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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

$42000.00

CoL Index

82.00

Population

7413100

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 $146575.00 $128986.00 $106600.00 $253175.00
Engineering Manager $116594.00 $102602.00 $89944.00 $166562.00
AI/ML Researcher $106600.00 $93808.00 $73288.00 $166562.00
Cloud Architect $103269.00 $90876.00 $76619.00 $149906.00
Tech Lead $103269.00 $90876.00 $76619.00 $146575.00
ML Engineer $93275.00 $82082.00 $66625.00 $139912.00
Site Reliability Engineer $89944.00 $79150.00 $63294.00 $133250.00
Security Engineer $86612.00 $76218.00 $61295.00 $129919.00
Blockchain Developer $86612.00 $76218.00 $59962.00 $133250.00
Product Manager $86612.00 $76218.00 $59962.00 $133250.00
Data Scientist $83281.00 $73287.00 $56631.00 $126587.00
DevOps Engineer $83281.00 $73287.00 $58630.00 $126587.00
Data Engineer $79950.00 $70356.00 $54632.00 $123256.00
Software Engineer $79950.00 $70356.00 $56631.00 $123256.00
Backend Developer $76619.00 $67424.00 $53300.00 $116594.00
Full Stack Developer $74620.00 $65665.00 $51967.00 $113262.00
Mobile Developer $73288.00 $64493.00 $49969.00 $111930.00
Frontend Developer $69956.00 $61561.00 $47970.00 $106600.00
UI/UX Designer $66625.00 $58630.00 $45305.00 $99937.00
QA Engineer $56631.00 $49835.00 $38642.00 $83281.00