Salary by city · Software engineer
Software engineer salary by city — 25 destinations ranked
Senior individual-contributor software engineer working on production systems at a tech-product company.
NYC P50 anchor: $180,000/year · scaled by local pay-tier multipliers + FX into each city's currency. Net + lifestyle-tier mapping uses each country's effective payroll deduction.
Who this band describes
The software engineer archetype here is a senior IC — typically 5+ years of professional experience, comfortable owning systems end-to-end, ramping new hires, and reviewing architectural decisions. Common stacks vary; the pay band tends to be stable across language and framework choices at this seniority.
Employers anchoring the highest salary bands are public tech companies (FAANG-equivalents and their local analogues), late-stage scale-ups with funding, and high-margin SaaS businesses. Mid-band employers are mature non-tech companies, regional tech leaders, and earlier-stage startups paying mostly in equity rather than cash.
All cities ranked by best-supported lifestyle tier
P50 local-currency band shown; net is the post-tax monthly take-home at P50. Lifestyle tier is the highest Mundevo tier that net covers in this city.
| City | P25 / P50 / P75 (gross/year) | Net / month at P50 | Best tier | Headroom |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dubai· United Arab Emirates | AED 430,083 AED 346,456 – AED 549,551 | AED 34,048 | Premium | +386% |
| Kuala Lumpur· Malaysia | MYR 252,500 MYR 203,403 – MYR 322,639 | MYR 17,465 | Premium | +253% |
| Bangkok· Thailand | THB 1,925,000 THB 1,550,694 – THB 2,459,722 | THB 144,375 | Premium | +215% |
| Buenos Aires· Argentina | ARS 35,000,000 ARS 28,194,444 – ARS 44,722,222 | ARS 2,158,333 | Premium | +199% |
| Bangalore· India | ₹7,500,000 ₹6,041,667 – ₹9,583,333 | ₹468,750 | Premium | +191% |
| Seoul· South Korea | ₩148,000,000 ₩119,222,222 – ₩189,111,111 | ₩9,743,333 | Premium | +188% |
| Osaka· Japan | ¥14,000,000 ¥11,277,778 – ¥17,888,889 | ¥851,667 | Premium | +166% |
| Medellin· Colombia | COP 366,666,667 COP 295,370,370 – COP 468,518,519 | COP 23,833,333 | Premium | +162% |
| Tokyo· Japan | ¥16,800,000 ¥13,533,333 – ¥21,466,667 | ¥1,022,000 | Premium | +141% |
| Mexico City· Mexico | MX$1,075,000 MX$865,972 – MX$1,373,611 | MX$78,609 | Premium | +138% |
| Taipei· Taiwan | NT$2,875,000 NT$2,315,972 – NT$3,673,611 | NT$193,464 | Premium | +124% |
| Ho Chi Minh City· Vietnam | ₫2,250,000,000 ₫1,812,500,000 – ₫2,875,000,000 | ₫145,312,500 | Premium | +116% |
| Budapest· Hungary | HUF 32,916,667 HUF 26,516,204 – HUF 42,060,185 | HUF 1,824,132 | Premium | +84% |
| Toronto· Canada | CA$171,500 CA$138,153 – CA$219,139 | CA$10,290 | Premium | +70% |
| Prague· Czech Republic | CZK 2,041,667 CZK 1,644,676 – CZK 2,608,796 | CZK 133,559 | Premium | +70% |
| Athens· Greece | €83,333 €67,130 – €106,481 | €4,444 | Premium | +66% |
| Singapore· Singapore | SGD 169,167 SGD 136,273 – SGD 216,157 | SGD 13,251 | Premium | +65% |
| Warsaw· Poland | PLN 358,333 PLN 288,657 – PLN 457,870 | PLN 20,753 | Premium | +64% |
| Valencia· Spain | €83,333 €67,130 – €106,481 | €5,250 | Premium | +62% |
