Web Developers salary in Salem, OR

Median pay for web developers in Salem, OR: $57,720/yr

Typical range (10th–90th percentile): $52,410 – $106,480 · about 130 employed locally

Below the typical metro median ($76,305) by −$18,585 (-24%).

What it's really worth in Salem

With Salem's cost of living at 102 (US=100), that $57,720 has the buying power of about $56,335 in an average-cost US metro.

Local context: median household income $72,154 · median home $454,689 · median rent $1,628/mo.

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How Salem ranks for this job

On raw pay, Salem, OR is 138th of the 148 metros we hold web developers wages for. Once Salem's cost of living is applied, it ranks 143rd.

Pay and living costs are roughly in step here, so Salem sits in much the same place whether you look at raw salary or spending power.

What that salary buys in Salem

A median home in Salem, OR costs $454,689 — about 7.9× this salary, against a typical US metro figure of 4.7×. Buying is harder here than in the average metro on this income.

Median rent of $1,628/mo works out at 34% of gross pay — above the conventional 30% affordability ceiling, so renting would stretch this salary.

Where web developers earn more

Pay on its own is only half the picture, so each row shows what rent costs there relative to Salem.

Metro	Median pay	vs Salem	Rent vs Salem
San Jose, CA	$157,390	+173%	2.2×
San Francisco, CA	$141,980	+146%	2×
Oxnard, CA	$125,280	+117%	1.8×
Vallejo, CA	$116,640	+102%	1.5×

Same job elsewhere in OR

Metro	Median pay	vs Salem	Rent vs Salem
Portland, OR	$75,250	+30%	1.1×
Eugene, OR	$70,280	+22%	1.1×

Staying in OR keeps state income tax and licensing the same, which makes these the most directly comparable moves.

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