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title: 'What''s the going rate for a junior developer in Portland?'
date: '2014-03-26T14:04:30-07:00'
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# What's the going rate for a junior developer in Portland?

We’ve all heard about—or directly suffered through—the shortage of development talent that plagues the startup scene. And it’s no different in Portland. Talent is at a premium. But what exactly does that scarcity do to the costs for today’s startups? [Ted Timmons spent some time digging into that question](http://infinitewandering.blogspot.com/2014/03/what-is-starting-salary-for-software.html "What is a starting salary for software engineering in Portland Oregon?").

> My career and education was decidedly nontraditional. I’ve done a lot of hiring but not for entry-level coders. This means I couldn’t use my own knowledge to answer this. I reached out to peers and I’m summarizing the knowledge here.

> The salary numbers given were $50k to $110k. The upper end of that was certainly based on Bay Area wages; for Portland, $70k to $75k range seems appropriate for a junior engineer.

**\[UPDATE\]**

> [@turoczy](https://twitter.com/turoczy) [@tedder42](https://twitter.com/tedder42) there was a post by [@vosechu](https://twitter.com/vosechu) about this a couple months ago with a good set of modifiers <https://t.co/0VgsktHd4r>
> 
> — Ryan Williams (@ryanwi) [March 26, 2014](https://twitter.com/ryanwi/statuses/448932454473019392)

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**\[/UPDATE\]**

Agree? Disagree?

For more, see [Ted’s post on the starting salary for software engineering in Portland, Oregon](http://infinitewandering.blogspot.com/2014/03/what-is-starting-salary-for-software.html "What is a starting salary for software engineering in Portland Oregon?"). And, of course, to see who is hiring or to post a job, check out the [Silicon Florist job board](http://siliconflorist.com/jobs "Silicon Florist job board").

*([Image courtesy Aaron Hockley](http://www.flickr.com/photos/70059755@N00/8661529599). Used under Creative Commons.)*