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All the numbers in section 27 are in USD, so technical writer in
India, with 0-2 years experience, makes an average of USD 6306 and not
INR 6306. Same for the other case you quoted.
The references used for this comparison are:
India: STC India 2005 salary survey
US: STC 2004 salary survey
Cost of living in all Indian cities is almost the same except for the
cost of properties. Those are higher in Bangalore and Mumbai.
I am not sure how I should quantify the cost of leaving. Tell me some
common commodities for which you would like to compare the prices and
I can give you the Indian prices.
Thanks,
Paresh
On 7/4/05, Katherine Hinchey <khinchey -at- houston -dot- rr -dot- com> wrote:
>
> I am interested in more conversation about this. Perhaps our members in
> India can help us interpret this data?
>
> Section 27.1 provides this information:
> A technical writer in India, with 0-2 years experience, makes an average
> of INR 6306.
> A technical writer in the US, with the same experience, makes an average
> of USD 41690.
>
> A technical writer in India, with 6-10 years experience, makes an
> average of INR 16078.
> A technical writer in the US, with the same experience, makes an average
> of USD 62950.
>
> What resources do you site to show that these are comparable incomes?
> What standard of living does INR 6306 or INR 16078 provide in Chennai?
> Bangalore? Pune?
>
> Katherine
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