Shenzhen
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China · Tech Hub
Shenzhen is China's innovation capital, home to Huawei, Tencent, DJI, and BYD. The city transformed from a fishing village to a tech megacity in just 40 years and offers competitive salaries in the hardware and software sectors.
Median Salary
$15 000,00
CoL Index
38,00
Population
17 560 000
Timezone
Asia/Shanghai
Cost of Living Breakdown
All indices use New York City = 100 as baseline.
Overall
38,00
Rent
35,00
Groceries
30,00
Restaurants
25,00
Transport
18,00
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 | $71 657,00 | $55 892,00 | $52 114,00 | $123 771,00 |
| Engineering Manager | $57 000,00 | $44 460,00 | $43 971,00 | $81 429,00 |
| AI/ML Researcher | $52 114,00 | $40 648,00 | $35 829,00 | $81 429,00 |
| Cloud Architect | $50 486,00 | $39 379,00 | $37 457,00 | $73 286,00 |
| Tech Lead | $50 486,00 | $39 379,00 | $37 457,00 | $71 657,00 |
| ML Engineer | $45 600,00 | $35 568,00 | $32 571,00 | $68 400,00 |
| Site Reliability Engineer | $43 971,00 | $34 297,00 | $30 943,00 | $65 143,00 |
| Security Engineer | $42 343,00 | $33 027,00 | $29 966,00 | $63 514,00 |
| Blockchain Developer | $42 343,00 | $33 027,00 | $29 314,00 | $65 143,00 |
| Product Manager | $42 343,00 | $33 027,00 | $29 314,00 | $65 143,00 |
| Data Scientist | $40 714,00 | $31 756,00 | $27 686,00 | $61 886,00 |
| DevOps Engineer | $40 714,00 | $31 756,00 | $28 663,00 | $61 886,00 |
| Data Engineer | $39 086,00 | $30 487,00 | $26 709,00 | $60 257,00 |
| Software Engineer | $39 086,00 | $30 487,00 | $27 686,00 | $60 257,00 |
| Backend Developer | $37 457,00 | $29 216,00 | $26 057,00 | $57 000,00 |
| Full Stack Developer | $36 480,00 | $28 454,00 | $25 406,00 | $55 371,00 |
| Mobile Developer | $35 829,00 | $27 946,00 | $24 429,00 | $54 720,00 |
| Frontend Developer | $34 200,00 | $26 676,00 | $23 451,00 | $52 114,00 |
| UI/UX Designer | $32 571,00 | $25 405,00 | $22 149,00 | $48 857,00 |
| QA Engineer | $27 686,00 | $21 595,00 | $18 891,00 | $40 714,00 |