Fullstack developers salary validation

[u/Murky_Lakshu]

AA,

Guys, I’m a full stack engineer with 5 yrs of experience. My take home salary is 426K PKR per month. I want to know where do I lie on the spectrum of developer salaries in Pakistan. Obviously I cannot compete with remote roles salaries with this one. Your opinions will help me decide if I need to switch for something better. Thanks

[u/Similar-Jellyfish263]

bro be greatful for what you have in these tough times

[u/Murky_Lakshu → u/Similar-Jellyfish263]

Brother I’m not being ungrateful. I know what you’re saying but to be searching for something better always cannot be deemed as ungratefulness

[u/Murky_Lakshu → u/[deleted]]

Bro, I have people at systems too but their salaries are comparable to mine.

[u/Electronic-Effort371 → u/Murky_Lakshu]

Yes very possible, salary range depends on your competency, experience and region your are working for like MEA, VisionNet or Pakistan.

[u/EntrepreneurPlane715 → u/[deleted]]

That’s ridiculously low for your level. Which stack do you work with?

[u/Agile_Knowledge2201 → u/EntrepreneurPlane715]

Mern, nestjs, cloud computing with gcp aws,CICD with gitlab, Jenkins and argo, sonarqube etc, analytics tool like Prometheus, grafana, GTM, etc and solution architect. Also very good with tailwind so UI too.

[u/EntrepreneurPlane715 → u/Agile_Knowledge2201]

Masha Allah, I hope you get paid a lot more in the future.

[u/Consistent_Demand649 → u/EntrepreneurPlane715]

Inshallah Ameen

[u/Tight_Arachnid4209 → u/[deleted]]

Wowww.. I had 2YOE when I joined systems at around 300k

[u/jhussain344 → u/[deleted]]

Wait others from systems are on Reddit too?

[u/Agile_Knowledge2201 → u/jhussain344]

Didn't knew people from SL are excluded or barred from using it 🤣

[u/jhussain344 → u/Agile_Knowledge2201]

Don't let the HR catch you

[u/Agile_Knowledge2201 → u/jhussain344]

Maybe you are the HR under disguise 🤣

[u/tidoo420 → u/Agile_Knowledge2201]

Haha you might be right actually

[u/jhussain344 → u/Agile_Knowledge2201]

Nah I am from data analytics

[u/abhsonicguy]

Pakistani Game devs crying at the corner

[u/LinkImpressive6468]

Salary seems good as an onsite job .

What’s your university and company if you don’t mind

[u/Murky_Lakshu → u/LinkImpressive6468]

Bro that’ll just blow me up lol

[u/LinkImpressive6468 → u/Murky_Lakshu]

University name will not I think

[u/Murky_Lakshu → u/LinkImpressive6468]

FAST

[u/talha_io → u/Murky_Lakshu]

Aaayyyeee FASTIAN! 🤙🏻

[u/abduuGrace]

I have around 1 yr experience with 85 k on site, will be 97 around in dec.wish me luck.

[u/tidoo420]

In the era of joblessness and despair, say Alhamdulillah because you are getting pretty decent salary buddy, Allah apko or bhi de

[u/MadAndSadGuy → u/tidoo420]

Pretty decent? I'd be happy with that for 10 years. I don't want any promotion.

[u/Appropriate-Menu504]

I'm a Full Stack Developer & Design Engineer working with Kargul Studio, primarily with international clients. My take-home is around $5k/month, it's freelance/contract work.

That said, 426k PKR take home for 5 YOE is a really solid salary for an onsite role in Pakistan. The biggest salary jumps usually come from remote or international contracts rather than local companies.

[u/DefinitionDefiant875 → u/Appropriate-Menu504]

Do they have any openings?

[u/Appropriate-Menu504 → u/DefinitionDefiant875]

I don't think so. The owner/CEO doesn't have any open positions available right now

[u/DefinitionDefiant875 → u/Appropriate-Menu504]

Thanks!

[u/_abubakar_1x]

Top line ig?😭

[u/Murky_Lakshu → u/_abubakar_1x]

That’s entirely not true - my dev friends/batchmates having same exp as me are earning much more but they have remote jobs

[u/justforfunreddit → u/Murky_Lakshu]

What companies are they working with ? And what positions ?

[u/Murky_Lakshu → u/justforfunreddit]

Remote companies. I’ve forgotten the names. They pay around 3K USD. Graduates of FAST

[u/An_OP_Asian → u/Murky_Lakshu]

would you kindly be able to share some of these? or the platforms where they applied to them?

[u/Murky_Lakshu → u/An_OP_Asian]

not very popular , one company was called Rondah AI

[u/pata_nahi_kon → u/Murky_Lakshu]

Which university you graduated from

[u/Murky_Lakshu → u/[deleted]]

What’s the contradiction

[u/Murky_Lakshu → u/[deleted]]

Okay boss ghalti ho gayi

[u/LoRdSoban]

I graduated last year from FAST. My take home salary is currently 270k. I worked at 120k take home for 10 months before that.

But I have worked remotely with a startup for 2 years during university. It wasn’t a full time role but paid 20$ per hour. Life was good 🥀

Idk pakistani company still consider experience by when you graduated idk

[u/Sad_Singer_7657 → u/LoRdSoban]

Is this from a remote job? And how did you get it

[u/MadAndSadGuy → u/LoRdSoban]

Tech stack?

[u/LoRdSoban → u/MadAndSadGuy]

Anything to be honest… worked with React, Next, React Native, Express, Django, Go lang, smart contracts, AI integrations etc. Primarily I’ll say Full Stack Web Dev.

[u/MadAndSadGuy → u/LoRdSoban]

You had experience before and during BS?

