Are salaries this low for expats or locals???

[Jenn]

I just saw this online. Is this a joke?? Are salaries really that low in Argentina? Isn't this about $500 dollars a month? That is crazy!

 

[Betsy Ross]

I just saw this online. Is this a joke?? Are salaries really that low in Argentina? Isn't this about $500 dollars a month? That is crazy!

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That is an extremely low salary. I am not sure if it is real but working 6 days a week for $500 USD a month is very low now. I think my maid cleaning apartments makes more than that now. I doubt they will get very many people interested in that offer.

Salaries are low here but they are heading up. My maid makes 5,000 pesos per hour. She told me she is making about $675 per month. I am not sure what skills is needed but this is a low salary.

 

[Vince]

Salaries have been moving up. Seems low but if someone is out of work they might take anything they can find until they get on their feet. But I am not sure if many expats would take that job. Maybe last year that would be a good salary but they have gone up.

 

[RN in BA]

I just saw this online. Is this a joke?? Are salaries really that low in Argentina? Isn't this about $500 dollars a month? That is crazy!

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Salaries are shockingly low. I am an RN and fully bilingual and although I don't have residency here I could find a job but salaries are very very low. I was helping out some home health care for some elderly patients but you will be in for the shock of your life if you think you will make much money in Argentina. Better have a remote job or stable income from somewhere.

 

[Darksider415]

I spent a few months with a Big 4 consulting company's local branch doing security compliance, and I was pretty much the highest paid member of the team. I started out at 2.200.000/month in June and ended up at 3.100.000/month by November before I jumped ship to the startup I had already been moonlighting with.

 

[Jeb Spencer]

I spent a few months with a Big 4 consulting company's local branch doing security compliance, and I was pretty much the highest paid member of the team. I started out at 2.200.000/month in June and ended up at 3.100.000/month by November before I jumped ship to the startup I had already been moonlighting with.

Thanks for this info. What is an "access control clerk" @Darksider415? Is this a fancy word for security guard? Do they just do security with these automated totems you see in buildings? Do they really make this little per month?

 

[Darksider415]

Thanks for this info. What is an "access control clerk" @Darksider415? Is this a fancy word for security guard? Do they just do security with these automated totems you see in buildings? Do they really make this little per month?

Pretty much security guard/person at the security desk. That salary sounds about right, maybe a bit low, but not too far off for the training phase.

 

[Jeb Spencer]

Pretty much security guard/person at the security desk. That salary sounds about right, maybe a bit low, but not too far off for the training phase.

Got it. Thanks. It's cool that you work in Buenos Aires. I read your residency posts. It sounds like you sure found your footing fast! Congratulations. If I could get a decent remote job I would move down there in a heartbeat!

 

[Uncle Wong]

Pretty much security guard/person at the security desk. That salary sounds about right, maybe a bit low, but not too far off for the training phase.

I asked my friend that did some security work and he said that those salaries are really really low. I would have thought they would pay more but he said very low.

 

[Jenn]

I spent a few months with a Big 4 consulting company's local branch doing security compliance, and I was pretty much the highest paid member of the team. I started out at 2.200.000/month in June and ended up at 3.100.000/month by November before I jumped ship to the startup I had already been moonlighting with.

That seems like a great salary for local standards. Can I ask how you found that job @Darksider415? Was it just networking or any job boards?

I guess it helps you had residency? I remember reading you got your residency. Could you have gotten the job without it?

 

[Darksider415]

That seems like a great salary for local standards. Can I ask how you found that job @Darksider415? Was it just networking or any job boards?

I guess it helps you had residency? I remember reading you got your residency. Could you have gotten the job without it?

1 - It was a mix of LinkedIn and having a very specialized set of skills that aren't super common in Argentina, and they specifically needed someone in Argentina who could interact with a US-based team.

2 - Residency was a requirement to get the role.

 

[Jenn]

1 - It was a mix of LinkedIn and having a very specialized set of skills that aren't super common in Argentina, and they specifically needed someone in Argentina who could interact with a US-based team.

