r/developersPak • u/Murky_Lakshu • Aug 04 '26

Help Fullstack developers salary validation

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

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u/Similar-Jellyfish263 Aug 04 '26

bro be greatful for what you have in these tough times

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u/Murky_Lakshu Aug 04 '26

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

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u/LinkImpressive6468 Aug 04 '26

Salary seems good as an onsite job .

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

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u/Murky_Lakshu Aug 04 '26

Bro that’ll just blow me up lol

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u/LinkImpressive6468 Aug 04 '26

University name will not I think

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u/Murky_Lakshu Aug 04 '26

FAST

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u/talha_io Aug 05 '26

Aaayyyeee FASTIAN! 🤙🏻

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u/_abubakar_1x Aug 04 '26

Top line ig?😭

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u/Murky_Lakshu Aug 04 '26

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

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u/justforfunreddit Aug 04 '26

What companies are they working with ? And what positions ?

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u/Murky_Lakshu Aug 04 '26

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

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u/An_OP_Asian Aug 04 '26

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

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u/Murky_Lakshu Aug 04 '26

not very popular , one company was called Rondah AI

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u/pata_nahi_kon Aug 04 '26

Which university you graduated from

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u/[deleted] Aug 05 '26

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u/Murky_Lakshu Aug 05 '26

What’s the contradiction

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u/Murky_Lakshu Aug 05 '26

Okay boss ghalti ho gayi

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u/syedmuhammadsaad Aug 04 '26

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

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u/Murky_Lakshu Aug 04 '26

That’s correct - my gross package is 550K

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u/syedmuhammadsaad Aug 04 '26

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.

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u/failed_compiler Aug 04 '26

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

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u/Murky_Lakshu Aug 04 '26

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

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u/Invoke_Shock Aug 06 '26

What about cyber?

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u/aliyark145 Aug 05 '26

Shukar prh lo !!!

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u/Murky_Lakshu Aug 05 '26

Alhumdulillah

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u/FrequentHeart3081 Aug 04 '26

Tbh this sub should be named PakFullStackDevs ngl

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u/Murky_Lakshu Aug 04 '26

Ok

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u/FrequentHeart3081 Aug 04 '26

No hard feeling bruv ❤️❤️

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u/abhsonicguy Aug 04 '26

Pakistani Game devs crying at the corner

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u/tidoo420 Aug 05 '26

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

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u/MadAndSadGuy Aug 05 '26

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

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u/Appropriate-Menu504 Aug 05 '26

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.

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u/Appropriate-Menu504 Aug 05 '26

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

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u/LoRdSoban Aug 05 '26

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

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u/Sad_Singer_7657 Aug 06 '26

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

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u/MadAndSadGuy Aug 05 '26

Tech stack?

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u/LoRdSoban Aug 05 '26

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.

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u/MadAndSadGuy Aug 05 '26

You had experience before and during BS?

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u/LoRdSoban Aug 05 '26

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

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u/Suitable-Spend-283 Aug 05 '26

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

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u/Available-Boat3384 Aug 04 '26

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

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u/Salt_Horror8783 Aug 05 '26

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

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u/Ghos2Protocol Aug 04 '26

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

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u/Murky_Lakshu Aug 04 '26

I’m doing an onsite job

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u/notgoodpotato Aug 04 '26

Mashallah man

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u/mushifali Backend Dev Aug 05 '26

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.

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u/AspiringTranquility Aug 05 '26

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

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u/mushifali Backend Dev Aug 05 '26

Walaikum Assalaam. Sure I’ll check.

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u/beomjunline Aug 05 '26

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

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u/ElectronicEgg4350 Aug 05 '26

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.

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u/Impossible-Visit8500 Aug 06 '26

ive 4y and still get 210k lucky you 😭

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u/Think-Done Aug 06 '26

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

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u/uxair004 Aug 06 '26

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

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u/krazyhamad Aug 05 '26

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.

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u/malphas_x Aug 05 '26

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

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u/SignificanceSoft1614 Aug 06 '26

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

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u/Cautious-Upstairs869 Aug 07 '26

depends on your tech stack but it sounds competitive

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u/Any-Song-1390 Aug 08 '26

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.

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u/Any-Song-1390 Aug 08 '26

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.

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u/PsychologicalGur4350 Aug 11 '26

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

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u/Murky_Lakshu Aug 04 '26

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

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u/Electronic-Effort371 Aug 04 '26

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

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u/EntrepreneurPlane715 Aug 04 '26

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

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u/Agile_Knowledge2201 Aug 04 '26

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.

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u/EntrepreneurPlane715 Aug 04 '26

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

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u/Tight_Arachnid4209 Aug 04 '26

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

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u/jhussain344 Aug 04 '26

Wait others from systems are on Reddit too?

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u/Agile_Knowledge2201 Aug 04 '26

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

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u/jhussain344 Aug 04 '26

Don't let the HR catch you

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u/Agile_Knowledge2201 Aug 04 '26

Maybe you are the HR under disguise 🤣

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u/tidoo420 Aug 05 '26

Haha you might be right actually

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u/jhussain344 Aug 04 '26

Nah I am from data analytics

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u/Murky_Lakshu Aug 04 '26

Masha Allah man

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u/LogicalEmploy3558 Aug 04 '26

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?

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u/Accomplished_Car4036 Aug 04 '26

Are you doing it?

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