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SOFTWARE DEVELOPER / CHINA SALARY

SALARY SURVEYS

UPDATED
June 2021
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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR

MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR

279,183 CNY

$43,234 USD

109,777 CNY

$17,000 USD

Gross income Net (after tax)

Average Salary / Software Developer / China

Average salary for Software Developer / China is 279,183 CNY per year. The most typical earning is 109,777 CNY. All data are based on 46 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 294,900 CNY. Women receive a salary of 252,804 CNY.

The most paid careers are IT & Programming with average income 280,048 CNY and IT & Programming II with income 240,425 CNY.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Bachelors Degree with salary of 313,969 CNY. The second most paid education level is Masters Degree with salary of 235,233 CNY.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 16-20 Years of experience receive salary of 1,945,359 CNY. Employees with 12-16 Years of experience receive 388,702 CNY.

Levels / Software Developer / China (Gross CNY)

Salary Levels (CNY) per Year	Surveys	Earning Percent
19,000 CNY - 31,999 CNY	0	n/a
32,000 CNY - 64,999 CNY	2	100% 4.35%
65,000 CNY - 96,999 CNY	2	95.65% 4.35%
97,000 CNY - 128,999 CNY	7	91.3% 15.22%
129,000 CNY - 160,999 CNY	5	76.09% 10.87%
161,000 CNY - 193,999 CNY	4	65.22% 8.7%
194,000 CNY - 225,999 CNY	3	56.52% 6.52%
226,000 CNY - 257,999 CNY	2	50% 4.35%
258,000 CNY - 290,999 CNY	6	45.65% 13.04%
291,000 CNY - 322,999 CNY	4	32.61% 8.7%
323,000 CNY - 354,999 CNY	1	23.91% 2.17%
355,000 CNY - 386,999 CNY	4	21.74% 8.7%
387,000 CNY - 419,999 CNY	3	13.04% 6.52%
420,000 CNY - 451,999 CNY	0	n/a
452,000 CNY - 483,999 CNY	0	n/a
484,000 CNY - 516,999 CNY	1	6.52% 2.17%
517,000 CNY - 548,999 CNY	0	n/a
549,000 CNY - 580,999 CNY	0	n/a
581,000 CNY - 612,999 CNY	0	n/a
613,000 CNY - 645,999 CNY	0	n/a
646,000 CNY - 677,999 CNY	0	n/a
678,000 CNY - 709,999 CNY	0	n/a
710,000 CNY - 742,999 CNY	0	n/a
743,000 CNY - 774,999 CNY	0	n/a
775,000 CNY - 806,999 CNY	0	n/a
807,000 CNY - 838,999 CNY	1	4.35% 2.17%
839,000 CNY - 871,999 CNY	0	n/a
872,000 CNY - 903,999 CNY	0	n/a
904,000 CNY - 935,999 CNY	0	n/a
936,000 CNY - 968,999 CNY	0	n/a
High salaries
969,000 CNY - 1,032,999 CNY	0	n/a
1,033,000 CNY - 1,097,999 CNY	0	n/a
1,098,000 CNY - 1,161,999 CNY	0	n/a
1,162,000 CNY - 1,226,999 CNY	0	n/a
1,227,000 CNY - 1,290,999 CNY	0	n/a
1,291,000 CNY - 1,355,999 CNY	0	n/a
1,356,000 CNY - 1,420,999 CNY	0	n/a
1,421,000 CNY - 1,484,999 CNY	0	n/a
1,485,000 CNY - 1,549,999 CNY	0	n/a
1,550,000 CNY - 1,613,999 CNY	0	n/a
1,614,000 CNY - 2,259,999 CNY	1	2.17% 2.17%

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Gender / Software Developer / China (Gross CNY)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	37	294,900 CNY
2	Women	6	252,804 CNY

Education / Software Developer / China (Gross CNY)

#		Surveys
1	Bachelors Degree	31	313,969 CNY
2	Masters Degree	12	235,233 CNY
3	Doctorate Degree	1	166,745 CNY
4	Some College	1	78,594 CNY
5	Bellow H. School	1	41,340 CNY

Experience / Software Developer / China (Gross CNY)

#		Surveys
1	16-20 Years	1	1,945,359 CNY
2	12-16 Years	5	388,702 CNY
3	20+ Years	1	376,530 CNY
4	8-12 Years	11	313,182 CNY
5	4-8 Years	11	213,730 CNY
6	2-4 Years	9	207,272 CNY
7	1-2 Years	3	118,365 CNY
8	0-1 Year	5	112,115 CNY

Age / Software Developer / China (Gross CNY)

#		Surveys
1	36-40	5	756,495 CNY
2	46-50	1	376,530 CNY
3	31-35	12	307,686 CNY
4	26-30	16	220,426 CNY
5	n/a	3	138,112 CNY
6	21-25	8	126,108 CNY
7	14-20	1	41,340 CNY

Work Type / Software Developer / China (Gross CNY)

#		Surveys
1	Permanent	32	319,529 CNY
2	Contract	11	214,705 CNY
3	Part Time	1	166,745 CNY
4	Self Employed	2	44,601 CNY

Cities / Software Developer / China (Gross CNY)

