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Busan
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Busan is South Korea's second city and largest port. The city has a growing IT sector and offers significantly lower living costs than Seoul.
Median Salary
$25.000,00
CoL Index
45,00
Population
3.429.000
Timezone
Asia/Seoul
Cost of Living Breakdown
All indices use New York City = 100 as baseline.
Overall
45,00
Rent
32,00
Groceries
50,00
Restaurants
35,00
Transport
28,00
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 | $85.345,00 | $66.569,00 | $62.069,00 | $147.414,00 |
| Engineering Manager | $67.888,00 | $52.952,00 | $52.371,00 | $96.983,00 |
| AI/ML Researcher | $62.069,00 | $48.413,00 | $42.672,00 | $96.983,00 |
| Cloud Architect | $60.129,00 | $46.900,00 | $44.612,00 | $87.284,00 |
| Tech Lead | $60.129,00 | $46.900,00 | $44.612,00 | $85.345,00 |
| ML Engineer | $54.310,00 | $42.361,00 | $38.793,00 | $81.466,00 |
| Site Reliability Engineer | $52.371,00 | $40.849,00 | $36.853,00 | $77.586,00 |
| Security Engineer | $50.431,00 | $39.336,00 | $35.690,00 | $75.647,00 |
| Blockchain Developer | $50.431,00 | $39.336,00 | $34.914,00 | $77.586,00 |
| Product Manager | $50.431,00 | $39.336,00 | $34.914,00 | $77.586,00 |
| Data Scientist | $48.491,00 | $37.822,00 | $32.974,00 | $73.707,00 |
| DevOps Engineer | $48.491,00 | $37.822,00 | $34.138,00 | $73.707,00 |
| Data Engineer | $46.552,00 | $36.310,00 | $31.810,00 | $71.767,00 |
| Software Engineer | $46.552,00 | $36.310,00 | $32.974,00 | $71.767,00 |
| Backend Developer | $44.612,00 | $34.797,00 | $31.034,00 | $67.888,00 |
| Full Stack Developer | $43.448,00 | $33.889,00 | $30.259,00 | $65.948,00 |
| Mobile Developer | $42.672,00 | $33.284,00 | $29.095,00 | $65.172,00 |
| Frontend Developer | $40.733,00 | $31.771,00 | $27.931,00 | $62.069,00 |
| UI/UX Designer | $38.793,00 | $30.258,00 | $26.379,00 | $58.190,00 |
| QA Engineer | $32.974,00 | $25.719,00 | $22.500,00 | $48.491,00 |