How much does a software tester make in each country?
143 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$117,300
- United States$111,000
- Luxembourg$96,330
- Iceland$83,940
- Germany$78,570
Where pay goes furthest
- United States$111,000
- Germany$103,700
- Qatar$101,000
- Luxembourg$97,640
- Switzerland$91,550
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Switzerland estimate | $117,300 | $9,778 | CHF 105,600 | $91,550 |
| 2 | United States | $111,000 | $9,248 | $111,000 | |
| 3 | Luxembourg estimate | $96,330 | $8,027 | €86,270 | $97,640 |
| 4 | Iceland estimate | $83,940 | $6,995 | kr 10,694,100 | $73,400 |
| 5 | Germany | $78,570 | $6,547 | €70,370 | $103,700 |
| 6 | Qatar estimate | $78,530 | $6,544 | QAR 285,800 | $101,000 |
| 7 | Australia | $76,930 | $6,411 | A$112,000 | |
| 8 | Denmark estimate | $75,570 | $6,297 | kr 503,500 | $72,290 |
| 9 | Norway estimate | $72,070 | $6,006 | kr 652,100 | $74,910 |
| 10 | Belgium estimate | $69,310 | $5,776 | €62,080 | $79,480 |
| 11 | Austria estimate | $69,270 | $5,773 | €62,050 | $81,700 |
| 12 | Ireland estimate | $68,330 | $5,695 | €61,200 | $66,900 |
| 13 | United Kingdom | $67,250 | $5,604 | £50,240 | $72,810 |
| 14 | Netherlands estimate | $66,690 | $5,557 | €59,730 | $76,910 |
| 15 | Finland estimate | $60,890 | $5,074 | €54,540 | $67,190 |
| 16 | Singapore estimate | $54,950 | $4,579 | SGD 73,820 | $69,710 |
| 17 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $54,570 | $4,548 | HK$423,600 | $65,620 |
| 18 | Sweden estimate | $52,570 | $4,381 | kr 500,500 | $58,080 |
| 19 | Israel estimate | $50,810 | $4,235 | ₪164,100 | $40,550 |
| 20 | France estimate | $50,660 | $4,222 | €45,370 | $61,200 |
| 21 | Italy estimate | $44,670 | $3,723 | €40,010 | $61,310 |
| 22 | Spain estimate | $44,440 | $3,703 | €39,800 | $64,700 |
| 23 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $39,470 | $3,289 | AED 145,000 | $58,700 |
| 24 | South Korea estimate | $38,040 | $3,170 | ₩49,125,800 | $54,340 |
| 25 | Cyprus estimate | $37,930 | $3,161 | €33,970 | $56,670 |
| 26 | Slovenia estimate | $37,360 | $3,113 | €33,460 | $55,770 |
| 27 | Malta estimate | $36,370 | $3,031 | €31,850 | $50,660 |
| 28 | Portugal estimate | $35,540 | $2,961 | €31,830 | $54,720 |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $33,030 | $2,752 | SAR 123,900 | $63,830 |
| 30 | Bahamas estimate | $31,150 | $2,596 | BSD 31,150 | $28,140 |
| 31 | Puerto Rico estimate | $31,040 | $2,586 | $33,100 | |
| 32 | Czechia estimate | $29,810 | $2,484 | Kč 656,000 | $44,510 |
| 33 | Greece estimate | $29,780 | $2,481 | €26,670 | $45,430 |
| 34 | Brunei estimate | $29,500 | $2,458 | BND 37,380 | $49,340 |
| 35 | Lithuania estimate | $28,910 | $2,409 | €25,890 | $46,540 |
| 36 | Barbados estimate | $28,650 | $2,388 | BBD 57,310 | $23,880 |
| 37 | Estonia estimate | $28,540 | $2,378 | €25,560 | $37,600 |
| 38 | Costa Rica estimate | $27,320 | $2,277 | ₡13,756,300 | $43,730 |
| 39 | Latvia estimate | $26,280 | $2,190 | €23,530 | $42,120 |
| 40 | Romania estimate | $25,090 | $2,091 | lei 110,800 | $51,440 |
| 41 | Croatia estimate | $24,170 | $2,014 | €163,100 | $41,070 |
| 42 | Slovakia estimate | $23,690 | $1,974 | €21,220 | $37,050 |
| 43 | Hungary estimate | $23,490 | $1,957 | Ft 8,230,900 | $40,550 |
| 44 | Poland estimate | $20,660 | $1,721 | zł 86,700 | $37,650 |
| 45 | Türkiye estimate | $18,950 | $1,579 | ₺747,500 | $42,130 |