#		Surveys
1	Chengdu	2	1,379,572 CNY
2	Ningbo	1	513,893 CNY
3	Shanghai	9	295,876 CNY
4	Nanjing	1	277,904 CNY
5	Hangzhou	1	238,630 CNY
6	Shenzhen	8	238,391 CNY
7	Beijing	16	213,697 CNY
8	Changzhou	1	205,555 CNY
9	Changsha	1	191,477 CNY
10	Guangzhou	1	166,745 CNY
11	Tianjin	1	143,885 CNY
12	Wuhan	1	123,331 CNY
13	Changchun	1	106,380 CNY
14	Hefei	1	78,594 CNY
15	Shenyang	1	47,869 CNY

MOST RECENT SALARY SURVEYS

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Member Of Technical Staff

Added 16 February 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Testing, Automation."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Beijing	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	209,700 CNY

Java Python

Added 14 April 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Doing some promotion for o2o company."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Guangzhou	Doctorate Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	166,745 CNY

Software Architecture

Added 22 March 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Build infrastructure of software projects. Developing. Manage databases. Operation and maintenance."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Nanjing	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	277,904 CNY

Department Manager

Added 21 February 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project management."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Chengdu	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	1,945,359 CNY

Web Developerr

Added 15 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Last position was a CTO at a Start up."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Shanghai	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	336,048 CNY

Programming

Added 11 September 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop different type of software."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Changsha	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	191,477 CNY

Engineer

Added 07 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Hardware and software engineer."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Shenzhen	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	120,632 CNY

Senior Software Engineer

Added 06 July 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"PHP web database."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Beijing	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	406,893 CNY

Assosiate Team Lead

Added 18 June 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Coordinate the team and deliver."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Shenzhen	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	286,260 CNY

Full-stack

Added 30 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"My main task is mean stack but sometimes do react-native and java for mobile apps."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Shenyang	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	47,869 CNY

Developer

Added 15 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software development."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Shanghai	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	114,885 CNY

Developer Lead

Added 15 April 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Lead of the development team."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Chengdu	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	813,786 CNY

Software Development Engineer

Added 16 March 2019
Key knowledge and tasks

"Senior Software Engineer."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Beijing	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	138,823 CNY

Senior Software Engineer

Added 27 January 2019

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Shanghai	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	382,955 CNY

Software Engineer

Added 25 December 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"ArcGIS and. net."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Wuhan	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	123,331 CNY

Business Developer Manager

Added 22 October 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop the local partners to distribute the software."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Changzhou	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	205,555 CNY

Develop Management

Added 12 September 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"I have to test the network and software programs before it can be purchased."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Beijing	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	108,944 CNY

Developer

Added 25 August 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software developer."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Shanghai	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	308,332 CNY

Senior

Added 24 August 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Application development."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Beijing	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	411,110 CNY

Software Developer

Added 29 June 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Software developer."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Ningbo	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	513,893 CNY

Automation Testing

Added 01 April 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Automation testing UI Testing."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Hangzhou	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	238,630 CNY

Software Developer

Added 15 March 2018

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Tianjin	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	n/a	143,885 CNY

Big Data Engineer

Added 07 March 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Work on Big Data and Machine Learning."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Shanghai	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	240,425 CNY

Exprienced Software Engineer

Added 11 January 2018
Key knowledge and tasks

"Exprienced Software engineer in a Telecom company Foreign branch."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Shanghai	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	303,192 CNY

Mts

Added 21 December 2017
Key knowledge and tasks

"Build software/products for enterprise."

Cities	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross Salary
Beijing	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	263,569 CNY

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SOFTWARE DEVELOPER / CHINA SALARY

279,183 CNY

$43,234 USD

109,777 CNY

$17,000 USD

Average Salary / Software Developer / China

Levels / Software Developer / China (Gross CNY)

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Gender / Software Developer / China (Gross CNY)

Education / Software Developer / China (Gross CNY)

Experience / Software Developer / China (Gross CNY)

Age / Software Developer / China (Gross CNY)

Work Type / Software Developer / China (Gross CNY)

Cities / Software Developer / China (Gross CNY)

MOST RECENT SALARY SURVEYS

Member Of Technical Staff

209,700 CNY

Java Python

166,745 CNY

Software Architecture

277,904 CNY

Department Manager

1,945,359 CNY

Web Developerr

336,048 CNY

Programming

191,477 CNY

Engineer

120,632 CNY

Senior Software Engineer

406,893 CNY

Assosiate Team Lead

286,260 CNY

Full-stack

47,869 CNY

Developer

114,885 CNY

Developer Lead

813,786 CNY

Software Development Engineer

138,823 CNY

Senior Software Engineer

382,955 CNY

Software Engineer

123,331 CNY

Business Developer Manager

205,555 CNY

Develop Management

108,944 CNY

Developer

308,332 CNY

Senior

411,110 CNY

Software Developer

513,893 CNY

Automation Testing

238,630 CNY

Software Developer

143,885 CNY

Big Data Engineer

240,425 CNY

Exprienced Software Engineer

303,192 CNY

Mts

263,569 CNY

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