SOFTWARE DEVELOPER SALARY IN CHINA

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Average gross salary for Software Developer GROSS SALARY
CNY 278,955
Average gorss salary (USD) for Software Developer GROSS SALARY (USD)
US$ 42,497
Average net salary for Software Developer NET SALARY
CNY 217,236
The most typical salary for Software Developer MOST TYPICAL GROSS
CNY 287,400
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  Updated: 14 Apr 2020   Diff. gross vs. net: 22%
  Salary entries: 41

Software Developer Earnings in China

Average salary for Software Developer in China is CNY 278,955.

Average take home earning is CNY 217,236 (Net).

The most typical salary is CNY 287,400 (Gross).

These data are from our visitors surveys (41 individual salaries).

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Percentage of people Earn this salary or more
14 % CNY 406,250
24 % CNY 375,250
48 % CNY 287,400
57 % CNY 219,027
95 % CNY 104,750
100 % CNY 45,000
City Avg. gross salary (USD) Salary entries
Beijing CNY 211,200 US$ 33,183 15
Shanghai CNY 319,991 US$ 49,337 08
Shenzhen CNY 242,625 US$ 37,225 08
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  SALARY BY LEVEL   SOFTWARE DEVELOPER   CHINA

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Salary levels Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
More US$ 299,683 CNY 2,100,000
01
75K US$ 77,025 CNY 500,000
01
65K US$ 62,389 CNY 406,250
04
55K US$ 57,135 CNY 375,250
04
45K US$ 44,717 CNY 287,400
10
35K US$ 33,640 CNY 219,027
04
25K US$ 24,626 CNY 158,375
08
15K US$ 16,348 CNY 104,750
08
8K US$ 7,052 CNY 45,000
02

  SALARY BY GENDER   SOFTWARE DEVELOPER   CHINA

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
Men US$ 44,125 CNY 290,717 35
Women US$ 42,469 CNY 270,000 04
N/A US$ 21,389 CNY 138,666 03

  SALARY BY EDUCATION   SOFTWARE DEVELOPER   CHINA

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
Doctorate Degree US$ 25,687 CNY 180,000 01
Masters Degree US$ 36,330 CNY 232,166 12
Bachelors Degree US$ 48,082 CNY 317,967 27
Some College US$ 12,171 CNY 80,000 01
Bellow H. School US$ 6,402 CNY 40,000 01

Software Developer workers holding Bachelors Degree degrees enjoy the highest average gross salaries in China. With an earned Bachelors Degree, they grosses CNY 317,967. While Software Developer workers with Bellow H. School education earn the least, with an average gross income of CNY 40,000. This is 651.05% lower of what Bachelors Degree degree holders earn.


  SALARY BY EXPERIENCE   SOFTWARE DEVELOPER   CHINA

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
20+ Years US$ 58,310 CNY 400,000 01
16-20 Years US$ 299,683 CNY 2,100,000 01
12-16 Years US$ 42,722 CNY 276,250 04
8-12 Years US$ 50,932 CNY 323,100 10
4-8 Years US$ 32,957 CNY 214,318 10
2-4 Years US$ 33,529 CNY 221,741 08
1-2 Years US$ 18,092 CNY 116,666 03
0-1 Year US$ 17,632 CNY 113,600 05

Software Developer workers in China with more years of work experience outperform their counterparts with less experience. Workers with 16-20 Years of experience earn a gross average of CNY 2,100,000 compared to CNY 113,600 for their counterparts with 0-1 Year of experience. The difference between workers with 16-20 Years of experience and 0-1 Year is 1599.65%.


  SALARY BY AGE   SOFTWARE DEVELOPER   CHINA

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
45-50 US$ 58,310 CNY 400,000 01
39-44 US$ 188,354 CNY 1,300,000 02
33-38 US$ 42,578 CNY 272,625 08
27-32 US$ 40,620 CNY 262,540 17
22-26 US$ 24,168 CNY 157,093 10
16-21 US$ 6,402 CNY 40,000 01
N/A US$ 21,389 CNY 138,666 03
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  SALARY BY JOB TYPE   SOFTWARE DEVELOPER   CHINA

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Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
Permanent US$ 49,167 CNY 321,753 28
Contract US$ 32,905 CNY 217,454 11
Self Employed US$ 7,052 CNY 45,000 02
Part Time US$ 25,687 CNY 180,000 01
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  SALARY BY CITY   SOFTWARE DEVELOPER   CHINA

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# Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
1. Shanghai Software Developer in Shanghai US$ 49,337 CNY 319,991 08
2. Shenzhen Software Developer in Shenzhen US$ 37,225 CNY 242,625 08
3. Beijing Software Developer in Beijing US$ 33,183 CNY 211,200 15

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  SALARY BY COUNTRY    SOFTWARE DEVELOPER

