Pinoy developer salaries, the lowest in the world?

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.

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.)

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.

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.

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.

Really? So tell me, bakit kapag ang kumpanya ay nagtitipid eh pinupull out nila ang kanilang projects sa Pilipinas at nililipat sa India? Example is Fujitsu back in 2009.

I’ve with the IT industry industry for 4 years now and I know the data is not true.

What’s new? nu ba bago sa pinas,

What else is new, though?

still depends on the skills you have, if you’re good at what you do you could demand for a higher pay..

still, if we’re talking about entry level, it would be a different story..

my two cents.. :)

that is the reason why foreign business do outsourcing here, cheap labor force. by the way if you are senior software engineer working here in PH you can earn a monthly gross salary up to or around 100k, smaller though compares to what they have earned in abroad.

kung average ang pag-uusapan malamang close to reality ang figure dahil ang madaming fresh grad sinasamantala ng company na mababa ang starting. i mean, personally hindi ganito kababa ang income ko pero nagstart ako close sa ganyang figure.

We offer training and employment for web developers and I must say that this is true.

However, it is also true that we have an oversupply of IT graduates with one job posting ours getting 300-500 applicants at a time. Furthermore, most IT graduates do not have the necessary skills required in the Internet age such as PHP and Javascript.

To fix this, training institutions should update their curriculum to the latest Web trends. That’s what we’ve done with ours, and our trainees have been productive in less than a week.

Im not sure where those info were gotten from. But in manila, I know lot of people getting higher than those…and some,even way higher.

That’s the problem w averaging. It simplifies things too much. Your employer can show you that and tell you that they’re paying scale is above average in the phil,but i most of the data came from cebu an your in manila,then the data means little to you.

Plus,if you’re really good,then those phil numbers dont apply to you. IT is the great equalizer. Resources & info are readily available. We must compete worldwide. Not as support,or maintainers,but as producers of quality software.

What appalls me is that our country in the map isn’t as red as it’s supposed to be (i.e., 80-100% English speakers). Really?! We’re only at 60-80%?!

mas mababa ang rates ng designers and everybody else kung in-house designers ka or working for a private company hindi tulad pag nasa agency ka or design studio. thats the trend i see, ive been in the industry for almost ten year, mababa pag in house designer ka. anyway may mga paraan naman para kumita ng malaki hehhe

this is insane! This is inaccurate! I worked in a freelance site, and were getting paid more $$$$ compared to indians.

sa mga umaangal, mataas magpasahod ang employer nyo. swerte nyo.
pero mas marami pa rin ang binabarat compared sa average. lalo na sa mga BPO.

actually i find this low figure a good thing because it may be an advertisement for the foreigners to invest here/hire us instead of their own.
it will create more jobs. which is a good thing.

wag na lang masyadong umangal since that average figure is relatively high compared to other workers.

then you can use that to your advantage. you can underbid competiting countries for contracts

My starting salary as a software engineer/developer back in 2004 was Php21,000 my latest salary back in 2009 was Php120,000 I think it depends on the company. Usually local companies give smaller salary than those multinational/or foreign companies.

To nullify the above infographic, may I asked fellow developers and designers to take this simple survey:

What is your current annual salary? (inclusive of all pays, 13th month etc)
Please state your total years in IT industry.

I’ll go first:

Php 1,540,500.00
5 years total IT experience

tomooo…
ako nga five years na eh wala pang bente…
mas mababa siguro talaga kapag inhouse developer ka.
pero teka, sakop ko nga rin pala pati pc troubleshooting and repair, lan networking, telephone, paging…
ay shocks, isip2, me anak na nga pala ako this year!
naawa tuloy ako sa sarili ko dahil dito sir abe =(

I know some home-grown IT companies that can offer as high as 100k a month for senior developers and even higher for software architects and managers. As for the entry level like fresh gradsthey can give as high as 20k to 30k…

These companies don’t pay peanuts and I guess they don’t hire monkies too…

all of the above are correct and the thing that we are proud as pinoys,we do better job for less. but there are lot of people beyond IT who earn more than that.

besides its a matter of economics, if you want more luxury, you feel bad if you’re earning less compared to them in other countries. but simply put, living in our country earning more than 20k and still single, you are well off compared to the majorities. i thank you!