| 46 | Uruguay estimate | $18,590 | $1,549 | UYU 747,500 | $25,510 |
| 47 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $17,610 | $1,467 | KM 30,840 | $39,740 |
| 48 | Panama estimate | $17,440 | $1,453 | PAB 17,440 | $35,120 |
| 49 | Bulgaria estimate | $17,370 | $1,448 | €30,430 | $37,080 |
| 50 | Serbia estimate | $16,860 | $1,405 | RSD 1,773,200 | $33,110 |
| 51 | Botswana estimate | $16,530 | $1,378 | P 224,300 | $42,210 |
| 52 | Chile estimate | $16,320 | $1,360 | CLP 15,401,700 | $33,130 |
| 53 | Palau estimate | $16,070 | $1,339 | $16,060 | |
| 54 | Montenegro estimate | $13,860 | $1,155 | €10,430 | $23,750 |
| 55 | Belize estimate | $13,690 | $1,141 | BZD 27,380 | $21,440 |
| 56 | North Macedonia estimate | $13,560 | $1,130 | MKD 748,300 | $27,330 |
| 57 | Malaysia estimate | $13,350 | $1,113 | RM 56,140 | $35,710 |
| 58 | South Africa estimate | $12,870 | $1,072 | R 211,800 | $28,560 |
| 59 | Marshall Islands estimate | $12,460 | $1,038 | $12,540 | |
| 60 | Lebanon estimate | $11,900 | $992 | L£17,940,300 | $23,970 |
| 61 | Honduras estimate | $11,200 | $933 | L 290,700 | $23,040 |
| 62 | Peru estimate | $11,180 | $931 | PEN 39,870 | $20,690 |
| 63 | Brazil estimate | $11,150 | $929 | R$62,290 | $24,130 |
| 64 | Colombia estimate | $11,070 | $922 | COP 44,850,700 | $26,930 |
| 65 | Dominican Republic estimate | $10,890 | $907 | DOP 674,800 | $28,340 |
| 66 | Mauritius estimate | $10,740 | $895 | Rs 498,300 | $25,020 |
| 67 | Eswatini estimate | $10,450 | $871 | SZL 186,900 | |
| 68 | Guatemala estimate | $10,120 | $843 | Q 77,700 | $22,640 |
| 69 | Maldives estimate | $10,060 | $838 | MVR 154,700 | $15,270 |
| 70 | Argentina estimate | $10,040 | $837 | ARS 12,458,500 | $18,840 |
| 71 | Ecuador estimate | $9,967 | $831 | $22,570 | |
| 72 | Thailand estimate | $9,730 | $811 | ฿319,900 | $30,160 |
| 73 | Mexico estimate | $9,549 | $796 | MX$183,700 | $16,240 |
| 74 | El Salvador estimate | $9,422 | $785 | $20,100 | |
| 75 | Russia estimate | $9,140 | $762 | ₽673,200 | $26,140 |
| 76 | Djibouti estimate | $8,763 | $730 | DJF 1,557,300 | $15,810 |
| 77 | Fiji estimate | $8,660 | $722 | FJD 19,640 | $21,210 |
| 78 | Samoa estimate | $8,506 | $709 | WST 22,870 | $12,450 |
| 79 | Albania estimate | $8,399 | $700 | ALL 895,000 | $19,430 |
| 80 | Guyana estimate | $8,365 | $697 | GYD 1,744,200 | $17,940 |
| 81 | Bolivia estimate | $8,113 | $676 | Bs 56,060 | $20,770 |
| 82 | Jordan estimate | $7,896 | $658 | JOD 5,606 | $17,450 |
| 83 | Paraguay estimate | $7,430 | $619 | ₲56,063,300 | $19,500 |
| 84 | Mongolia estimate | $7,028 | $586 | ₮24,917,000 | $21,100 |
| 85 | Jamaica estimate | $7,019 | $585 | JMD 778,600 | $11,140 |
| 86 | Moldova estimate | $6,940 | $578 | MDL 120,600 | $13,750 |
| 87 | Tonga estimate | $6,781 | $565 | TOP 16,030 | $8,800 |
| 88 | Philippines estimate | $6,614 | $551 | ₱378,900 | $18,270 |
| 89 | Cape Verde estimate | $6,234 | $520 | CVE 619,600 | $12,300 |
| 90 | Bhutan estimate | $6,105 | $509 | BTN 510,800 | $24,470 |
| 91 | Vanuatu estimate | $5,785 | $482 | VUV 560,600 | $4,733 |
| 92 | Vietnam estimate | $5,723 | $477 | ₫138,289,500 | $19,310 |
| 93 | Senegal estimate | $5,352 | $446 | F CFA 3,114,600 | $13,750 |
| 94 | Kazakhstan estimate | $5,318 | $443 | ₸1,733,600 | $13,810 |
| 95 | Tunisia estimate | $5,095 | $425 | TND 14,950 | $18,230 |
