Salaries in developing countries

Question

What is a common salary for good programmers in developing countries? I suppose the answer can use most any currency; I can convert as needed. I know (or at least I am told) that many people in the world can do very well on salaries much less than what Americans get, but I am curious how true that is.

Sam Hobbs · Answer

Actually salaries in zip code 10001 (New York) are 24% higher than nationwide (USA) and in 90001 (Los Angeles) they are 1% higher. Yes salaries vary geographically primarily based on cost of living of the area. The area I am trying to ask about is the world (the internet) where the cost of living varies from the highest to the lowest and I meant to ask about the low end of the range (developing countries). So instead of asking from the perspective of a programmer from the perspective of a client looking for a programmer at what hourly rate could I get a good programmer? I assume that good programmers are available real cheap.

Mahesh Chand · Answer

Salaries actually varies in every country depending on the company city person state and living cost. For example in rural PA salary for a senior developer is $60K while same developer can be making $150K for a financial firm in NYC. Salaries in CA are obviously higher than anywhere else. In developing countries salaries in INDIA are much higher than Bangladesh or some Russian states. Dell or Microsoft India pays 5 times salaries than some small company in same city in INDIA.

Subhendu De · Answer

Passout is an Indian English :-) :-) :-) We  the engineering graduates are well aware of it...............

Sam Hobbs · Answer

Okay so that is what was meant by passout but p assout is not an English word.

Krishna Garad · Answer

Hi sam It's shubhendu said means the student who have completed his degree either Under Graduation or Post Graduation and the that person now is ready for job.

Subhendu De · Answer

Completed Engineering College degree are commonly known as COLLEGE PASSOUT FRESHERS here in India :-) Passout means just completed and received their degree from college and ready to enter into the job world.

Sam Hobbs · Answer

Thank you Krishna. Note that some of the terms that people in India use with English can be confusing for people whose native language is English. Indian people often say fresher in a manner that a native English speaker never would. When you say fresher native English speakers would use other words such as beginner . The word fresher used in the context that native English speakers would say beginner is likely to confuse people that are not accustomed to that use. I truly have no idea what is meant by  passout  unless you mean graduate. I assume it is not important for me to understand it and I hope you don't mind me explaining that.

Krishna Garad · Answer

Hi sam It's purely depend upon the company structure and the experience of programmer. As shubhentu said it's like that but the city is also the cause in varying the salary of programmer. Let's take some IT city in India like Hyderabad a fresher passout get min $1300/year. It's totally different citywise also.

Sam Hobbs · Answer

Thank you Subhendu that gives me a general idea. I understand that what you are saying is not expected to be precise. The standard number of working hours in a year is 2080 and $10000 divided by that is about $4.80 per hour. So a good programmer in developing countries in which the cost of living is comparitively less can do well in competition with Americans and good American programmers have some very stiff competition in the world.

Subhendu De · Answer

This one is very relative. It depends on the designation roles and responsibilities. In India average college freshout graduate generally gets around $5000-$10000 annually(varies according to the company). After that it depends on the skills one can achieve during the course of his/her first job. After 4/5 years of experience it would become $15000 - $25000 annually(varies according to the company). The above numbers are not actual and I might be incorrect :-) These are my guesses........ NB: Forex Rate(US$/INR) = 40 (INR - Indian Rupees)