How much does a test engineer 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
- United States$121,000
- Switzerland$120,600
- Luxembourg$99,010
- Germany$95,860
- Iceland$86,280
Where pay goes furthest
- Germany$126,600
- United States$121,000
- Qatar$103,800
- Luxembourg$100,400
- Switzerland$94,100
| # | Country | Yearly | Monthly | Local currency | Cost of living adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | $121,000 | $10,090 | $121,000 | |
| 2 | Switzerland estimate | $120,600 | $10,050 | CHF 108,500 | $94,100 |
| 3 | Luxembourg estimate | $99,010 | $8,251 | €88,680 | $100,400 |
| 4 | Germany | $95,860 | $7,988 | €85,860 | $126,600 |
| 5 | Iceland estimate | $86,280 | $7,190 | kr 10,991,900 | $75,450 |
| 6 | Qatar estimate | $80,720 | $6,726 | QAR 293,800 | $103,800 |
| 7 | Denmark estimate | $77,670 | $6,472 | kr 517,500 | $74,300 |
| 8 | Australia | $74,980 | $6,249 | A$109,100 | |
| 9 | Norway estimate | $74,070 | $6,173 | kr 670,200 | $77,000 |
| 10 | Belgium estimate | $71,240 | $5,937 | €63,810 | $81,690 |
| 11 | Austria estimate | $71,200 | $5,934 | €63,770 | $83,980 |
| 12 | Canada | $70,950 | $5,912 | CA$99,800 | |
| 13 | Ireland estimate | $70,240 | $5,853 | €62,910 | $68,760 |
| 14 | Netherlands estimate | $68,550 | $5,712 | €61,390 | $79,050 |
| 15 | United Kingdom | $65,830 | $5,486 | £49,190 | $71,270 |
| 16 | Finland estimate | $62,590 | $5,216 | €56,060 | $69,060 |
| 17 | Singapore estimate | $56,480 | $4,706 | SGD 75,880 | $71,660 |
| 18 | Hong Kong SAR China estimate | $56,090 | $4,674 | HK$435,400 | $67,440 |
| 19 | Sweden estimate | $54,040 | $4,503 | kr 514,500 | $59,700 |
| 20 | Israel estimate | $52,230 | $4,352 | ₪168,700 | $41,680 |
| 21 | France estimate | $52,070 | $4,339 | €46,640 | $62,910 |
| 22 | Spain estimate | $46,030 | $3,836 | €41,220 | $67,010 |
| 23 | Italy estimate | $45,920 | $3,827 | €41,130 | $63,020 |
| 24 | United Arab Emirates estimate | $40,570 | $3,381 | AED 149,000 | $60,340 |
| 25 | South Korea estimate | $39,100 | $3,258 | ₩50,493,500 | $55,860 |
| 26 | Cyprus estimate | $38,980 | $3,249 | €34,910 | $58,250 |
| 27 | Slovenia estimate | $38,400 | $3,200 | €34,390 | $57,320 |
| 28 | Malta estimate | $37,390 | $3,116 | €32,730 | $52,070 |
| 29 | Portugal estimate | $36,520 | $3,044 | €32,710 | $56,240 |
| 30 | Saudi Arabia estimate | $33,950 | $2,829 | SAR 127,300 | $65,610 |
| 31 | Bahamas estimate | $32,010 | $2,668 | BSD 32,010 | $28,930 |
| 32 | Puerto Rico estimate | $31,900 | $2,658 | $34,020 | |
| 33 | Czechia estimate | $30,640 | $2,554 | Kč 674,200 | $45,750 |
| 34 | Greece estimate | $30,610 | $2,550 | €27,410 | $46,690 |
| 35 | Brunei estimate | $30,320 | $2,527 | BND 38,420 | $50,720 |
| 36 | Lithuania estimate | $29,710 | $2,476 | €26,610 | $47,840 |
| 37 | Barbados estimate | $29,450 | $2,454 | BBD 58,900 | $24,550 |
| 38 | Estonia estimate | $29,330 | $2,444 | €26,270 | $38,640 |
| 39 | Costa Rica estimate | $28,080 | $2,340 | ₡14,139,300 | $44,950 |
| 40 | Latvia estimate | $27,010 | $2,251 | €24,190 | $43,290 |
| 41 | Romania estimate | $25,790 | $2,149 | lei 113,900 | $52,870 |
| 42 | Croatia estimate | $24,840 | $2,070 | €167,600 | $42,210 |
| 43 | Slovakia estimate | $24,350 | $2,029 | €21,810 | $38,090 |
| 44 | Hungary estimate | $24,140 | $2,012 | Ft 8,460,100 | $41,680 |
| 45 | Poland estimate | $21,230 | $1,769 | zł 89,110 | $38,700 |
