Pinoy developer salaries, the lowest in the world?

If this infographic data of a survey made on annual salaries and compensations of web designers and web developers, the Philippines ranked as the lowest paid in the world.

If you don’t want to scroll down and read all the gory details, let me summarize them for you.

Annual Salaries:

Graphic Designers: $5,657.71PHP 332,026INR 479,490EUR 5,388CNY 41,179 (Php243,281USD 4,146INR 351,444EUR 3,948CNY 30,191 or Php18,713USD 319INR 27,033EUR 304CNY 2,322/month)
Web Developer: $6,873.83PHP 403,394INR 582,556EUR 6,546CNY 50,030 (Php295,574USD 5,037INR 426,986EUR 4,797CNY 36,681 or Php22,736USD 387INR 32,844EUR 369CNY 2,822/month)
Senior Web Developer: $9,054.33PHP 531,358INR 767,353EUR 8,622CNY 65,900 (Php389,336USD 6,634INR 562,435EUR 6,319CNY 48,317 or Php29,949USD 510INR 43,264EUR 486CNY 3,717/month)
Software Developer: $7,521.83PHP 441,422INR 637,474EUR 7,163CNY 54,746 (Php323,439USD 5,511INR 467,240EUR 5,249CNY 40,139 or Php24,880USD 424INR 35,942EUR 404CNY 3,088/month)
Web Designer: $4,244.28PHP 249,078INR 359,702EUR 4,042CNY 30,891 (Php182,504USD 3,110INR 263,645EUR 2,962CNY 22,649 or Php14,039USD 239INR 20,281EUR 228CNY 1,742/month)
Senior Web Designer: $7,190.59PHP 421,983INR 609,401EUR 6,848CNY 52,335 (Php309,195USD 5,269INR 446,663EUR 5,018CNY 38,371 or Php23,784USD 405INR 34,358EUR 386CNY 2,952/month)
Medical Transcriptionist: $3,112.47PHP 182,657INR 263,781EUR 2,964CNY 22,653 (Php133,836USD 2,281INR 193,339EUR 2,172CNY 16,609 or Php10,295USD 175INR 14,872EUR 167CNY 1,278/month)

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

79 Comments

Edward Maranan says:

13 years ago

So sad! It’s the most tedious job and prone to headache…
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Marcial Bonifacio says:

13 years ago

Baka may mga kaibigan kayo na nasa ganitong linya ng trabaho. Bigyan niyo kami ng idea kung magkano sinasahod nila. Baka naman kasi per project basis lang sila o kaya nagta-trabaho sa isang malaking company kaya ganyan kababa ang sahod, pero grabe ang baba nyan.
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PinoyDev says:

13 years ago

For Java & .NET Developers in Manila.
Entry level : ~10k to ~30k
Mid Level : ~20k to ~50k
Senior Level : ~50k to 200k+

This is not from any survey. This is just from what I observe in the industry.

Jacque Doring says:

13 years ago

These are the reason why they want to outsourced here.
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reynold says:

13 years ago

Parang anlabo naman na mas malaki sa india and malaysia. i think di nag kakalayo with those two countries, but regardless lowest talaga in the world. (Although we still dont consider the lifestyle.)
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Lezure2010 says:

13 years ago

It may be low compared to the rest of the world, but developer salaries here in the Philippines are still pretty high compared to other jobs. Just convert those figures to peso.

We also haven’t factored in the cost of living here compared to other countries. Food probably cost more there or something like that.
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webSupot says:

13 years ago

Marami kasing pinoy na utu-uto! Kahit mababang sahod tanggap lang ng tanggap. We’re selling ourselves short! People should know what they’re worth before accepting any type of job.
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Neil says:

13 years ago

Number 1 reason diyan is yung cost ng education (college) sa mga countries na yan. IIRC, ang 1 year of college sa US is about ~$50,000 to ~$70,000. :)
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Kyle says:

13 years ago

Very true. The cost is staggering. I already study at a relatively expensive university in our country where average tuition alone per year is Php 150,000+ (approx $3400) and the $30,000 tuition at community colleges in the US is already a farcry. What more better universities there? Not to mention universities in first world countries are actually more difficult to get into and are even harder to stay in.

While salaries here are relatively lower, the cost of living is too. Besides, they salaries aren’t really THAT low. I don’t know where Staff.com gets their figures, but most of the people I know get WAY more than that. Yes, what they do fit the description of those jobs mentioned.
Kyle says:

13 years ago

I’ll retract that. It’s not “most of the people I know. It’s ALL of the people I know that fit those job descriptions get MORE than those salaries indicated.

I wonder where they get their figures.

*Apologies for the typos and whatnot in the previous message. Just woke up rofl. I really wish they had an edit function for the messages.

Ben says:

13 years ago

Almost every job in every field in the Philippines is compensated better on other countries. That’s why everyone that is talented goes to work abroad.
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Cybread says:

13 years ago

Really! I think one of the reasons that resulted to this is that Foreign companies know that the standard of living in the Philippines is very low compare to their home country so these companies are really taking advantage to get cheap service from Filipinos. Filipinos grab it because they don’t have any choice.
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manaka_junpei says:

13 years ago

the only way to resolve this is to bring K-12 to the Philippine Education system, the Old one must go, hindi na kasi maganda ang lumang educational system, dahil sa discrimination nang other countries pagdating sa education, talo tayo, plus more Out of the School Youth, dropouts atbp., para kapag nakatapos nang buo, no problem at all kapag OFW na sila.
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