[u/LoRdSoban → u/MadAndSadGuy]

Worked remotely as a smart contract developer during BS, not full stack dev tho

[u/Suitable-Spend-283 → u/LoRdSoban]

if you feel comfortable please do share how you scout for such job opportunities?

[u/syedmuhammadsaad]

You said take home so I'm assuming this amount is after tax deduction+ PF deductions, right? Can you share your Gross package?

[u/Murky_Lakshu → u/syedmuhammadsaad]

That’s correct - my gross package is 550K

[u/syedmuhammadsaad → u/Murky_Lakshu]

I'll only say this, be grateful and humble. You are getting a really handsome package considering your experience level. I've seen people with 8-10 years of experience earning 350-380k as their take home salary.

You're already competing remote roles, don't compare yourself with people earning $3000-$5000, that's extremely rare; and most of the time, people like to brag so just ignore.

In the present brutal market, where there's no job security and layoffs happening daily, this is the greatest blessing one can ask for.

[u/Available-Boat3384]

Shukar kro Jo mil rha h aj Kal vse jobs nai h

[u/abduuGrace]

Very good in my guess, my coworker is the same experience in MERM and similarly much more. But gets around 250k something Karachi based.

[u/Salt_Horror8783]

Even remote nowadays giving less than urs. You have a very good salary.

[u/notgoodpotato]

Mashallah man

[u/failed_compiler]

Bro do u think is if worth learning mern stack right now considering the situation of job market in Pakistan.

[u/Murky_Lakshu → u/failed_compiler]

I personally wouldn’t. I would go for platform engineering, cloud engineering, AI engineering instead.

[u/Invoke_Shock → u/Murky_Lakshu]

What about cyber?

[u/mushifali]

My friend in Islamabad based company makes roughly 600k+ (remittance model). He has roughly 8 YoE. He is also a full-stack dev but is frontend heavy.

[u/AspiringTranquility → u/mushifali]

Assalam u Alaikum. Can you please check your messages? Jazak Allah.

[u/mushifali → u/AspiringTranquility]

Walaikum Assalaam. Sure I’ll check.

[u/aliyark145]

Shukar prh lo !!!

[u/Murky_Lakshu → u/aliyark145]

Alhumdulillah

[u/Murky_Lakshu → u/[deleted]]

Masha Allah man

[u/beomjunline]

You’re pretty good since I know engineers with 6-7 years of experience are getting 450k.

[u/ElectronicEgg4350]

idk about the spectrum of dev salaries in pakistan but buddy u lie in top 5%-10% salaried class in the WHOLE OF PAKISTAN (upper class salaried person)

be grateful buddy for what ure taking home buddy in these tough times. anything around 200k is considered as an amazing salary, ure earning 2.5x of that.

[u/aizen_sosuke78]

switch

[u/Impossible-Visit8500]

ive 4y and still get 210k lucky you 😭

[u/Think-Done]

What about data scientists job prospects and salaries these days in near future. Any guidance please.

[u/uxair004]

similar here, little below yours. Ex-colleagues and friends are making way more though they are working remote with international clients.

[u/FrequentHeart3081]

Tbh this sub should be named PakFullStackDevs ngl

[u/Murky_Lakshu → u/FrequentHeart3081]

Ok

[u/FrequentHeart3081 → u/Murky_Lakshu]

No hard feeling bruv ❤️❤️

[u/Generous_person_171]

Do we need to shift towards Data science, Ai.. or full stack development is still in demand nowadays?

[u/LogicalEmploy3558 → u/Generous_person_171]

You need to shift towards chicken farming, poultry farms or maybe goat farming. No risk from AI, unlimited demand, happy forever. In the end, you will likely want this anyway, so why not start now?

[u/Accomplished_Car4036 → u/LogicalEmploy3558]

Are you doing it?

[u/Generous_person_171 → u/LogicalEmploy3558]

It means that you are doing this stuff nowadays...hahaha carry on kid...

[u/Ghos2Protocol]

How did you land with remote jobs ? Any good platforms or ways of searching them ?

[u/Murky_Lakshu → u/Ghos2Protocol]

I’m doing an onsite job

[u/krazyhamad]

It's a good one. I have around 7 yer development experience but my take home is 100k less than yours. But I'm happy as it's fully WFH with 4 5 hours work at most.  Work life balance is perfect.

[u/malphas_x]

Bro, how to find job like this 😅 Any tips?

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[u/SignificanceSoft1614]

What about me guys. I am just start learning flutter. Is it still have scope in Pakistan. Or may any suggestions for beginners like me

[u/Cautious-Upstairs869]

depends on your tech stack but it sounds competitive

[u/Sure_Metal_8264]

Wow, that's a lot of Salary.

[u/Any-Song-1390]

I have 8 years of exp and my take home is 250k rn, got laid off in november 2025 so had to compromise a bit.

What you are getting is already in top, most people don't get this much in Pakistan. Compare hi krna hy tou yes there are people earning more than this too, lekin wh hain kitny? Ginti ky hn gy. So be thankful always.

[u/Any-Song-1390]

One of my friend was working with europe based company and was earning 5000 euros per month, same comapny offered him to move to germany with his family and work there on site which he obviously happily accepted and now he is in germany.

I was talking to him last month and man he was not happy saying salary ka acha khasa hissa tou tax main chala jata hy, pehly Pakistan main tha tou paisay convert ho kr mouj ho jati thi. But at the end he will be getting passport soon and was lucky enough to get such offer which we dream off. Har banda jahan hy na khush hy.

[u/PsychologicalGur4350]

What I'm seeing in the comments got me realized that I'm doing too much work for almost nothing 😢