SAO PAULO / SALARY
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SALARY SURVEYS

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AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR		MOST TYPICAL SALARY / YEAR		Gross income Net (after tax) 4.85 BRL = 1 USD
307,448 BRL $63,347 USD		155,308 BRL $32,000 USD		Gross income Net (after tax) 4.85 BRL = 1 USD

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Average Salary / Sao Paulo

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Average salary in Sao Paulo is 307,448 BRL per year. The most typical earning is 155,308 BRL. All data are based on 349 salary surveys. Salaries are different between men and women. Men receive an average salary of 313,529 BRL. Women receive a salary of 236,360 BRL.

The most paid careers are Health Care & Medical with average income 818,768 BRL and Automobile with income 514,945 BRL.

Based on education, the highest salaries receive people with Masters Degree with salary of 420,789 BRL. The second most paid education level is Doctorate Degree with salary of 408,656 BRL.

Different experiences affect earning as well. People with 20+ Years of experience receive salary of 474,662 BRL. Employees with 16-20 Years of experience receive 453,792 BRL.

Levels / Sao Paulo (Gross BRL)

Salary Levels (BRL) per Year	Surveys	[%]
14,600 BRL - 24,299 BRL	0	n/a
24,300 BRL - 48,499 BRL	2	100% 0.57%
48,500 BRL - 72,799 BRL	16	99.43% 4.58%
72,800 BRL - 97,099 BRL	23	94.84% 6.59%
97,100 BRL - 121,299 BRL	22	88.25% 6.3%
121,300 BRL - 145,599 BRL	23	81.95% 6.59%
THE MOST TYPICAL SALARY
145,600 BRL - 169,899 BRL	38	75.36% 10.89%
169,900 BRL - 194,099 BRL	18	64.47% 5.16%
194,100 BRL - 218,399 BRL	18	59.31% 5.16%
218,400 BRL - 242,699 BRL	19	54.15% 5.44%
242,700 BRL - 266,899 BRL	20	48.71% 5.73%
266,900 BRL - 291,199 BRL	20	42.98% 5.73%
291,200 BRL - 315,499 BRL	16	37.25% 4.58%
315,500 BRL - 339,699 BRL	10	32.66% 2.87%
339,700 BRL - 363,999 BRL	5	29.8% 1.43%
364,000 BRL - 388,299 BRL	2	28.37% 0.57%
388,300 BRL - 412,499 BRL	3	27.79% 0.86%
412,500 BRL - 436,799 BRL	11	26.93% 3.15%
436,800 BRL - 461,099 BRL	8	23.78% 2.29%
461,100 BRL - 485,299 BRL	2	21.49% 0.57%
485,300 BRL - 509,599 BRL	7	20.92% 2.01%
509,600 BRL - 533,899 BRL	7	18.91% 2.01%
533,900 BRL - 558,099 BRL	4	16.91% 1.15%
558,100 BRL - 582,399 BRL	11	15.76% 3.15%
582,400 BRL - 606,699 BRL	9	12.61% 2.58%
606,700 BRL - 630,899 BRL	7	10.03% 2.01%
630,900 BRL - 655,199 BRL	1	8.02% 0.29%
655,200 BRL - 679,499 BRL	3	7.74% 0.86%
679,500 BRL - 703,699 BRL	3	6.88% 0.86%
703,700 BRL - 727,999 BRL	1	6.02% 0.29%
HIGH SALARIES
728,000 BRL - 776,499 BRL	7	5.73% 2.01%
776,500 BRL - 825,099 BRL	4	3.72% 1.15%
825,100 BRL - 873,599 BRL	1	2.58% 0.29%
873,600 BRL - 922,099 BRL	2	2.29% 0.57%
922,100 BRL - 970,699 BRL	0	n/a
970,700 BRL - 1,019,199 BRL	1	1.72% 0.29%
1,019,200 BRL - 1,067,699 BRL	0	n/a
1,067,700 BRL - 1,116,299 BRL	0	n/a
1,116,300 BRL - 1,164,799 BRL	0	n/a
1,164,800 BRL - 1,213,299 BRL	0	n/a
1,213,400 BRL - 1,698,699 BRL	5	1.43% 1.43%

Gender / Sao Paulo (Gross BRL)

#		Surveys		AVERAGE SALARY / YEAR
1	Men	274	313,529 BRL
2	Women	53	236,360 BRL

Education / Sao Paulo (Gross BRL)

