Chiang Mai
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Chiang Mai is one of the world's most popular destinations for digital nomads, offering extremely low living costs with a comfortable lifestyle. Local salaries are modest but remote workers enjoy excellent purchasing power.
Median Salary
$5,000.00
CoL Index
22.00
Population
127,240
Timezone
Asia/Bangkok
Cost of Living Breakdown
All indices use New York City = 100 as baseline.
Overall
22.00
Rent
12.00
Groceries
22.00
Restaurants
14.00
Transport
10.00
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 | $24,200.00 | $20,570.00 | $17,600.00 | $41,800.00 |
| Engineering Manager | $19,250.00 | $16,362.00 | $14,850.00 | $27,500.00 |
| AI/ML Researcher | $17,600.00 | $14,960.00 | $12,100.00 | $27,500.00 |
| Cloud Architect | $17,050.00 | $14,492.00 | $12,650.00 | $24,750.00 |
| Tech Lead | $17,050.00 | $14,492.00 | $12,650.00 | $24,200.00 |
| ML Engineer | $15,400.00 | $13,090.00 | $11,000.00 | $23,100.00 |
| Site Reliability Engineer | $14,850.00 | $12,622.00 | $10,450.00 | $22,000.00 |
| Security Engineer | $14,300.00 | $12,155.00 | $10,120.00 | $21,450.00 |
| Blockchain Developer | $14,300.00 | $12,155.00 | $9,900.00 | $22,000.00 |
| Product Manager | $14,300.00 | $12,155.00 | $9,900.00 | $22,000.00 |
| Data Scientist | $13,750.00 | $11,687.00 | $9,350.00 | $20,900.00 |
| DevOps Engineer | $13,750.00 | $11,687.00 | $9,680.00 | $20,900.00 |
| Data Engineer | $13,200.00 | $11,220.00 | $9,020.00 | $20,350.00 |
| Software Engineer | $13,200.00 | $11,220.00 | $9,350.00 | $20,350.00 |
| Backend Developer | $12,650.00 | $10,752.00 | $8,800.00 | $19,250.00 |
| Full Stack Developer | $12,320.00 | $10,472.00 | $8,580.00 | $18,700.00 |
| Mobile Developer | $12,100.00 | $10,285.00 | $8,250.00 | $18,480.00 |
| Frontend Developer | $11,550.00 | $9,817.00 | $7,920.00 | $17,600.00 |
| UI/UX Designer | $11,000.00 | $9,350.00 | $7,480.00 | $16,500.00 |
| QA Engineer | $9,350.00 | $7,947.00 | $6,380.00 | $13,750.00 |