Argentine starting salary

[Redondo]

I was wondering who someone earns with a bachelor, 24/25 years old and 2 years of (part-time) working experience.

Lawyer.

Doctor.

Engineer.

Bookkeeper.

Marketing-specialist.

HRM - manager.

Architect.

Software programmer.

Recepionist at a big hotel.

Cook.

English teacher

[Andres]

My estimations, inserted in your message.


I was wondering who someone earns with a bachelor, 24/25 years old and 2 years of (part-time) working experience.

Lawyer: ARS 500-1500, if any.

Doctor: ARS 500-1500, if any.

Engineer: ARS 1500-2500 (depending on specialty)

Bookkeeper: ARS 1000-1500

Marketing-specialist: ARS 1000-2000 (in order to be a specialist, you have to have more than 2 yr p / t experience)

HRM - manager: ARS 3000-5000

Architect: ARS 500-1500, if any.

Software programmer: ARS 1000-2000 (depending on skills)

Recepionist at a big hotel: ARS 500-1500, if any.

Cook: ARS 1500

English teacher: ARS 1000-1500Only rough estimations.

Professionals as such make very very little money there.

To give you a concrete example, a sales executive of a multinational makes roughly ARS 5000-7000, including comissions.

Hope this helps,

Andres

[Spanky]

Technical people in the petroleum sector including engineers and geotechnical professionals are paid as follows.

24-25 year old kids with a college degree and 1 year experience: 3000-3500 pesos per month.

A 20 year plus experienced petroleum professional will make 13,000-16,000 peso per month.

These numbers are based on the energy industry market surveys.

[Andres]

Technical people in the petroleum sector including engineers and geotechnical professionals are paid as follows.

24-25 year old kids with a college degree and 1 year experience: 3000-3500 pesos per month.

A 20 year plus experienced petroleum professional will make 13,000-16,000 peso per month.

These numbers are based on the energy industry market surveys.Those figures seem to be accurate, but take into account that the petroleum sector is very special. As in North America, if you are willing to work at remote and unattractive areas (dry, windy, cold regions of Neuquén and Santa Cruz, something comparable to some places in Alaska, Alberta or Texas) you can certainly make a good salary. I doubt that an AutoCAD designer making blueprints for an engineering firm at downtown BA would make such money (but a chemical engineer working for Shell CAPSA at Dock Sud would)

Also, the cost of life in those regions is even higher than in BA (at least for food and other supplies that cannot be sourced locally) That is, you make more but you spend more too (and even more if you periodically visit your family back home) I know that firsthand because I provided services to companies in that sector and traveling to those provinces.

Andres

[Tiny12]

Andres, most petroleum engineers and geologists don't work in remote places -- most work in offices in cities. While I know very little about the industry in Argentina, I'd suspect the high salaries are a supply and demand thing. And right now there's a lot of demand and not much supply. A competent petroleum engineer with good English and 5+ years experience could move to Houston or Calgary and make a lot more than 16,000 pesos / month.