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Asia
Shanghai
China
Salary & Cost of Living
How do salaries and expenses in Shanghai compare to Los Angeles?
Purchasing Power Comparison
An engineer in Shanghai is 6% worse off vs in Los Angeles
This shows how far a software engineer's salary goes in Shanghai compared to Los Angeles, taking into account both salary differences and cost of living.
Net Salary
$44,958
-$60,782 (-57%) vs Los Angeles
Tax Rate: 39%
Weather
How does the weather in Shanghai compare to Los Angeles?
Los Angeles has better overall weather
3.8/10(vs 9.0/10 in Los Angeles)
Overall weather score based on temperature, sunshine, precipitation, and humidity. Learn how it's calculated
Average High
20°C(vs 24°C in Los Angeles)
Average Low
14°C(same as Los Angeles)
Sunshine Hours
1,776h/yr-1478h/yr(-45%)
Average High in hottest month
31°C(vs 29°C in Los Angeles)
Average Low in coldest month
2°C(vs 9°C in Los Angeles)
Rainy Days
97/yr+69/yr(+245%)
Muggy Days
117/yr+112/yr(+2232%)
Cloud Cover
47%(vs 25% in Los Angeles)
Quality of Life
How does quality of life in Shanghai compare to Los Angeles?
Housing Affordability
How affordable is housing for a software engineer in Shanghai compared to Los Angeles?
Avg. Property Price
$11,185 / m²
51% more expensive than Los Angeles
SWE Affordability
19.9 years
14.3 years longer than Los Angeles
Community & Events
Events listed on lu.ma, a popular Meetup alternative in tech circles, can indicate local community engagement.
Shanghai has around 0 Luma events listed.
That's 100% fewer events than Los Angeles.
Salary Converter
Enter your annual gross salary (before taxes) to see what you would need to earn in Shanghai to maintain the same standard of living.
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