I think they didn’t count those employed under multinational companies

It’s awesome to pay a quick visit this website and reading the views of all mates on the topic of this article, while I am also keen of getting familiarity.

What can you expect? We are in the third world country. Eventually magiging sa BPO na rin kakapit ang mga web developers kaya mas bababa pa yan. Huwag naman sana.

I admit, Philippines SUCKS!! also politicians are all mother****ers.

Mababa naman masyado. Nung dyan ako nagtrabaho dati as computer programmer nasa 40k php naman ang bigay ng company sa akin. That was 2005.

Dito naman sa saudi para sa mga Salary for Web Developer, Computer Programmer, Systems Developer nasa 2000 USD average.
Pero yung saudi oger mababa ang bigayan, nasa 1200 USD/ 4500 USD.

Saudi Oger – 1200 USD / 4500 SAR Monthly (late ang sahod lagi then minsan pinapalitan nila yung contract)
King Fahad Hospital – 2400 USD/ 9000 SAR Monthly
Military Hospital – 2100 USD/ 8000 SAR Monthly
Dar-Al Riyadh – 12,000 SAR Monthly

It does not matter the average salaries. The average salaries won’t matter. It depends on you, on how you’ve worked hard to earn that much. If this is really the average salaries in IT related jobs here in the Philippines, then I prefer to join with a company that compensate the effort I’ve done.

We programmers need to be more resourceful and imaginative. Sa ngayong kumikita ako ng 20k 1year na ako regular gross yan di net. Pero I do get jobs online at elance.com and other similar sites and get paid for $300 – $1000 a project; that’s if you’re up for multi tasking.

Market rates are disheartening people from learning software development. But I actively encourage others especially fresh graduates to work for themselves. I am from Baguio and I encountered people from Bicol and Cebu who do not know benchmark rates. I hired some of them and gave free laptop. I taught them how to challenge clients who balk at high rates. I showed them the possibilities of earning without having any permanent job. These are tough days for anyone. Not just software developers. I heard of CPA’s being paid 10,000 pesos! Mind you, I studied Accountancy and failed that’s why I do software development. Their very low offer to CPA’s is more unnerving in my opinion. These pure Chinese fuckers are full of shit. I am Chinese but not pure. I am very Filipino in my heart and it is painful for me to see people abusing Filipino workers.

Here’s the thing: software developers and everyone in similar fields have choices. Most self-taught and self-employed software developers I know who primarily work for themselves earn a minimum monthly income of 200k/month. Developing for Google Android/ iOS apps would yield an average for $5000/month income which is a fact regardless of where you are in the world. What you earn from being employed against being self-employed may have significant differences.

Early in 2009, 40k was the minimum salary for a “work from home” software developer. If you’re smart enough, you will reach a point when that kind of money is just the interest of your investments. The point is that these are days software developers or makers are no longer getting what they deserve. Some of us do not even have paid holidays.

Please stop blame game however. It’s not the government’s fault. There are really people who will balk at your rates. Market rates will change with more self-employed individuals. Unfortunately these self-employed have a tendency to move to countries like Singapore for tax avoidance.But it’s a very legal option. Just saying.

I do agree with Den. I think it would depend on the workload, experience, job description, and the agreement between the web developer/designer and his would-be employers; and I think Filipino designers and developers today are well-compensated. There are web development companies in the Philippines that value the talent of these individuals and give attractive compensation package to their employees.

This article was written five years ago. That’s the year I graduated from college (computer science). I got hired as a PHP developer working remotely (I’ve never work for a Philippine based companies). I earned 20k a month with a 40 required hours of work in a week in my first year of my job. Right now, I’m still working 40 hours a week and I earned really really really way better from the first year in the career. I’ve been in two companies. The secret is make your self competent, never stop learning and focus to where you are best at. Then you can compete with the rest in the world. Happy coding :)