,000 – $362,000
18VP of Privacy$278,000$237,000 – $362,000
19VP of Security$278,000$237,000 – $362,000
20VP of Risk$278,000$236,000 – $362,000
21VP of Solutions Engineering$278,000$237,000 – $362,000
22Chief Data & AI Officer$276,000$206,000 – $360,000
23Chief Science Officer$276,000$216,000 – $359,000
24VP of Engineering$275,000$235,000 – $358,000
25VP of AI Engineering$275,000$235,000 – $358,000
26VP of Network Engineering$275,000$235,000 – $358,000
27VP of Machine Learning$273,000$232,000 – $355,000
28VP of Platform Engineering$273,000$232,000 – $355,000
29VP of Field Engineering$273,000$232,000 – $355,000
30Chief AI Officer$271,000$201,000 – $349,000
31Senior Head of Security$271,000$230,000 – $352,000
32VP of AI Product$270,000$230,000 – $351,000
33VP of Data Science$270,000$230,000 – $351,000
34VP of IT$270,000$230,000 – $351,000
35VP of Mobile$270,000$230,000 – $351,000
36VP of Analytics$270,000$230,000 – $351,000
37VP of Security Engineering$270,000$230,000 – $351,000
38VP of Application Engineering$270,000$230,000 – $351,000
39Chief Technology Officer$269,000$199,000 – $352,000
40Senior VP of Design$268,000$210,000 – $348,000
41Chief Machine Learning Officer$267,000$208,000 – $347,000
42Chief Digital Officer$267,000$208,000 – $347,000
43VP of Data$267,000$228,000 – $348,000
44VP of Technical Support$267,000$228,000 – $348,000
45VP of Quality$267,000$228,000 – $348,000
46VP of Site Reliability Engineering$267,000$228,000 – $348,000
47Chief Commercial Officer$266,000$207,000 – $346,000
48SVP of Marketing$266,000$207,000 – $346,000
49VP of Data Engineering$265,000$225,000 – $344,000
50Chief Architect$265,000$225,000 – $344,000

Tax considerations

Ohio's income tax tops out around 3.5%. Cincinnati adds an earnings tax of 1.8%. The combined rate is moderate and the very low cost of living offsets it significantly.

Negotiating in Cincinnati

Leverage P&G and Kroger benchmarks. These Fortune 500 companies set salary floors that ripple across all professional roles in the Cincinnati metro.

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