#		Surveys
1	Masters Degree	124	420,789 BRL
2	Doctorate Degree	17	408,656 BRL
3	Bachelors Degree	171	240,243 BRL
4	Some College	26	200,930 BRL
5	High School	10	181,517 BRL
6	Bellow H. School	1	52,416 BRL

Experience / Sao Paulo (Gross BRL)

#		Surveys
1	20+ Years	38	474,662 BRL
2	16-20 Years	39	453,792 BRL
3	12-16 Years	58	364,005 BRL
4	8-12 Years	75	292,660 BRL
5	4-8 Years	74	245,582 BRL
6	1-2 Years	18	165,500 BRL
7	0-1 Year	14	158,220 BRL
8	2-4 Years	33	155,794 BRL

Age / Sao Paulo (Gross BRL)

#		Surveys
1	56-60	3	659,091 BRL
2	61-65	2	653,752 BRL
3	51-55	7	480,971 BRL
4	66-70	1	449,910 BRL
5	46-50	21	410,597 BRL
6	n/a	22	405,258 BRL
7	36-40	58	372,255 BRL
8	41-45	39	352,842 BRL
9	31-35	95	315,956 BRL
10	26-30	77	182,487 BRL
11	21-25	21	136,380 BRL
12	14-20	3	126,673 BRL

Work Type / Sao Paulo (Gross BRL)

#		Surveys
1	Permanent	307	316,927 BRL
2	Self Employed	8	261,598 BRL
3	Contract	28	238,301 BRL
4	Part Time	6	195,106 BRL

Career Groups / Sao Paulo (Gross BRL)

#		Surveys
1	Health Care & Medical	5	818,768 BRL
2	Automobile	2	514,945 BRL
3	Insurance	2	486,796 BRL
4	Management & Business	71	452,336 BRL
5	Finance & Banking	24	407,685 BRL
6	Construction & Labor Workers	1	389,728 BRL
7	Marketing, Sales, Purchase	30	354,298 BRL
8	Media	3	314,500 BRL
9	Health Care & Medical II	4	307,220 BRL
10	Human Resources	17	291,204 BRL
11	Manufacturing & Labor Workers	1	290,233 BRL
12	Customer Services	5	277,614 BRL
13	Accounting & Administration	17	275,673 BRL
14	Engineers & Technicians	20	262,083 BRL
15	Engineers & Technicians IV	4	244,126 BRL
16	Engineers & Technicians V	5	238,301 BRL
17	Properties & Real Estates	2	231,021 BRL
18	IT & Programming	57	225,197 BRL
19	Engineers & Technicians III	1	224,712 BRL
20	Salesmen & Saleswomen	9	218,403 BRL
21	IT & Programming II	29	212,093 BRL
22	Arts, Culture, Performance	3	204,328 BRL
23	Making Design	1	180,061 BRL
24	Logistics, Road, Railway	7	169,869 BRL
25	Engineers & Technicians II	2	166,471 BRL
26	Education & University	5	155,308 BRL
27	Aviation & Shipping	2	153,367 BRL
28	Law	6	142,204 BRL
29	Architect Constructions	5	135,895 BRL
30	Hotels & Tourism	2	110,172 BRL
31	Organization & Coordination	4	106,289 BRL
32	Restaurants, Inns, Pubs	1	70,859 BRL
33	Agriculture & Fishing	1	56,299 BRL
34	Public Sector	1	52,416 BRL

Careers / Sao Paulo (Gross BRL)

