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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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