Highest-Paid Software Engineers - Countries

A recent Bloomberg report shows Pakistani Software Engineers are earning six times the average salary as compared to other Pakistanis.

"Pakistani software engineers earn almost six times more than the average worker in their country"

Average Salary in Pakistan:                   PKR 10,654.20

Median Salary of Software Engineer:    PKR 59,190.00

*per month 

However one main factor which is ignored in this report that software engineer in Pakistan is a degree holder student. So logically speaking this comparison is not valid, you can't compare average salary of a Pakistani with salary of an IT graduate when literacy rate in Pakistan is 57%. 

Also this is very important that any person who can read and write is considered literate. So how many will be graduate in 57%? I can't find the exact figures but it can't be more then 20% from total of 57% percent literate people.

I am very sure my assumption is more then the actual figure, let say in this 57% literate people 20% are graduates which means

Total graduates in Pakistan will be:    11%

Illiterate + undergraduates will be:      89% 

Now you can't compare the salary of 11% with salary of 89% people.

Is really a Pakistani Software Engineer earning highest salary?

Answer is NO.

If you compare average salary of Software Engineers among these 50 countries Pakistan is on 46. With Switzerland, Norway and USA on top three.

This is one of the major reasons Pakistani Software Engineers want to work in a foreign country. 

   

Median Salary of a Software Engineer in Pakistan:    PKR 59,190.00 

Median Salary of a Software Engineer in USA:          PKR 624,783.33 10 x times the salary in Pakistan

*per month 

In United Arab Emirates Software Engineer is earning: PKR 238,404.17    4 x times the salary in Pakistan

 If we sort the table by Median Annual Salary table will look like this:

  

