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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 |