| 46 | Türkiye estimate | $19,470 | $1,623 | ₺768,300 | $43,300 |
| 47 | Uruguay estimate | $19,110 | $1,592 | UYU 768,300 | $26,220 |
| 48 | Bosnia & Herzegovina estimate | $18,100 | $1,508 | KM 31,700 | $40,850 |
| 49 | Panama estimate | $17,930 | $1,494 | PAB 17,930 | $36,090 |
| 50 | Bulgaria estimate | $17,860 | $1,488 | €31,280 | $38,110 |
| 51 | Serbia estimate | $17,320 | $1,444 | RSD 1,822,600 | $34,030 |
| 52 | Botswana estimate | $16,990 | $1,416 | P 230,500 | $43,390 |
| 53 | Chile estimate | $16,780 | $1,398 | CLP 15,830,500 | $34,050 |
| 54 | Palau estimate | $16,520 | $1,376 | $16,510 | |
| 55 | Montenegro estimate | $14,240 | $1,187 | €10,720 | $24,410 |
| 56 | Belize estimate | $14,070 | $1,173 | BZD 28,140 | $22,040 |
| 57 | North Macedonia estimate | $13,940 | $1,161 | MKD 769,100 | $28,090 |
| 58 | Malaysia estimate | $13,730 | $1,144 | RM 57,700 | $36,710 |
| 59 | South Africa estimate | $13,230 | $1,102 | R 217,700 | $29,350 |
| 60 | Marshall Islands estimate | $12,810 | $1,067 | $12,890 | |
| 61 | Lebanon estimate | $12,230 | $1,019 | L£18,439,700 | $24,640 |
| 62 | Honduras estimate | $11,510 | $959 | L 298,800 | $23,680 |
| 63 | Peru estimate | $11,490 | $957 | PEN 40,980 | $21,260 |
| 64 | Brazil estimate | $11,460 | $955 | R$64,030 | $24,800 |
| 65 | Colombia estimate | $11,370 | $948 | COP 46,099,400 | $27,680 |
| 66 | Dominican Republic estimate | $11,190 | $932 | DOP 693,600 | $29,130 |
| 67 | Mauritius estimate | $11,040 | $920 | Rs 512,200 | $25,720 |
| 68 | Eswatini estimate | $10,740 | $895 | SZL 192,100 | |
| 69 | Guatemala estimate | $10,400 | $867 | Q 79,870 | $23,270 |
| 70 | Maldives estimate | $10,340 | $861 | MVR 159,000 | $15,700 |
| 71 | Argentina estimate | $10,320 | $860 | ARS 12,805,400 | $19,360 |
| 72 | Ecuador estimate | $10,240 | $854 | $23,200 | |
| 73 | Thailand estimate | $10,000 | $833 | ฿328,800 | $31,000 |
| 74 | Mexico estimate | $9,815 | $818 | MX$188,800 | $16,700 |
| 75 | El Salvador estimate | $9,684 | $807 | $20,660 | |
| 76 | Russia estimate | $9,395 | $783 | ₽692,000 | $26,870 |
| 77 | Djibouti estimate | $9,007 | $751 | DJF 1,600,700 | $16,250 |
| 78 | Fiji estimate | $8,902 | $742 | FJD 20,190 | $21,800 |
| 79 | Samoa estimate | $8,743 | $729 | WST 23,510 | $12,790 |
| 80 | Albania estimate | $8,632 | $719 | ALL 919,900 | $19,970 |
| 81 | Guyana estimate | $8,598 | $717 | GYD 1,792,800 | $18,440 |
| 82 | Bolivia estimate | $8,339 | $695 | Bs 57,620 | $21,350 |
| 83 | Jordan estimate | $8,116 | $676 | JOD 5,762 | $17,940 |
| 84 | Paraguay estimate | $7,637 | $636 | ₲57,624,200 | $20,050 |
| 85 | Mongolia estimate | $7,224 | $602 | ₮25,610,800 | $21,690 |
| 86 | Jamaica estimate | $7,214 | $601 | JMD 800,300 | $11,450 |
| 87 | Moldova estimate | $7,133 | $594 | MDL 124,000 | $14,130 |
| 88 | Tonga estimate | $6,969 | $581 | TOP 16,470 | $9,045 |
| 89 | Philippines estimate | $6,799 | $567 | ₱389,500 | $18,780 |
| 90 | Cape Verde estimate | $6,408 | $534 | CVE 636,900 | $12,640 |
| 91 | Bhutan estimate | $6,275 | $523 | BTN 525,000 | $25,150 |
| 92 | Vanuatu estimate | $5,946 | $496 | VUV 576,200 | $4,865 |
| 93 | Vietnam estimate | $5,882 | $490 | ₫142,139,700 | $19,850 |
| 94 | Senegal estimate | $5,501 | $458 | F CFA 3,201,300 | $14,130 |
| 95 | Kazakhstan estimate | $5,466 | $455 | ₸1,781,800 | $14,200 |