# Avg. gross salary (USD) Avg. gross salary   Salary entries
1. United States United States Software Developer US$ 89,910 US$ 89,910 252
2. United Kingdom United Kingdom Software Developer in United Kingdom US$ 69,859 GBP 47,994 64
3. Germany Germany Software Developer in Germany US$ 65,467 EUR 53,951 121
4. Mexico Mexico Software Developer in Mexico US$ 46,063 MXN 831,533 15
5. China China US$ 42,344 CNY 277,883 42
6. Russia Russia Software Developer in Russia US$ 27,306 RUB 1,350,826 23
7. Malaysia Malaysia Software Developer in Malaysia US$ 19,418 MYR 71,606 122
8. India India Software Developer in India US$ 15,785 INR 981,443 488
9. Indonesia Indonesia Software Developer in Indonesia US$ 12,998 IDR 165,143,979 25

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(21/21)  JAVA PYTHON


 Posted: 14 Apr 2020

Doctorate Degree, 2-4 years: "Doing some promotion for o2o company."
Individual GROSS salary:
CNY 180,000
US$ 25,687


(20/21)  SOFTWARE ARCHITECTURE


 Posted: 22 Mar 2020

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Build infrastructure of software projects. Developing. Manage databases. Operation and maintenance."
Individual GROSS salary:
CNY 300,000
US$ 42,812


(19/21)  DEPARTMENT MANAGER


 Posted: 21 Feb 2020

Bachelors Degree, 16-20 years: "Project management."
Individual GROSS salary:
CNY 2,100,000
US$ 299,683


(18/21)  WEB DEVELOPERR


 Posted: 15 Sep 2019

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Last position was a CTO at a Start up."
Individual GROSS salary:
CNY 351,000
US$ 54,072


(17/21)  PROGRAMMING


 Posted: 11 Sep 2019

Bachelors Degree, 0-1 year: "Develop different type of software."
Individual GROSS salary:
CNY 200,000
US$ 30,810


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(16/21)  ENGINEER


 Posted: 07 Jul 2019

Bachelors Degree, 0-1 year: "Hardware and software engineer."
Individual GROSS salary:
CNY 126,000
US$ 19,410


(15/21)  SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 06 Jul 2019

Masters Degree, 8-12 years: "PHP web database."
Individual GROSS salary:
CNY 425,000
US$ 65,471


(14/21)  ASSOSIATE TEAM LEAD


 Posted: 18 Jun 2019

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Coordinate the team and deliver."
Individual GROSS salary:
CNY 299,000
US$ 46,061


(13/21)  FULL-STACK


 Posted: 30 Apr 2019

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "My main task is mean stack but sometimes do react-native and java for mobile apps."
Individual GROSS salary:
CNY 50,000
US$ 7,703


(12/21)  SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT ENGINEER


 Posted: 16 Mar 2019

Bachelors Degree, 8-12 years: "Senior Software Engineer."
Individual GROSS salary:
CNY 145,000
US$ 22,337


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(11/21)  SENIOR SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 27 Jan 2019

Bachelors Degree education, 8-12 years of experience.
Individual GROSS salary:
CNY 400,000
US$ 61,620


(10/21)  SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 25 Dec 2018

Masters Degree, 4-8 years: "ArcGIS and .net."
Individual GROSS salary:
CNY 120,000
US$ 18,486


(9/21)  DEVELOP MANAGEMENT


 Posted: 12 Sep 2018

Bachelors Degree, 0-1 year: "I have to test the network and software programs before it can be purchased."
Individual GROSS salary:
CNY 106,000
US$ 16,329


(8/21)  DEVELOPER


 Posted: 25 Aug 2018

Masters Degree, 2-4 years: "Software developer."
Individual GROSS salary:
CNY 300,000
US$ 46,215


(7/21)  SENIOR


 Posted: 24 Aug 2018

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Application development."
Individual GROSS salary:
CNY 400,000
US$ 61,620


(6/21)  SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 29 Jun 2018

Bachelors Degree, 12-16 years: "Software developer."
Individual GROSS salary:
CNY 500,000
US$ 77,025


(5/21)  AUTOMATION TESTING


 Posted: 01 Apr 2018

Bachelors Degree, 4-8 years: "Automation testing UI Testing."
Individual GROSS salary:
CNY 232,180
US$ 35,767


(4/21)  SOFTWARE DEVELOPER


 Posted: 15 Mar 2018

Bachelors Degree education, 1-2 years of experience.
Individual GROSS salary:
CNY 140,000
US$ 21,567


(3/21)  BIG DATA ENGINEER


 Posted: 07 Mar 2018

Bachelors Degree, 2-4 years: "Work on Big Data and Machine Learning."
Individual GROSS salary:
CNY 233,931
US$ 36,037


(2/21)  EXPRIENCED SOFTWARE ENGINEER


 Posted: 11 Jan 2018

Masters Degree, 12-16 years: "Exprienced Software engineer in a Telecom company Foreign branch."
Individual GROSS salary:
CNY 295,000
US$ 45,445


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(1/21)  MTS


 Posted: 21 Dec 2017

Masters Degree, 2-4 years: "Build software/products for enterprise."
Individual GROSS salary:
CNY 280,000
US$ 40,817


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