2 - Residency was a requirement to get the role.

Gotcha. Thanks for answering. So basically this is impossible for 99% of people in BA to get these kind of jobs.

 

[Darksider415]

Gotcha. Thanks for answering. So basically this is impossible for 99% of people in BA to get these kind of jobs.

I wouldn't say impossible, but definitely very hard without high-level fluency in English and a solid cybersecurity background. Out of the eight of us in Argentina, only one hadn't lived in an anglophone country before, but even that one exception has parents living in Ireland. Everyone else had lived and/or worked in the US or Canada for a few years, and the team lead was a Canadian who has been here for 15 years.

When we all had to do our mandatory English exams to see if we needed extra training, the one with the worst English on the team had a solid B2 spoken and C2 written level.

 

[Uncle Wong]

I wouldn't say impossible, but definitely very hard without high-level fluency in English and a solid cybersecurity background. Out of the eight of us in Argentina, only one hadn't lived in an anglophone country before, but even that one exception has parents living in Ireland. Everyone else had lived and/or worked in the US or Canada for a few years, and the team lead was a Canadian who has been here for 15 years.

When we all had to do our mandatory English exams to see if we needed extra training, the one with the worst English on the team had a solid B2 spoken and C2 written level.

Are you fluent in Spanish now? That is great that you got a great job. I heard it is difficult to get a good job there in BA in dollars.

 

[Wally]

1 - It was a mix of LinkedIn and having a very specialized set of skills that aren't super common in Argentina, and they specifically needed someone in Argentina who could interact with a US-based team.

2 - Residency was a requirement to get the role.

Great that LinkedIn worked. It used to be a great site but gone downhill over the years. You sound like the perfect choice for them.

 

[Darksider415]

Great that LinkedIn worked. It used to be a great site but gone downhill over the years. You sound like the perfect choice for them.

Well, except that I found a startup who was willing to let me be en blanco in Argentina through their HR/EOR provider, so I jumped ship for 3x the salary. 😂

I'm too much of a capitalist for the Argentine system, as it is.

 

[Wally]

Well, except that I found a startup who was willing to let me be en blanco in Argentina through their HR/EOR provider, so I jumped ship for 3x the salary. 😂

I'm too much of a capitalist for the Argentine system, as it is.

🤣 That is great. I think there will be a lot of opportunities in the future. All sorts of companies should be moving to Argentina. People like you will probably be valuable that have a DNI.

 

[David]

Well, except that I found a startup who was willing to let me be en blanco in Argentina through their HR/EOR provider, so I jumped ship for 3x the salary. 😂

I'm too much of a capitalist for the Argentine system, as it is.

3X jump in salary is great! I know that isn't the norm but is the same thing happening across other jobs? It looks like salary increases are finally beating inflation? Darksider do you think that salaries will keep going up? What is the ceiling? Congratulations on the big increase.

 

[Darksider415]

3X jump in salary is great! I know that isn't the norm but is the same thing happening across other jobs? It looks like salary increases are finally beating inflation? Darksider do you think that salaries will keep going up? What is the ceiling? Congratulations on the big increase.

I don't think it's anywhere near the norm. Yes, increases are starting to get ahead of inflation, and I do think they will go up a bit, but I'll also say my case was rare because it's for a US-based startup that could hire me en blanco through an EOR provider, and the salary I negotiated was based on a total cost to the business equal to an employee based in Colorado for the same role.

100% out of the norm for Argentina, and I don't expect it to be the norm for a while yet.

 

[David]

I don't think it's anywhere near the norm. Yes, increases are starting to get ahead of inflation, and I do think they will go up a bit, but I'll also say my case was rare because it's for a US-based startup that could hire me en blanco through an EOR provider, and the salary I negotiated was based on a total cost to the business equal to an employee based in Colorado for the same role.

100% out of the norm for Argentina, and I don't expect it to be the norm for a while yet.

Thank you. I was going to say that seems rare. Especially the part about the salary in blanco! 🤣🤣🤣