How much does a software programmer make in each country?
144 countries, median gross salary a year in dollars.
Each line is a country, on a log scale from $100 to $200,000 a year.
Where they earn the most
- Switzerland$113,500
- United States$100,400
- Luxembourg$93,190
- Australia$83,930
- Iceland$81,210
Where pay goes furthest
- United States$100,400
- Qatar$97,690
- Luxembourg$94,460
- Germany$91,280
- Switzerland$88,570
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland estimate | $113,500 | $9,460 | CHF 102,100 | $88,570 |
| 2 | United States | $100,400 | $8,366 | $100,400 | |
| 3 | Luxembourg estimate | $93,190 | $7,766 | €83,470 | $94,460 |
| 4 | Australia | $83,930 | $6,994 | A$122,200 | |
| 5 | Iceland estimate | $81,210 | $6,767 | kr 10,345,800 | $71,010 |
| 6 | Qatar estimate | $75,970 | $6,331 | QAR 276,500 | $97,690 |
| 7 | Denmark estimate | $73,100 | $6,092 | kr 487,100 | $69,940 |
| 8 | Norway estimate | $69,720 | $5,810 | kr 630,900 | $72,470 |
| 9 | Germany | $69,140 | $5,761 | €61,920 | $91,280 |
| 10 | Belgium estimate | $67,050 | $5,588 | €60,060 | $76,890 |
| 11 | Austria estimate | $67,020 | $5,585 | €60,030 | $79,040 |
| 12 | Ireland estimate | $66,110 | $5,509 | €59,210 | $64,720 |
| 13 | Canada | $65,410 | $5,451 | CA$92,000 | |
| 14 | Netherlands estimate | $64,520 | $5,376 | €57,790 | $74,410 |
| 15 | Finland estimate | $58,910 | $4,909 | €52,760 | $65,000 |
| 16 | United Kingdom estimate | $55,570 | $4,630 | £42,200 | $60,160 |
| 17 | Singapore estimate | $53,160 | $4,430 | SGD 71,420 | $67,440 |
| 18 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $52,790 | $4,399 | HK$409,800 | $63,480 |
| 19 | Sweden estimate | $50,860 | $4,238 | kr 484,200 | $56,190 |
| 20 | Israel estimate | $49,160 | $4,097 | ₪158,800 | $39,230 |
| 21 | France estimate | $49,010 | $4,084 | €43,900 | $59,210 |
| 22 | Italy estimate | $43,220 | $3,602 | €38,710 | $59,320 |
| 23 | Spain estimate | $42,270 | $3,522 | €37,860 | $61,530 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $38,190 | $3,182 | AED 140,200 | $56,790 |
| 25 | South Korea estimate | $36,800 | $3,067 | ₩47,526,000 | $52,570 |
| 26 | Cyprus estimate | $36,690 | $3,058 | €32,860 | $54,830 |
| 27 | Slovenia estimate | $36,140 | $3,012 | €32,370 | $53,950 |
| 28 | Malta estimate | $35,190 | $2,932 | €30,810 | $49,010 |
| 29 | Portugal estimate | $34,380 | $2,865 | €30,790 | $52,940 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $31,950 | $2,663 | SAR 119,800 | $61,750 |
| 31 | Bahamas estimate | $30,130 | $2,511 | BSD 30,130 | $27,230 |
| 32 | Puerto Rico estimate | $30,030 | $2,502 | $32,020 | |
| 33 | Czechia estimate | $28,840 | $2,404 | Kč 634,600 | $43,060 |
| 34 | Greece estimate | $28,810 | $2,401 | €25,800 | $43,950 |
| 35 | Brunei estimate | $28,540 | $2,378 | BND 36,160 | $47,740 |
| 36 | Lithuania estimate | $27,960 | $2,330 | €25,050 | $45,030 |
| 37 | Barbados estimate | $27,720 | $2,310 | BBD 55,440 | $23,100 |
| 38 | Estonia estimate | $27,610 | $2,301 | €24,730 | $36,370 |
| 39 | Costa Rica estimate | $26,430 | $2,203 | ₡13,308,300 | $42,310 |
| 40 | Latvia estimate | $25,420 | $2,118 | €22,770 | $40,740 |
| 41 | Romania estimate | $24,270 | $2,023 | lei 107,200 | $49,770 |
| 42 | Croatia estimate | $23,380 | $1,949 | €157,800 | $39,730 |
| 43 | Slovakia estimate | $22,920 | $1,910 | €20,530 | $35,850 |
| 44 | Hungary estimate | $22,720 | $1,893 | Ft 7,962,900 | $39,230 |