| 96 | Tunisia estimate | $5,237 | $436 | TND 15,370 | $18,730 |
| 97 | Côte d’Ivoire estimate | $5,132 | $428 | F CFA 3,201,300 | $13,770 |
| 98 | Cambodia estimate | $5,105 | $425 | ៛20,488,600 | $13,910 |
| 99 | Kiribati estimate | $4,904 | $409 | A$7,382 | $7,862 |
| 100 | India estimate | $4,701 | $392 | ₹409,800 | $20,650 |
| 101 | Georgia estimate | $4,506 | $376 | ₾14,520 | $13,520 |
| 102 | Equatorial Guinea estimate | $4,312 | $359 | FCFA 2,615,700 | $9,485 |
| 103 | Chad estimate | $4,262 | $355 | FCFA 2,658,600 | $12,570 |
| 104 | Uzbekistan estimate | $4,073 | $339 | UZS 45,009,300 | $15,010 |
| 105 | Zambia estimate | $3,915 | $326 | ZK 102,400 | $13,540 |
| 106 | Suriname estimate | $3,628 | $302 | SRD 89,640 | $10,020 |
| 107 | Mozambique estimate | $3,610 | $301 | MZN 230,500 | $9,556 |
| 108 | Timor-Leste estimate | $3,457 | $288 | $7,760 | |
| 109 | Yemen estimate | $3,312 | $276 | YER 727,300 | $10,980 |
| 110 | Burkina Faso estimate | $3,301 | $275 | F CFA 1,920,800 | $9,947 |
| 111 | Mali estimate | $3,168 | $264 | F CFA 1,920,800 | $9,985 |
| 112 | Kenya estimate | $3,094 | $258 | KES 315,500 | $7,293 |
| 113 | Comoros estimate | $3,079 | $257 | CF 1,280,500 | $5,615 |
| 114 | Ghana estimate | $2,855 | $238 | GH₵35,860 | $6,830 |
| 115 | Cameroon estimate | $2,853 | $238 | FCFA 1,408,600 | $5,887 |
| 116 | Sri Lanka estimate | $2,755 | $230 | Rs 832,300 | $9,514 |
| 117 | Congo - Brazzaville estimate | $2,723 | $227 | FCFA 1,280,500 | $4,108 |
| 118 | Nepal estimate | $2,696 | $225 | Rs 281,700 | $9,282 |
| 119 | Guinea estimate | $2,510 | $209 | FG 23,049,700 | $7,655 |
| 120 | Indonesia estimate | $2,484 | $207 | Rp 39,380,100 | $7,714 |
| 121 | Guinea-Bissau estimate | $2,464 | $205 | F CFA 1,536,600 | $6,960 |
| 122 | Lesotho estimate | $2,445 | $204 | LSL 44,820 | $7,301 |
| 123 | Bangladesh estimate | $2,437 | $203 | ৳281,700 | $8,539 |
| 124 | Ukraine estimate | $2,359 | $197 | ₴60,270 | $9,700 |
| 125 | Armenia estimate | $2,255 | $188 | ֏1,088,500 | $6,538 |
| 126 | Angola estimate | $2,208 | $184 | Kz 1,920,800 | $6,173 |
| 127 | Uganda estimate | $1,963 | $164 | UGX 7,043,000 | $5,355 |
| 128 | Ethiopia estimate | $1,962 | $163 | ETB 85,800 | $6,385 |
| 129 | Benin estimate | $1,953 | $163 | F CFA 1,216,500 | $5,919 |
| 130 | Niger estimate | $1,946 | $162 | F CFA 1,213,900 | $5,971 |
| 131 | Togo estimate | $1,945 | $162 | F CFA 1,213,000 | $5,499 |
| 132 | Laos estimate | $1,916 | $160 | ₭26,891,300 | $7,245 |
| 133 | Congo - Kinshasa estimate | $1,901 | $158 | CDF 1,920,800 | $3,913 |
| 134 | Myanmar (Burma) estimate | $1,854 | $154 | K 2,561,100 | $5,881 |
| 135 | Pakistan estimate | $1,578 | $131 | Rs 443,600 | $6,783 |
| 136 | Egypt estimate | $1,413 | $118 | E£64,030 | $9,210 |
| 137 | Sudan estimate | $1,405 | $117 | SDG 768,300 | $3,426 |
| 138 | Afghanistan estimate | $1,359 | $113 | ؋104,400 | $6,614 |
| 139 | Burundi estimate | $1,322 | $110 | BIF 2,531,100 | $3,993 |
| 140 | Liberia estimate | $1,281 | $107 | LRD 1,281 | $3,177 |
| 141 | Rwanda estimate | $1,263 | $105 | RF 1,664,700 | $4,606 |
| 142 | Gambia estimate | $1,130 | $94 | GMD 54,420 | $3,651 |
| 143 | Malawi estimate | $1,124 | $94 | MWK 409,800 | $3,446 |
| 144 | Nigeria estimate | $433 | $36 | ₦640,300 | $2,411 |
Cost of living adjusted: what that salary would buy in the United States (purchasing power parity dollars).