Salary check
What a tech salary is actually worth
Median tech pay minus a single person's monthly costs — rent, groceries, transport, utilities, internet and eight meals out.
| City | Median tech pay | Monthly costs | Left over |
|---|---|---|---|
| 🇺🇸 San FranciscoUnited States | €9,500 | €3,942 | €5,558 |
| 🇨🇭 ZürichSwitzerland | €9,000 | €3,790 | €5,210 |
| 🇺🇸 AustinUnited States | €6,500 | €2,411 | €4,089 |
| 🇺🇸 New YorkUnited States | €8,200 | €4,270 | €3,930 |
| 🇸🇬 SingaporeSingapore | €6,000 | €3,070 | €2,930 |
| 🇩🇰 CopenhagenDenmark | €5,300 | €2,563 | €2,737 |
| 🇨🇦 TorontoCanada | €5,400 | €2,737 | €2,663 |
| 🇸🇪 StockholmSweden | €4,700 | €2,233 | €2,467 |
| 🇦🇪 DubaiUAE | €5,200 | €2,794 | €2,406 |
| 🇩🇪 BerlinGermany | €4,600 | €2,258 | €2,342 |
| 🇳🇱 AmsterdamNetherlands | €5,000 | €2,767 | €2,233 |
| 🇮🇪 DublinIreland | €5,200 | €3,040 | €2,160 |
| 🇦🇹 ViennaAustria | €4,000 | €1,856 | €2,144 |
| 🇬🇧 LondonUnited Kingdom | €5,600 | €3,468 | €2,132 |
| 🇫🇷 ParisFrance | €4,400 | €2,552 | €1,848 |
| 🇰🇷 SeoulSouth Korea | €3,400 | €1,639 | €1,761 |
| 🇯🇵 TokyoJapan | €3,500 | €1,794 | €1,706 |
| 🇵🇱 WarsawPoland | €3,100 | €1,422 | €1,678 |
| 🇵🇱 KrakówPoland | €2,800 | €1,260 | €1,540 |
| 🇷🇴 BucharestRomania | €2,600 | €1,095 | €1,505 |
| 🇨🇿 PragueCzechia | €2,900 | €1,618 | €1,282 |
| 🇧🇬 SofiaBulgaria | €2,200 | €1,050 | €1,150 |
| 🇪🇸 MadridSpain | €3,000 | €1,909 | €1,091 |
| 🇭🇺 BudapestHungary | €2,300 | €1,220 | €1,080 |
| 🇮🇹 MilanItaly | €3,200 | €2,149 | €1,051 |
| 🇪🇸 MálagaSpain | €2,100 | €1,380 | €720 |
| 🇪🇸 ValenciaSpain | €2,200 | €1,489 | €711 |
| 🇲🇾 Kuala LumpurMalaysia | €1,600 | €892 | €708 |
| 🇪🇸 BarcelonaSpain | €2,800 | €2,105 | €695 |
| 🇹🇷 IstanbulTürkiye | €1,600 | €963 | €637 |
| 🇬🇪 TbilisiGeorgia | €1,500 | €884 | €616 |
| 🇲🇽 Mexico CityMexico | €1,900 | €1,284 | €616 |
| 🇵🇹 PortoPortugal | €2,100 | €1,526 | €574 |
| 🇭🇷 SplitCroatia | €1,900 | €1,337 | €563 |
| 🇿🇦 Cape TownSouth Africa | €1,800 | €1,260 | €540 |
| 🇵🇹 LisbonPortugal | €2,400 | €1,874 | €526 |
| 🇮🇹 RomeItaly | €2,300 | €1,777 | €523 |
| 🇻🇳 Ho Chi Minh CityVietnam | €1,300 | €799 | €501 |
| 🇹🇭 Chiang MaiThailand | €1,200 | €705 | €495 |
| 🇬🇷 AthensGreece | €1,700 | €1,236 | €464 |
| 🇦🇷 Buenos AiresArgentina | €1,400 | €936 | €464 |
| 🇨🇴 MedellínColombia | €1,300 | €968 | €332 |
| 🇮🇩 Canggu, BaliIndonesia | €1,100 | €1,095 | €5 |