| 45 | Poland estimate | $19,980 | $1,665 | zł 83,870 | $36,420 |
| 46 | Türkiye estimate | $18,330 | $1,527 | ₺723,200 | $40,750 |
| 47 | Uruguay estimate | $17,980 | $1,499 | UYU 723,200 | $24,680 |
| 48 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $17,030 | $1,419 | KM 29,840 | $38,450 |
| 49 | Panama estimate | $16,870 | $1,406 | PAB 16,870 | $33,970 |
| 50 | Bulgaria estimate | $16,810 | $1,401 | €29,440 | $35,870 |
| 51 | Serbia estimate | $16,310 | $1,359 | RSD 1,715,500 | $32,030 |
| 52 | Botswana estimate | $16,000 | $1,333 | P 217,000 | $40,840 |
| 53 | Chile estimate | $15,790 | $1,316 | CLP 14,900,200 | $32,050 |
| 54 | Palau estimate | $15,550 | $1,295 | $15,540 | |
| 55 | Montenegro estimate | $13,410 | $1,117 | €10,090 | $22,970 |
| 56 | Belize estimate | $13,240 | $1,104 | BZD 26,490 | $20,740 |
| 57 | North Macedonia estimate | $13,120 | $1,093 | MKD 723,900 | $26,440 |
| 58 | Malaysia estimate | $12,920 | $1,077 | RM 54,310 | $34,550 |
| 59 | South Africa estimate | $12,450 | $1,037 | R 204,900 | $27,630 |
| 60 | Marshall Islands estimate | $12,050 | $1,004 | $12,130 | |
| 61 | Lebanon estimate | $11,510 | $959 | L£17,356,000 | $23,190 |
| 62 | Honduras estimate | $10,840 | $903 | L 281,200 | $22,290 |
| 63 | Peru estimate | $10,810 | $901 | PEN 38,570 | $20,010 |
| 64 | Brazil estimate | $10,790 | $899 | R$60,260 | $23,340 |
| 65 | Colombia estimate | $10,710 | $892 | COP 43,390,100 | $26,050 |
| 66 | Dominican Republic estimate | $10,530 | $878 | DOP 652,900 | $27,420 |
| 67 | Mauritius estimate | $10,390 | $866 | Rs 482,100 | $24,210 |
| 68 | Eswatini estimate | $10,110 | $842 | SZL 180,800 | |
| 69 | Guatemala estimate | $9,788 | $816 | Q 75,170 | $21,900 |
| 70 | Maldives estimate | $9,728 | $811 | MVR 149,600 | $14,780 |
| 71 | Argentina estimate | $9,713 | $809 | ARS 12,052,800 | $18,230 |
| 72 | Ecuador estimate | $9,642 | $804 | $21,840 | |
| 73 | Thailand estimate | $9,413 | $784 | ฿309,500 | $29,180 |
| 74 | Mexico estimate | $9,238 | $770 | MX$177,700 | $15,720 |
| 75 | El Salvador estimate | $9,115 | $760 | $19,440 | |
| 76 | Russia estimate | $8,843 | $737 | ₽651,300 | $25,290 |
| 77 | Djibouti estimate | $8,477 | $706 | DJF 1,506,600 | $15,300 |
| 78 | Fiji estimate | $8,378 | $698 | FJD 19,000 | $20,520 |
| 79 | Samoa estimate | $8,229 | $686 | WST 22,130 | $12,040 |
| 80 | Albania estimate | $8,125 | $677 | ALL 865,900 | $18,790 |
| 81 | Guyana estimate | $8,093 | $674 | GYD 1,687,400 | $17,360 |
| 82 | Bolivia estimate | $7,849 | $654 | Bs 54,240 | $20,090 |
| 83 | Jordan estimate | $7,639 | $637 | JOD 5,424 | $16,890 |
| 84 | Paraguay estimate | $7,188 | $599 | ₲54,237,600 | $18,870 |
| 85 | Mongolia estimate | $6,800 | $567 | ₮24,105,600 | $20,420 |
| 86 | Jamaica estimate | $6,790 | $566 | JMD 753,300 | $10,780 |
| 87 | Moldova estimate | $6,714 | $559 | MDL 116,700 | $13,300 |
| 88 | Tonga estimate | $6,560 | $547 | TOP 15,510 | $8,513 |
| 89 | Philippines estimate | $6,399 | $533 | ₱366,600 | $17,670 |
| 90 | Cape Verde estimate | $6,031 | $503 | CVE 599,400 | $11,900 |
| 91 | Bhutan estimate | $5,906 | $492 | BTN 494,200 | $23,670 |
| 92 | Vanuatu estimate | $5,597 | $466 | VUV 542,400 | $4,579 |
| 93 | Vietnam estimate | $5,536 | $461 | ₫133,786,100 | $18,680 |
| 94 | Senegal estimate | $5,178 | $431 | F CFA 3,013,200 | $13,300 |
| 95 | Kazakhstan estimate | $5,144 | $429 | ₸1,677,100 | $13,360 |
| 96 | Tunisia estimate | $4,929 | $411 | TND 14,460 | $17,630 |