| São Paulo· Brazil | R$483,333 R$389,352 – R$617,593 | R$26,986 | Premium | +61% |
| Sydney· Australia | A$178,750 A$143,993 – A$228,403 | A$11,470 | Premium | +55% |
| Tallinn· Estonia | €66,667 €53,704 – €85,185 | €4,356 | Premium | +55% |
| Montreal· Canada | CA$122,500 CA$98,681 – CA$156,528 | CA$7,350 | Premium | +52% |
| Stockholm· Sweden | SEK 1,045,000 SEK 841,806 – SEK 1,335,278 | SEK 56,604 | Premium | +49% |
| Brisbane· Australia | A$137,500 A$110,764 – A$175,694 | A$8,823 | Premium | +46% |
| Melbourne· Australia | A$137,500 A$110,764 – A$175,694 | A$8,823 | Premium | +32% |
| Lyon· France | €83,333 €67,130 – €106,481 | €4,444 | Premium | +32% |
| Manchester· United Kingdom | £70,833 £57,060 – £90,509 | £4,368 | Premium | +29% |
| New York· United States | $180,000 $145,000 – $230,000 | $11,303 | Premium | +26% |
| Vienna· Austria | €83,333 €67,130 – €106,481 | €4,028 | Premium | +25% |
| Porto· Portugal | €58,333 €46,991 – €74,537 | €3,354 | Premium | +18% |
| Rome· Italy | €83,333 €67,130 – €106,481 | €4,549 | Premium | +17% |
| Zurich· Switzerland | CHF 134,583 CHF 108,414 – CHF 171,968 | CHF 8,916 | Premium | +16% |
| Edinburgh· United Kingdom | £70,833 £57,060 – £90,509 | £4,368 | Premium | +16% |
| Vancouver· Canada | CA$122,500 CA$98,681 – CA$156,528 | CA$7,350 | Premium | +15% |
| Amsterdam· Netherlands | €108,333 €87,269 – €138,426 | €6,094 | Premium | +14% |
| Madrid· Spain | €66,667 €53,704 – €85,185 | €4,200 | Premium | +13% |
| Paris· France | €100,000 €80,556 – €127,778 | €5,333 | Premium | +12% |
| Milan· Italy | €83,333 €67,130 – €106,481 | €4,549 | Premium | +9% |
| Lisbon· Portugal | €66,667 €53,704 – €85,185 | €3,833 | Premium | +8% |
| Rotterdam· Netherlands | €83,333 €67,130 – €106,481 | €4,687 | Premium | +8% |
| Berlin· Germany | €91,667 €73,843 – €117,130 | €4,431 | Premium | +3% |
| London· United Kingdom | £99,167 £79,884 – £126,713 | £6,115 | Premium | +3% |
| Munich· Germany | €108,333 €87,269 – €138,426 | €5,236 | Premium | +1% |
| Barcelona· Spain | €66,667 €53,704 – €85,185 | €4,200 | Comfortable | +25% |
| Copenhagen· Denmark | DKK 746,000 DKK 600,944 – DKK 953,222 | DKK 34,192 | Comfortable | +21% |
| Oslo· Norway | NOK 966,667 NOK 778,704 – NOK 1,235,185 | NOK 49,783 | Comfortable | +19% |
| Hamburg· Germany | €83,333 €67,130 – €106,481 | €4,028 | Comfortable | +10% |
| Dublin· Ireland | €83,333 €67,130 – €106,481 | €4,931 | Comfortable | +9% |
| Frankfurt· Germany | €83,333 €67,130 – €106,481 | €4,028 | Comfortable | +8% |
| Austin· United States | $90,000 $72,500 – $115,000 | $5,651 | Comfortable | +1% |
| Chicago· United States | $90,000 $72,500 – $115,000 | $5,651 | Comfortable | +0% |
| Hong Kong· Hong Kong | HK$704,167 HK$567,245 – HK$899,769 | HK$46,944 | Balanced | +14% |
| Tel Aviv· Israel | ₪333,333 ₪268,519 – ₪425,926 | ₪18,333 | Balanced | +11% |
| Seattle· United States | $90,000 $72,500 – $115,000 | $5,651 | Balanced | +4% |
| Miami· United States | $90,000 $72,500 – $115,000 | $5,651 | Frugal | +24% |
| San Francisco· United States | $90,000 $72,500 – $115,000 | $5,651 | Frugal | +13% |
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