Job website reports Portland tech wages up 9 percent


Dice reports the average worker’s earnings jumped from $84,295 in 2013 to $91,556 last year.

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BY JACOB PALMER | OB DIGITAL NEWS EDITOR

Dice reports the average worker’s earnings jumped from $84,295 in 2013 to $91,556 last year.

Portland Business Journal reported on the tech job website’s findings:

Since 2008, tech workers have seen their pay rise by 18 percent, according to Dice. The survey found the average U.S. tech worker pulled in $89,450, a boost of 2 percent over 2013. Not surprisingly the highest paychecks were in Silicon Valley were tech workers earned an average of $112,610, which is up 4 percent year-over-year.

The second highest paid workers are in Seattle where the average salary grew 5 percent to $99,423.

With the return on investment on a college degree continues to drop, read about five coding schools teaching Oregonians how to get into the tech industry here.

 


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