| 97 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $4,831 | $403 | F CFA 3,013,200 | $12,960 |
| 98 | Cambodia estimate | $4,805 | $400 | ៛19,284,500 | $13,090 |
| 99 | Kiribati estimate | $4,616 | $385 | A$6,948 | $7,400 |
| 100 | India estimate | $4,425 | $369 | ₹385,700 | $19,440 |
| 101 | Georgia estimate | $4,241 | $353 | ₾13,660 | $12,730 |
| 102 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $4,059 | $338 | FCFA 2,461,900 | $8,928 |
| 103 | Chad estimate | $4,012 | $334 | FCFA 2,502,300 | $11,840 |
| 104 | Uzbekistan estimate | $3,834 | $319 | UZS 42,364,100 | $14,120 |
| 105 | Zambia estimate | $3,685 | $307 | ZK 96,420 | $12,740 |
| 106 | Suriname estimate | $3,415 | $285 | SRD 84,370 | $9,435 |
| 107 | Mozambique estimate | $3,398 | $283 | MZN 217,000 | $8,994 |
| 108 | Timor-Leste estimate | $3,254 | $271 | $7,304 | |
| 109 | Yemen estimate | $3,117 | $260 | YER 684,500 | $10,330 |
| 110 | Burkina Faso estimate | $3,107 | $259 | F CFA 1,807,900 | $9,362 |
| 111 | Mali estimate | $2,982 | $248 | F CFA 1,807,900 | $9,399 |
| 112 | Kenya estimate | $2,912 | $243 | KES 297,000 | $6,865 |
| 113 | Comoros estimate | $2,898 | $241 | CF 1,205,300 | $5,285 |
| 114 | Ghana estimate | $2,688 | $224 | GH₵33,750 | $6,428 |
| 115 | Cameroon estimate | $2,685 | $224 | FCFA 1,325,800 | $5,541 |
| 116 | Sri Lanka estimate | $2,593 | $216 | Rs 783,400 | $8,955 |
| 117 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $2,563 | $214 | FCFA 1,205,300 | $3,867 |
| 118 | Nepal estimate | $2,537 | $211 | Rs 265,200 | $8,736 |
| 119 | Guinea estimate | $2,362 | $197 | FG 21,695,000 | $7,205 |
| 120 | Indonesia estimate | $2,338 | $195 | Rp 37,065,700 | $7,261 |
| 121 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $2,319 | $193 | F CFA 1,446,300 | $6,551 |
| 122 | Lesotho estimate | $2,302 | $192 | LSL 42,180 | $6,872 |
| 123 | Bangladesh estimate | $2,294 | $191 | ৳265,200 | $8,038 |
| 124 | Ukraine estimate | $2,220 | $185 | ₴56,730 | $9,130 |
| 125 | Armenia estimate | $2,122 | $177 | ֏1,024,500 | $6,154 |
| 126 | Angola estimate | $2,078 | $173 | Kz 1,807,900 | $5,810 |
| 127 | Uganda estimate | $1,848 | $154 | UGX 6,629,000 | $5,040 |
| 128 | Ethiopia estimate | $1,846 | $154 | ETB 80,750 | $6,010 |
| 129 | Benin estimate | $1,838 | $153 | F CFA 1,145,000 | $5,571 |
| 130 | Niger estimate | $1,832 | $153 | F CFA 1,142,600 | $5,620 |
| 131 | Togo estimate | $1,830 | $153 | F CFA 1,141,700 | $5,176 |
| 132 | Laos estimate | $1,803 | $150 | ₭25,310,900 | $6,819 |
| 133 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $1,789 | $149 | CDF 1,807,900 | $3,683 |
| 134 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $1,745 | $145 | K 2,410,600 | $5,535 |
| 135 | Pakistan estimate | $1,485 | $124 | Rs 417,500 | $6,384 |
| 136 | Egypt estimate | $1,330 | $111 | E£60,260 | $8,669 |
| 137 | Sudan estimate | $1,323 | $110 | SDG 723,200 | $3,224 |
| 138 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,280 | $107 | ؋98,290 | $6,226 |
| 139 | Burundi estimate | $1,244 | $104 | BIF 2,382,400 | $3,758 |
| 140 | Liberia estimate | $1,205 | $100 | LRD 1,205 | $2,990 |
| 141 | Rwanda estimate | $1,189 | $99 | RF 1,566,900 | $4,336 |
| 142 | Gambia estimate | $1,064 | $89 | GMD 51,220 | $3,437 |
| 143 | Malawi estimate | $1,058 | $88 | MWK 385,700 | $3,243 |
| 144 | Nigeria estimate | $407 | $34 | ₦602,600 | $2,269 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).