| 96 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $4,993 | $416 | F CFA 3,114,600 | $13,400 |
| 97 | Cambodia estimate | $4,967 | $414 | ៛19,933,600 | $13,530 |
| 98 | Kiribati estimate | $4,771 | $398 | A$7,182 | $7,649 |
| 99 | India estimate | $4,574 | $381 | ₹398,700 | $20,100 |
| 100 | Georgia estimate | $4,384 | $365 | ₾14,120 | $13,160 |
| 101 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $4,195 | $350 | FCFA 2,544,800 | $9,229 |
| 102 | Chad estimate | $4,147 | $346 | FCFA 2,586,600 | $12,230 |
| 103 | Uzbekistan estimate | $3,963 | $330 | UZS 43,790,100 | $14,600 |
| 104 | Zambia estimate | $3,809 | $317 | ZK 99,670 | $13,170 |
| 105 | Suriname estimate | $3,529 | $294 | SRD 87,210 | $9,753 |
| 106 | Mozambique estimate | $3,512 | $293 | MZN 224,300 | $9,297 |
| 107 | Timor-Leste estimate | $3,364 | $280 | $7,550 | |
| 108 | Yemen estimate | $3,222 | $269 | YER 707,600 | $10,680 |
| 109 | Burkina Faso estimate | $3,211 | $268 | F CFA 1,868,800 | $9,677 |
| 110 | Mali estimate | $3,082 | $257 | F CFA 1,868,800 | $9,715 |
| 111 | Kenya estimate | $3,010 | $251 | KES 307,000 | $7,096 |
| 112 | Comoros estimate | $2,995 | $250 | CF 1,245,900 | $5,463 |
| 113 | Ghana estimate | $2,778 | $232 | GH₵34,880 | $6,645 |
| 114 | Cameroon estimate | $2,776 | $231 | FCFA 1,370,400 | $5,728 |
| 115 | Sri Lanka estimate | $2,680 | $223 | Rs 809,800 | $9,256 |
| 116 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $2,649 | $221 | FCFA 1,245,900 | $3,997 |
| 117 | Nepal estimate | $2,623 | $219 | Rs 274,100 | $9,030 |
| 118 | Guinea estimate | $2,442 | $203 | FG 22,425,300 | $7,448 |
| 119 | Indonesia estimate | $2,416 | $201 | Rp 38,313,400 | $7,505 |
| 120 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $2,397 | $200 | F CFA 1,495,000 | $6,771 |
| 121 | Lesotho estimate | $2,379 | $198 | LSL 43,600 | $7,103 |
| 122 | Bangladesh estimate | $2,371 | $198 | ৳274,100 | $8,308 |
| 123 | Ukraine estimate | $2,295 | $191 | ₴58,640 | $9,437 |
| 124 | Armenia estimate | $2,194 | $183 | ֏1,059,000 | $6,361 |
| 125 | Angola estimate | $2,148 | $179 | Kz 1,868,800 | $6,005 |
| 126 | Uganda estimate | $1,910 | $159 | UGX 6,852,200 | $5,210 |
| 127 | Ethiopia estimate | $1,909 | $159 | ETB 83,470 | $6,212 |
| 128 | Benin estimate | $1,900 | $158 | F CFA 1,183,600 | $5,759 |
| 129 | Niger estimate | $1,893 | $158 | F CFA 1,181,100 | $5,810 |
| 130 | Togo estimate | $1,892 | $158 | F CFA 1,180,200 | $5,350 |
| 131 | Laos estimate | $1,864 | $155 | ₭26,162,900 | $7,049 |
| 132 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $1,850 | $154 | CDF 1,868,800 | $3,807 |
| 133 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $1,803 | $150 | K 2,491,700 | $5,721 |
| 134 | Pakistan estimate | $1,535 | $128 | Rs 431,600 | $6,599 |
| 135 | Egypt estimate | $1,375 | $115 | E£62,290 | $8,961 |
| 136 | Sudan estimate | $1,367 | $114 | SDG 747,500 | $3,333 |
| 137 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,323 | $110 | ؋101,600 | $6,435 |
| 138 | Burundi estimate | $1,286 | $107 | BIF 2,462,600 | $3,885 |
| 139 | Liberia estimate | $1,246 | $104 | LRD 1,246 | $3,090 |
| 140 | Rwanda estimate | $1,229 | $102 | RF 1,619,600 | $4,482 |
| 141 | Gambia estimate | $1,100 | $92 | GMD 52,950 | $3,552 |
| 142 | Malawi estimate | $1,094 | $91 | MWK 398,700 | $3,353 |
| 143 | Nigeria estimate | $421 | $35 | ₦622,900 | $2,346 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).