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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

$5,000.00

CoL Index

20.00

Population

964,000

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 $20,167.00 $16,536.00 $14,667.00 $34,833.00
Engineering Manager $16,042.00 $13,154.00 $12,375.00 $22,917.00
AI/ML Researcher $14,667.00 $12,026.00 $10,083.00 $22,917.00
Cloud Architect $14,208.00 $11,650.00 $10,542.00 $20,625.00
Tech Lead $14,208.00 $11,650.00 $10,542.00 $20,167.00
ML Engineer $12,833.00 $10,523.00 $9,167.00 $19,250.00
Site Reliability Engineer $12,375.00 $10,147.00 $8,708.00 $18,333.00
Security Engineer $11,917.00 $9,771.00 $8,433.00 $17,875.00
Blockchain Developer $11,917.00 $9,771.00 $8,250.00 $18,333.00
Product Manager $11,917.00 $9,771.00 $8,250.00 $18,333.00
Data Scientist $11,458.00 $9,395.00 $7,792.00 $17,417.00
DevOps Engineer $11,458.00 $9,395.00 $8,067.00 $17,417.00
Data Engineer $11,000.00 $9,020.00 $7,517.00 $16,958.00
Software Engineer $11,000.00 $9,020.00 $7,792.00 $16,958.00
Backend Developer $10,542.00 $8,644.00 $7,333.00 $16,042.00
Full Stack Developer $10,267.00 $8,418.00 $7,150.00 $15,583.00
Mobile Developer $10,083.00 $8,268.00 $6,875.00 $15,400.00
Frontend Developer $9,625.00 $7,892.00 $6,600.00 $14,667.00
UI/UX Designer $9,167.00 $7,516.00 $6,233.00 $13,750.00
QA Engineer $7,792.00 $6,389.00 $5,317.00 $11,458.00

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