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What are salaries in Thailand like for expats in the IT field? And locals?
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Salaries vary greatly.
Depends on what you do, where you were hired from, and when you were hired and of course who you work for.
A multinational Company will normally pay more than a thai company
Straight out of U with Computer Science degree-- probably make between 6 and 15K thai baht per month. Expats don't even qualify at this level.
Application specialists and ERP consultants with a few years experience will get 20k and up maybe even up to 100K depending on experience. Double that for expats.
Network specialists--25-75K again double for expats
Infrastrcuture Management 40-150K--double for expat
Notice that salaries vary greatly even among locals--thats just the way it is. Also there are expats who will work for thai wages.
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Interesting information, thanks. 
There are expats here that'll work for local salaries too - part of the reason the expat salaries are going down.
Is it the same in Thailand?
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Interesting information, thanks.
There are expats here that'll work for local salaries too - part of the reason the expat salaries are going down.
Is it the same in Thailand?
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| RahulDG wrote: | Interesting information, thanks.
There are expats here that'll work for local salaries too - part of the reason the expat salaries are going down.
Is it the same in Thailand? |
I think that may be the case for english teachers, and other positions like web designers who have to work for thai wages.
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| Mike wrote: | | RahulDG wrote: | Interesting information, thanks.
There are expats here that'll work for local salaries too - part of the reason the expat salaries are going down.
Is it the same in Thailand? |
I think that may be the case for english teachers, and other positions like web designers who have to work for thai wages. |
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Web designers have to work for Thai wages?
Which IT field pays more to expats than it does locals  
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That would be highly specialized application specialists- networking specialists and IT Management
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| Mike wrote: | | That would be highly specialized application specialists- networking specialists and IT Management |
IT "management" isn't always highly specialized.
In one of my previous jobs, I had an IT manager (who I reported to) who didn't know how to do what I did.  ... and, lest someone think that it's OK, and he was a "manager" - he really wasn't, as he had no authority to make real decisions.
The same seems to hold true for most managers I've seen - the "manager" term seems to be more for a middle man who gets paid more.
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| RahulDG wrote: | | Mike wrote: | | That would be highly specialized application specialists- networking specialists and IT Management |
IT "management" isn't always highly specialized.
In one of my previous jobs, I had an IT manager (who I reported to) who didn't know how to do what I did. ... and, lest someone think that it's OK, and he was a "manager" - he really wasn't, as he had no authority to make real decisions.
The same seems to hold true for most managers I've seen - the "manager" term seems to be more for a middle man who gets paid more.
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was he a local??
there are tons of similar cases here--but an expat manager should know what he is doing 
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| Mike wrote: | | RahulDG wrote: | | Mike wrote: | | That would be highly specialized application specialists- networking specialists and IT Management |
IT "management" isn't always highly specialized.
In one of my previous jobs, I had an IT manager (who I reported to) who didn't know how to do what I did. ... and, lest someone think that it's OK, and he was a "manager" - he really wasn't, as he had no authority to make real decisions.
The same seems to hold true for most managers I've seen - the "manager" term seems to be more for a middle man who gets paid more.
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was he a local??
there are tons of similar cases here--but an expat manager should know what he is doing |
He was not local Chinese, but HK Chinese ... originally from Malaysia.
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there was an HK IT manager at our beijieng office a few years ago-the guy was maikng a fortune but had little idea what he was doing other than he was great at ordering the staff around and acting like a big shot--they finally got rid of him
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| Mike wrote: | | there was an HK IT manager at our beijieng office a few years ago-the guy was maikng a fortune but had little idea what he was doing other than he was great at ordering the staff around and acting like a big shot--they finally got rid of him |
This guy didnt order (and when he tried to, I didnt listen) -
But, he was probably making WAY more than me ...
I see many cases like this daily.
Wonder when I can make more for knowing the same thing a "manager" does
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