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Hong Kong

Hong Kong · Capital · Tech Hub

Hong Kong is a major global financial center with very low tax rates. The finance and professional services sectors offer high salaries, but extremely high rent significantly reduces purchasing power.

Median Salary

$42 000,00

CoL Index

82,00

Population

7 413 100

Timezone

Asia/Hong_Kong

Cost of Living Breakdown

All indices use New York City = 100 as baseline.

Overall

82,00

Rent

95,00

Groceries

70,00

Restaurants

50,00

Transport

55,00

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 $146 575,00 $128 986,00 $106 600,00 $253 175,00
Engineering Manager $116 594,00 $102 602,00 $89 944,00 $166 562,00
AI/ML Researcher $106 600,00 $93 808,00 $73 288,00 $166 562,00
Cloud Architect $103 269,00 $90 876,00 $76 619,00 $149 906,00
Tech Lead $103 269,00 $90 876,00 $76 619,00 $146 575,00
ML Engineer $93 275,00 $82 082,00 $66 625,00 $139 912,00
Site Reliability Engineer $89 944,00 $79 150,00 $63 294,00 $133 250,00
Security Engineer $86 612,00 $76 218,00 $61 295,00 $129 919,00
Blockchain Developer $86 612,00 $76 218,00 $59 962,00 $133 250,00
Product Manager $86 612,00 $76 218,00 $59 962,00 $133 250,00
Data Scientist $83 281,00 $73 287,00 $56 631,00 $126 587,00
DevOps Engineer $83 281,00 $73 287,00 $58 630,00 $126 587,00
Data Engineer $79 950,00 $70 356,00 $54 632,00 $123 256,00
Software Engineer $79 950,00 $70 356,00 $56 631,00 $123 256,00
Backend Developer $76 619,00 $67 424,00 $53 300,00 $116 594,00
Full Stack Developer $74 620,00 $65 665,00 $51 967,00 $113 262,00
Mobile Developer $73 288,00 $64 493,00 $49 969,00 $111 930,00
Frontend Developer $69 956,00 $61 561,00 $47 970,00 $106 600,00
UI/UX Designer $66 625,00 $58 630,00 $45 305,00 $99 937,00
QA Engineer $56 631,00 $49 835,00 $38 642,00 $83 281,00