#		Surveys
1	Doctor Specialist	4	981,357 BRL
2	Marketing	3	699,374 BRL
3	Director	13	671,225 BRL
4	General Manager	8	617,837 BRL
5	MBA	2	589,202 BRL
6	Other Automobile Career	2	514,945 BRL
7	Engineering Manager	3	503,782 BRL
8	Human Resources Manager	7	462,529 BRL
9	Business Manager	3	462,043 BRL
10	Business Development Manager	5	446,512 BRL
11	Manager	16	434,379 BRL
12	Product Manager	2	421,275 BRL
13	Sales Manager	4	415,936 BRL
14	Accountant	2	402,346 BRL
15	Marketing Manager	10	343,620 BRL
16	IT Manager	14	333,913 BRL
17	Banks	2	320,809 BRL
18	Audit Manager	4	308,190 BRL
19	Project Manager	5	303,337 BRL
20	Mechanical Engineer	3	303,337 BRL
21	Finance Manager	3	302,366 BRL
22	Other Sales Career	6	280,041 BRL
23	Other IT Career	4	277,129 BRL
24	Plant Manager	3	276,643 BRL
25	Other Engineer Career	4	269,363 BRL
26	Customer Consultant	3	262,568 BRL
27	IT Coordinator	3	255,774 BRL
28	SAP Consulting	3	250,435 BRL
29	Lead Developer	4	247,523 BRL
30	Research Engineer	2	241,699 BRL
31	IT Project Manager	5	240,243 BRL
32	Logistics Manager	2	239,757 BRL
33	Other Management Career	5	238,787 BRL
34	Sales Representative	2	229,565 BRL
35	System Administrator	2	208,210 BRL
36	Human Resource Hunter	3	203,842 BRL
37	Other Arts Career	2	198,018 BRL
38	Financial Analyst	4	196,562 BRL
39	Human Resource	4	193,165 BRL
40	Software Engineer	10	190,738 BRL
41	C-Sharp Developer	2	183,458 BRL
42	Engineer	6	169,383 BRL
43	Software Developer	11	155,794 BRL
44	Other Marketing Career	3	151,911 BRL
45	J2EE Developer	2	148,514 BRL
46	Coordinator	2	147,543 BRL
47	System Analyst	3	144,631 BRL
48	Java Developer	4	142,204 BRL
49	Financial Coordinator	3	139,292 BRL
50	Database Administrator	2	139,292 BRL
51	Electrical Technician	2	138,321 BRL
52	Architect	5	135,895 BRL
53	Web Administrator	2	126,673 BRL
54	Lawyer	2	125,703 BRL
55	Relationship Manager	2	104,833 BRL
56	Web Developer	2	95,611 BRL
57	Logistics Administration	2	66,976 BRL
58	Human Resource Administrator	2	56,784 BRL

People's individual salary examples (surveys)

Finance Manager

Posted 17 November 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"Accountability, Receivables and Payables, treasury, taxes."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Masters Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	251,300 BRL

Investment Banking Analyst

Posted 22 August 2023
Key knowledge and tasks

"M&A and project finance."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Masters Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	305,200 BRL

Team Lead

Posted 27 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Team management, java development, Solution Architecture."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	328,500 BRL

Credit Risk Modeling Consultant

Posted 08 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Credit Risk Modeling."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Masters Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	168,900 BRL

Administradora

Posted 07 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"HR & Accounting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Intermediate	67,600 BRL

Foreign Trade Analyst

Posted 05 September 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Coordination of shipments."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	63,400 BRL

Criminal Lawyer

Posted 30 August 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Criminal law."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	171,400 BRL

Postdoctoral Researcher

Posted 21 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Doctorate Degree	1-2 Years	Expert	86,000 BRL

Tech Lead

Posted 17 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Lead a development team."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	640,500 BRL

Sales Manager - Engineering And Equipment

Posted 12 July 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Cement, Mining, Ore, Combustion, Engineering."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	299,600 BRL

Managing Director

Posted 13 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"In charge of business in brazil P&L."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	599,500 BRL

Managing Director

Posted 13 June 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managing the entire subsidiary (sales, service, administration)."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	304,700 BRL

Software Engenieer

Posted 29 May 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Programing."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	148,700 BRL

Fp&a Coordinator

Posted 16 April 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Financial management, corporate finance, budgeting, forecasting, reporting."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	111,500 BRL

Secretary

Posted 18 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Business administration."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Some College	0-1 Year	Basic	34,500 BRL

Project Manager

Posted 11 March 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Expert	169,300 BRL

Hr Specialist

Posted 20 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Compensation and Analytcis."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Masters Degree	4-8 Years	Advanced	53,600 BRL

Especialista De Ti

Posted 17 February 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Linux, Unix, SQL, Grafana, ElasticSearch, Weblogic, Shell Scripting, Python."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	160,800 BRL

Director

Posted 16 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Director of Strategy."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Masters Degree	16-20 Years	Expert	325,300 BRL

Senior Devops Engineer

Posted 14 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Jenkins, cloud, terraform, aws, gcp, azure."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Some College	4-8 Years	Advanced	282,000 BRL

Audit Manager

Posted 14 January 2022
Key knowledge and tasks

"Audit."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	Expert	122,500 BRL

Broadcast Engineer

Posted 03 December 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Broadcast Engineer, Workflow, ."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Bachelors Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	180,700 BRL

Writer

Posted 22 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Research, linguistics skills."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	Advanced	216,900 BRL

