Salaries

Salaries in Portland.

3,445 roles. One city.

Cost-of-living index: 1.05x national average. Last updated August 2026.

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Highest Paying

$350,000

Chief Security Officer

Median of All Roles

$145,000

Senior Strategy Consultant

Entry Level

$36,000

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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.

Portland, ME has a cost-of-living index of 1.05x the national average. The highest-paying role is Chief Security Officer at $350,000, while the median across all 3,445 roles is $145,000. Portland, Maine is a small but growing tech and creative economy hub.

About the Portland market

Portland, Maine is a small but growing tech and creative economy hub. The city attracts remote workers and small companies seeking quality of life on the New England coast. Healthcare, marine industries, and a craft food and beverage sector round out the local economy.

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Top 50 salaries in Portland

#RoleMedianRange
1Chief Security Officer$350,000$273,000 – $455,000
2SVP of Technology$350,000$297,000 – $455,000
3SVP of Engineering$344,000$292,000 – $446,000
4SVP of Finance$344,000$292,000 – $447,000
5Senior VP of Security$343,000$291,000 – $446,000
6Senior VP of Product$343,000$268,000 – $446,000
7SVP of AI Innovation$340,000$289,000 – $442,000
8Chief Strategy Officer$332,000$259,000 – $432,000
9VP of Partner Engineering$331,000$282,000 – $430,000
10VP of Reliability Engineering$331,000$282,000 – $430,000
11SVP of Product$330,000$280,000 – $429,000
12SVP of Data$330,000$280,000 – $429,000
13Senior VP of Design$329,000$257,000 – $427,000
14VP of Engineering$328,000$279,000 – $426,000
15VP of AI$328,000$279,000 – $426,000
16VP of Field Engineering$328,000$279,000 – $426,000
17VP of Core Engineering$328,000$279,000 – $426,000
18VP of AI Product$325,000$276,000 – $422,000
19Chief Architect$324,000$276,000 – $422,000
20Chief Science Officer$322,000$252,000 – $419,000
21VP of AI Research$321,000$274,000 – $418,000
22VP of Mobile$321,000$274,000 – $418,000
23VP of Solutions Engineering$321,000$274,000 – $418,000
24VP of Quality$321,000$274,000 – $418,000
25Chief AI Officer$319,000$237,000 – $412,000
26VP of AI Engineering$318,000$271,000 – $414,000
27Chief Machine Learning Officer$318,000$248,000 – $414,000
28Senior Head of Product$318,000$249,000 – $414,000
29VP of Developer Experience$318,000$271,000 – $414,000
30VP of Risk$318,000$270,000 – $414,000
31VP of Site Reliability Engineering$318,000$271,000 – $414,000
32VP of Cybersecurity$318,000$271,000 – $414,000
33Chief Design Officer$316,000$246,000 – $411,000
34VP of Platform Engineering$315,000$268,000 – $410,000
35VP of Cloud$315,000$268,000 – $410,000
36VP of Support Engineering$315,000$268,000 – $410,000
37VP of Security Engineering$315,000$268,000 – $410,000
38Chief Technology Officer$314,000$233,000 – $411,000
39Chief Commercial Officer$313,000$244,000 – $407,000
40VP of Machine Learning$312,000$265,000 – $405,000
41CTO$312,000$243,000 – $405,000
42VP of IT$312,000$265,000 – $405,000
43VP of Infrastructure$312,000$265,000 – $405,000
44VP of Analytics$312,000$265,000 – $405,000
45VP of Information Security$312,000$265,000 – $405,000
46VP of Technical Support$312,000$265,000 – $405,000
47SVP of People$311,000$264,000 – $405,000
48Chief Data & AI Officer$310,000$231,000 – $404,000
49VP of Data Engineering$309,000$263,000 – $401,000
50VP of Data$309,000$263,000 – $401,000

Tax considerations

Maine's top income tax rate is 7.15%. Portland has no city income tax. The state rate is above average but offset by quality of life and access to rural New England.

Negotiating in Portland

Negotiate remote work flexibility. Portland employers know they compete with Boston and New York for talent and may offer location flexibility to attract top candidates.

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