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Average Software Engineer Salary (USD, annual)

Estimated average annual software engineer salary by country in USD, using a proxy from Numbeo net monthly IT salaries annualized (latest available).

Source: Numbeo•84 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average
28,778.6USD/year
Median: 18,000.0USD/year
Countries Covered
84
with available data
Highest
Switzerland
96,000.0USD/year
Lowest
Yemen
2,400.0USD/year
Top 5 Countries
1Switzerland96,000.0USD/year
2United States of America96,000.0USD/year
3Canada84,000.0USD/year
4Australia84,000.0USD/year
5Norway78,000.0USD/year
By Region
Oceania78,000.0USD/year(2 countries)
North America51,900.0USD/year(4 countries)
Europe40,722.6USD/year(31 countries)
Asia23,530.4USD/year(23 countries)
South America12,685.7USD/year(7 countries)
Key Findings
  • •High-income economies (e.g., Switzerland, USA, Australia) show the highest indicative annualized IT net pay in USD terms.
  • •Many emerging markets show substantially lower USD-denominated earnings, reflecting both local wage levels and currency effects.
  • •Because figures are net (after-tax), cross-country differences reflect taxation as well as underlying compensation levels.
  • •The dataset is best used for broad mapping and directional comparisons rather than precise country rankings.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (2,400.0USD/year)High (132,000.0USD/year)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 28,778.6USD/year)

Oceania (2)
North America (4)
Europe (31)
Asia (23)
South America (7)
Other (11)
Africa (6)

About This Statistic

A globally comparable, official country-by-country table for “average software engineer salary in USD” is not consistently available across most countries. To provide broad country coverage suitable for map visualization, this statistic uses the closest widely available proxy: Numbeo’s country-level self-reported net monthly salary for the “Information Technology” sector, converted/displayed in USD.

Values are annualized by multiplying the monthly USD amount by 12. This should be interpreted as an indicative, crowdsourced benchmark for take-home (after-tax) IT earnings rather than an official measure of software engineer wages; country samples and role mixes (software engineer vs other IT roles) can vary.

Methodology

Proxy approach for maximum country coverage: use Numbeo country-level self-reported net monthly salary for IT roles (USD) as the closest available broad measure to software engineer pay; annualize by multiplying by 12. These are indicative benchmarks for mapping rather than official national statistics.

Full Data

Rank ↑Country ↕Value ↕
1Switzerland96,000.0USD/year
2United States of America96,000.0USD/year
3Canada84,000.0USD/year
4Australia84,000.0USD/year
5Norway78,000.0USD/year
6Israel72,000.0USD/year
7New Zealand72,000.0USD/year
8Denmark68,400.0USD/year
9Sweden66,000.0USD/year
10United Kingdom66,000.0USD/year
11Belgium66,000.0USD/year
12Finland62,400.0USD/year
13Germany60,000.0USD/year
14Luxembourg60,000.0USD/year
15Netherlands60,000.0USD/year
16Singapore60,000.0USD/year
17United Arab Emirates60,000.0USD/year
18Austria56,400.0USD/year
19France54,000.0USD/year
20Ireland54,000.0USD/year
21Japan54,000.0USD/year
22South Korea54,000.0USD/year
23Kuwait43,200.0USD/year
24Italy42,000.0USD/year
25Saudi Arabia36,000.0USD/year
26Spain36,000.0USD/year
27Slovenia27,600.0USD/year
28Cyprus26,400.0USD/year
29Estonia26,400.0USD/year
30People's Republic of China24,000.0USD/year
31Lithuania24,000.0USD/year
32Portugal24,000.0USD/year
33Slovakia24,000.0USD/year
34Czech Republic21,600.0USD/year
35Greece21,600.0USD/year
36Latvia21,600.0USD/year
37Poland21,600.0USD/year
38Hungary20,400.0USD/year
39Costa Rica19,200.0USD/year
40Croatia18,000.0USD/year
41Mexico18,000.0USD/year
42Romania18,000.0USD/year
43Türkiye18,000.0USD/year
44Uruguay18,000.0USD/year
45Afghanistan18,000.0USD/year
46Chile16,800.0USD/year
47Serbia15,600.0USD/year
48South Africa15,600.0USD/year
49Bulgaria14,400.0USD/year
50Kazakhstan14,400.0USD/year
51Jordan14,400.0USD/year
52Thailand13,200.0USD/year
53Colombia12,000.0USD/year
54Lebanon12,000.0USD/year
55Peru12,000.0USD/year
56Russian Federation12,000.0USD/year
57Trinidad and Tobago12,000.0USD/year
58Ukraine12,000.0USD/year
59Brazil12,000.0USD/year
60Malaysia10,800.0USD/year
61Ecuador9,600.0USD/year
62Guatemala9,600.0USD/year
63India9,600.0USD/year
64Morocco9,600.0USD/year
65Algeria9,600.0USD/year
66Albania9,000.0USD/year
67Argentina8,400.0USD/year
68Dominican Republic7,200.0USD/year
69El Salvador7,200.0USD/year
70Honduras7,200.0USD/year
71Indonesia7,200.0USD/year
72Kenya7,200.0USD/year
73Philippines7,200.0USD/year
74Vietnam7,200.0USD/year
75Tunisia7,200.0USD/year
76Venezuela7,200.0USD/year
77Islamic Republic of Iran6,000.0USD/year
78Iraq6,000.0USD/year
79Nigeria6,000.0USD/year
80Pakistan4,800.0USD/year
81Egypt4,800.0USD/year
82Bangladesh4,800.0USD/year
83Senegal2,400.0USD/year
84Yemen2,400.0USD/year
Showing 84 of 84 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from Numbeo (2026).

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