Especialist

Posted 09 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Relationship and partnership."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	146,800 BRL

Solutuions Archtect

Posted 03 November 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Understand all products necessities and design solution to code."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	108,400 BRL

Ios Developer

Posted 10 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Develop key features to mobile ios apps."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	High School	2-4 Years	Advanced	108,400 BRL

Lawyer

Posted 04 October 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Lawyer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Bachelors Degree	1-2 Years	Advanced	80,400 BRL

Producer

Posted 22 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	271,100 BRL

Software Engineer

Posted 21 September 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Sw developer."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	130,100 BRL

It Manager

Posted 19 August 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Code implementation, Python and Shell script. 
? Ops practices, support all servers 24-7 
? Development new processes such as Exadata X8M installation, DTS implementation. 
? Risk management Processes & Analysis. Collaborated closely across teams bringing up 
visibility for all maintenance that happened in our environment. 
? Maintenance, Increase Capacity, Business Reporting and more."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	Advanced	87,400 BRL

Senior

Posted 11 July 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Dtv manager project solution architect."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	Advanced	135,600 BRL

Latin America Marketing Manager

Posted 09 July 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Marketing operations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Advanced	162,700 BRL

Hse Leader

Posted 24 June 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"HSE, safety."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Masters Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	167,200 BRL

Consulting Software Engineer

Posted 21 May 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Programmin in ECL and Python, Big Data, HPCC Platform, Software Architect."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Doctorate Degree	8-12 Years	Expert	271,100 BRL

Contract Manufacturing Manager

Posted 07 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Contract managenent."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Bachelors Degree	20+ Years	n/a	199,700 BRL

Sales Manager

Posted 04 March 2021
Key knowledge and tasks

"Bachelor in International Relations."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	213,200 BRL

Supply Chain Analyst

Posted 20 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"MBA
inventory management and planning."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	181,300 BRL

Doctor

Posted 07 November 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Postdoc cetificate."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Doctorate Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	162,100 BRL

R&d Manager

Posted 28 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"R&D expertise and people management."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	238,000 BRL

Associate Vice President

Posted 14 October 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Project valuation, financial modelling, fundraising, mergers & acquisitions."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Doctorate Degree	8-12 Years	n/a	597,700 BRL

Sustainability Coordinator

Posted 17 September 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Nothing relevant to add, just bachelor degree and working experience."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	215,300 BRL

Analista De Operaçoes

Posted 10 July 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Dotnet and Python."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	47,600 BRL

Senior Analyst

Posted 09 July 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Market Intelligence."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Bachelors Degree	4-8 Years	n/a	96,300 BRL

Sales Manager

Posted 02 July 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Mostly in sales in the tech industry."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Some College	20+ Years	n/a	680,000 BRL

Managing Director

Posted 22 June 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Managing 100 employees through 10 managers, sales, service, administration."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Bachelors Degree	12-16 Years	n/a	231,200 BRL

Trader

Posted 02 May 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Languages: Portuguese, Spanish and English
Technology: MS Office and Google basic tools
Certificates: International trading undergraduate degree."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Some College	2-4 Years	n/a	69,000 BRL

Legal Annalist

Posted 29 April 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"I am lawyer with three years of communication experience and 11 months of legal experience. I have worked with civil law (contracts & family rights) and I perform brief activities as a dative lawyer in the criminal area. I have skills with drafting the initial procedural documents up to the appeal stage, and drafting a writ of mandamus. I have good communication in English (speaking, listening and writing)."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Bachelors Degree	0-1 Year	n/a	73,700 BRL

System Integrator

Posted 17 March 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Java, Oracle, problem solving."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Bachelors Degree	2-4 Years	n/a	124,700 BRL

Salesforce Developer

Posted 08 March 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Salesforce Platform development."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	High School	20+ Years	n/a	204,000 BRL

Managing Director

Posted 26 February 2020
Key knowledge and tasks

"Architecture building and design services and sales."

City	Education	Experience	Knowledge	Gross salary / year
Sao Paulo	Bachelors Degree	16-20 Years	n/a	444,300 BRL

ECONOMY / Sao Paulo

Sao Paulo ranks as 10th richest city in the world, and is expected to be the 6th richest in 2025. The city has the largest worldwide concentration of German businesses and it is the largest Swedish industrial hub beside Gothenburg.

Education

More than 9/10 of the population is literate, and the same proportion of those are enrolled to school at 7 to 14 age. The largest and most esteemed is the state supported University of Sao Paulo - USP, established in 1934.

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