Here in Brazil, I get paid approximately 11k brazillian reais.. Translating to U.S. dollars that would be 7k. These numbers are really impressive to me.
Brazilian college student here. We get a lot of job offers, and 11k is what most internships pay. Sure, my jaw dropped on the number of people earning 60k+, but R$ 11k is really low.
And I would like to point out that the consumer electronics tax is a PITA. A simple Amazon Kindle, considered extremely cheap in the US, is an internship's month salary.
I'm from Colombia, and currently I get paid around 20k USD yearly. I have more than 5 years of professional experience, and degrees in computer engineering, and a master in computer science.
These numbers would probably be much higher were not a lot of the jobs outsourced to countries where the prevailing wages were much lower.
They'd also probably be significantly higher if the computer field was strongly unionized.
The other interesting thing is that these wages pale in comparison to what the founders of an investors in successful startups make, not to mention CEOs, CTOs, various executives, members of the board, etc.
Also, if the survey had been limited to certain industries, like finance, and certain areas of the country (like Silicon Valley and Manhattan) the averages would probably be a lot higher. Though I do suspect that this survey was probably answered mostly by programmers in the technology industry in Silicon Valley.
I think you're confused... salaries in Brazil are monthly... US salaries are generally quoted yearly...
And differences are even more confusing for comparison because, beyond multiplying by 12 and converting to dollars, you need to remember that in Brazil you get a 13th salary as well, an extra 1/3 salary during your vacation month, the money put into your FGTS, and sometimes other benefits as well. In the US you don't get any of that. Although, of course, this is all only if you're CLT instead of CNPJ... (formally hired, as opposed to an independent contractor).
Nope, I not confused. Im CLT employed and you're right about FGTS.. But I don't have any benefits where I work, and the local employers don't get much better than this. A 'nice' salary in my town would get me somewhere around 21k dollars yearly.
Good lord, man. You need to move to Rio or São Paulo or something... if you're even a half-decent programmer you make R$3K/mo without looking too hard, and make $5-8K if you're quite good. Even working from home, you should be able to find something more than R$1K/month, subcontracting work for other companies. Boa sorte, amigo!
here in the philippines; we have lesser than your 7k figure! haha! and that's yearly.
above there is a discussion about living expenses; then i search for the National Statistics website and found out that australia or canada seems better.