Rank by Highest Medain Annual Salary	Rank	Country	Ratio of median software engineer pay to average income	Median Monthly pay for software engineers (PKR)	Average Monthly income (PKR)	Median annual pay for software engineers (PKR)	Average annual income (PKR)	Median annual pay for software engineers (USD)	Average annual income (USD)
1	27	Switzerland	1.21	PKR 856,610.83	PKR 708,183.69	PKR 10,279,330.00	PKR 8,498,204.25	$104,200	$86,145
2	44	Norway	0.82	PKR 669,175.83	PKR 818,581.26	PKR 8,030,110.00	PKR 9,822,975.10	$81,400	$99,574
3	21	United States	1.38	PKR 624,783.33	PKR 451,981.42	PKR 7,497,400.00	PKR 5,423,777.00	$76,000	$54,980
4	29	Denmark	1.16	PKR 587,789.58	PKR 508,779.15	PKR 7,053,475.00	PKR 6,105,349.85	$71,500	$61,889
5	13	Israel	1.86	PKR 581,212.92	PKR 312,424.55	PKR 6,974,555.00	PKR 3,749,094.60	$70,700	$38,004
6	34	Australia	1.08	PKR 541,752.92	PKR 502,597.09	PKR 6,501,035.00	PKR 6,031,165.05	$65,900	$61,137
7	23	Germany	1.33	PKR 524,489.17	PKR 393,720.37	PKR 6,293,870.00	PKR 4,724,644.45	$63,800	$47,893
8	39	Sweden	1.03	PKR 504,759.17	PKR 491,005.71	PKR 6,057,110.00	PKR 5,892,068.55	$61,400	$59,727
9	22	New Zealand	1.37	PKR 489,961.67	PKR 357,022.57	PKR 5,879,540.00	PKR 4,284,270.85	$59,600	$43,429
10	30	Canada	1.15	PKR 472,697.92	PKR 409,709.89	PKR 5,672,375.00	PKR 4,916,518.70	$57,500	$49,838
11	24	United Kingdom	1.28	PKR 462,010.83	PKR 360,319.13	PKR 5,544,130.00	PKR 4,323,829.50	$56,200	$43,830
12	27	France	1.21	PKR 449,679.58	PKR 370,948.66	PKR 5,396,155.00	PKR 4,451,383.95	$54,700	$45,123
13	31	Ireland	1.13	PKR 443,102.92	PKR 392,898.29	PKR 5,317,235.00	PKR 4,714,779.45	$53,900	$47,793
14	34	Netherlands	1.08	PKR 443,102.92	PKR 409,109.77	PKR 5,317,235.00	PKR 4,909,317.25	$53,900	$49,765
15	38	Finland	1.04	PKR 423,372.92	PKR 406,758.61	PKR 5,080,475.00	PKR 4,881,103.35	$51,500	$49,479
16	43	Austria	0.94	PKR 405,287.08	PKR 429,259.03	PKR 4,863,445.00	PKR 5,151,108.40	$49,300	$52,216
17	40	Belgium	1.01	PKR 397,888.33	PKR 392,848.96	PKR 4,774,660.00	PKR 4,714,187.55	$48,400	$47,787
18	36	Japan	1.07	PKR 334,587.92	PKR 313,559.03	PKR 4,015,055.00	PKR 3,762,708.30	$40,700	$38,142
19	46	Singapore	0.7	PKR 318,968.33	PKR 456,815.27	PKR 3,827,620.00	PKR 5,481,783.20	$38,800	$55,568
20	26	Spain	1.22	PKR 304,170.83	PKR 250,176.40	PKR 3,650,050.00	PKR 3,002,116.80	$37,000	$30,432
21	42	Italy	0.96	PKR 286,907.08	PKR 297,725.70	PKR 3,442,885.00	PKR 3,572,708.40	$34,900	$36,216
22	50	Qatar	0.35	PKR 274,575.83	PKR 794,420.23	PKR 3,294,910.00	PKR 9,533,042.75	$33,400	$96,635
23	14	Czech Republic	1.75	PKR 271,287.50	PKR 154,929.83	PKR 3,255,450.00	PKR 1,859,157.90	$33,000	$18,846
24	45	Hong Kong	0.73	PKR 241,692.50	PKR 330,271.98	PKR 2,900,310.00	PKR 3,963,263.75	$29,400	$40,175
25	48	United Arab E…	0.65	PKR 238,404.17	PKR 364,429.54	PKR 2,860,850.00	PKR 4,373,154.50	$29,000	$44,330
26	8	Brazil	2.46	PKR 224,428.75	PKR 91,086.83	PKR 2,693,145.00	PKR 1,093,042.00	$27,300	$11,080
27	37	Saudi Arabia	1.05	PKR 218,674.17	PKR 207,403.40	PKR 2,624,090.00	PKR 2,488,840.85	$26,600	$25,229
28	32	Greece	1.12	PKR 207,987.08	PKR 185,741.51	PKR 2,495,845.00	PKR 2,228,898.10	$25,300	$22,594
29	4	Bulgaria	3.28	PKR 207,165.00	PKR 63,152.44	PKR 2,485,980.00	PKR 757,829.30	$25,200	$7,682
30	49	Kuwait	0.54	PKR 207,165.00	PKR 380,969.86	PKR 2,485,980.00	PKR 4,571,638.30	$25,200	$46,342
31	3	South Africa	3.64	PKR 197,300.00	PKR 54,216.40	PKR 2,367,600.00	PKR 650,596.75	$24,000	$6,595
32	32	Taiwan	1.12	PKR 197,300.00	PKR 176,221.78	PKR 2,367,600.00	PKR 2,114,661.40	$24,000	$21,436
33	5	China	3.15	PKR 189,901.25	PKR 60,283.37	PKR 2,278,815.00	PKR 723,400.45	$23,100	$7,333
34	16	Poland	1.6	PKR 185,790.83	PKR 116,209.70	PKR 2,229,490.00	PKR 1,394,516.40	$22,600	$14,136
35	17	Russia	1.51	PKR 181,680.42	PKR 120,394.10	PKR 2,180,165.00	PKR 1,444,729.25	$22,100	$14,645
36	10	Mexico	2.04	PKR 180,858.33	PKR 88,513.71	PKR 2,170,300.00	PKR 1,062,164.55	$22,000	$10,767
37	41	Portugal	0.99	PKR 177,570.00	PKR 178,934.66	PKR 2,130,840.00	PKR 2,147,215.90	$21,600	$21,766
38	25	Lithuania	1.25	PKR 172,637.50	PKR 137,633.19	PKR 2,071,650.00	PKR 1,651,598.30	$21,000	$16,742
39	20	Hungary	1.44	PKR 158,662.08	PKR 109,855.00	PKR 1,903,945.00	PKR 1,318,259.95	$19,300	$13,363
40	15	Turkey	1.72	PKR 140,576.25	PKR 81,550.67	PKR 1,686,915.00	PKR 978,608.00	$17,100	$9,920
41	18	Malaysia	1.45	PKR 135,643.75	PKR 93,610.63	PKR 1,627,725.00	PKR 1,123,327.55	$16,500	$11,387
42	18	Argentina	1.45	PKR 115,091.67	PKR 79,248.83	PKR 1,381,100.00	PKR 950,986.00	$14,000	$9,640
43	6	Ukraine	2.96	PKR 95,361.67	PKR 32,217.45	PKR 1,144,340.00	PKR 386,609.35	$11,600	$3,919
44	7	Philippines	2.69	PKR 64,944.58	PKR 24,128.15	PKR 779,335.00	PKR 289,537.75	$7,900	$2,935
45	9	Egypt	2.19	PKR 60,012.08	PKR 27,400.04	PKR 720,145.00	PKR 328,800.45	$7,300	$3,333
46	1	Pakistan	5.56	PKR 59,190.00	PKR 10,654.20	PKR 710,280.00	PKR 127,850.40	$7,200	$1,296
47	11	Sri Lanka	1.98	PKR 55,079.58	PKR 27,827.52	PKR 660,955.00	PKR 333,930.25	$6,700	$3,385
48	47	Romania	0.68	PKR 53,435.42	PKR 78,229.45	PKR 641,225.00	PKR 938,753.40	$6,500	$9,516
49	12	Indonesia	1.87	PKR 52,613.33	PKR 28,090.59	PKR 631,360.00	PKR 337,087.05	$6,400	$3,417
50	2	India	3.91	PKR 50,969.17	PKR 13,021.80	PKR 611,630.00	PKR 156,261.60	$6,200	$1,584

India is among the lowest of Software Engineer salaries. 

Actual Bloomberg report can be found here:

http://www.bloomberg.com/visual-data/best-and-worst/highest-paid-software-engineers-countries