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Cebu

Philippines

Cebu is the Philippines' second-largest BPO hub with lower costs than Manila. The city attracts outsourcing companies seeking affordable English-speaking talent.

Median Salary

$5000.00

CoL Index

20.00

Population

964000

Timezone

Asia/Manila

Cost of Living Breakdown

All indices use New York City = 100 as baseline.

Overall

20.00

Rent

10.00

Groceries

20.00

Restaurants

12.00

Transport

8.00

Salaries by Role

Estimated City salaries are derived from country-level data adjusted for local cost of living.

Role Median (USD) Net (USD) Entry Senior
CTO $20167.00 $16536.00 $14667.00 $34833.00
Engineering Manager $16042.00 $13154.00 $12375.00 $22917.00
AI/ML Researcher $14667.00 $12026.00 $10083.00 $22917.00
Cloud Architect $14208.00 $11650.00 $10542.00 $20625.00
Tech Lead $14208.00 $11650.00 $10542.00 $20167.00
ML Engineer $12833.00 $10523.00 $9167.00 $19250.00
Site Reliability Engineer $12375.00 $10147.00 $8708.00 $18333.00
Security Engineer $11917.00 $9771.00 $8433.00 $17875.00
Blockchain Developer $11917.00 $9771.00 $8250.00 $18333.00
Product Manager $11917.00 $9771.00 $8250.00 $18333.00
Data Scientist $11458.00 $9395.00 $7792.00 $17417.00
DevOps Engineer $11458.00 $9395.00 $8067.00 $17417.00
Data Engineer $11000.00 $9020.00 $7517.00 $16958.00
Software Engineer $11000.00 $9020.00 $7792.00 $16958.00
Backend Developer $10542.00 $8644.00 $7333.00 $16042.00
Full Stack Developer $10267.00 $8418.00 $7150.00 $15583.00
Mobile Developer $10083.00 $8268.00 $6875.00 $15400.00
Frontend Developer $9625.00 $7892.00 $6600.00 $14667.00
UI/UX Designer $9167.00 $7516.00 $6233.00 $13750.00
QA Engineer $7792.00 $6389.00 $5317.00 $11458.00

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