Global Developer Salaries

This cluster focuses on comparisons of software developer salaries across countries like the US, UK, Europe, and developing regions, including debates on pay levels, cost of living adjustments, and regional differences.

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ssss11 Jan 16, 2022 View on HN

Ok well I live in western, non-US country and no one I know is earning that as a dev.

rk06 May 11, 2021 View on HN

there are 4 devs, so 69k per year.I don't how it is in USA. but that's less than your 90k/year figure by a significant amount

nvk Nov 9, 2016 View on HN

Every good dev I know makes 100K+, some make 150K+ and cost of living is much less.

romanovcode Nov 13, 2018 View on HN

I remember reading that they pay developers based on where they are located so for example developer from SF would get 140k while developer from Minsk would get 50k. Is it still true?

rokalakt Sep 19, 2019 View on HN

Not really. Devs in the uk earn far more than most of these jobs you mentioned. Perhaps you are working with the wrong company.

onion2k Feb 15, 2020 View on HN

I make less than 1/3rd of what London devs seem to be on. That's depressing.

JrProgrammer Jul 29, 2020 View on HN

Could you provide a source for this statement because I'm pretty sure it's actually closer to 45k/y for fairly experienced developers

chrisseaton Jan 6, 2015 View on HN

I'm sure you can't answer this, but are you paying him anywhere near $100,000 (£66,000)? In my experience that's about twice what a bog standard junior dev outside of finance, Facebook, Palantir, Facebook etc gets in London.

enlyth Aug 29, 2019 View on HN

I'm not familiar with US salaries I guess it greatly depends on the state/city you're in. But in the UK I don't think this amount is uncommon for some doctors or software developers, especially outside of London.

renke1 Oct 22, 2020 View on HN

10k for the average developer (in Europe) sounds a bit too high, 4k a bit too low, but closer to what I would expect.