Updated on 12 Oct 2026

State of Tech Hiring in Latin America

Role demand, USD benchmark salaries and country distribution, based on real job postings published on EmpleosTech.

EmpleosTech Data Team

EmpleosTech currently aggregates 8.692 active tech job postings across 12 Latin American countries, with 8.442 new postings in the last 30 days. The most in-demand role is Consultor IT.

This report is built from first-party platform data: active postings, salaries declared in postings and verified contributions. We do not use automated estimates for the benchmark salary figures. It is refreshed periodically.

8.692
Active tech jobs
8.442
New in 30 days
+102%
Growth vs. prior month
12
Countries covered

Most in-demand roles and benchmark salary

Roles ranked by number of active postings. Salary is the median monthly USD-equivalent of salaries declared in postings (estimates excluded).

Role Active jobs Median salary (USD/mo) Range (USD/mo)
Consultor IT 1.194 $550 $471 – $5.601
QA / Tester 795 $697 $471 – $4.988
General Practitioner 469 $471 $471 – $471
Full Stack Developer 329 $3.337 $3.337 – $3.337
Redes / Network Engineer 298 $628 $471 – $628
Inteligencia Artificial 281 $1.500 $1.500 – $1.500
Ciberseguridad 276 $711 $471 – $3.115
Sales Representative 270 $471 $471 – $943
Retail Salesperson 253 $471 $471 – $471
Cloud / Infraestructura 235 $4.288 $628 – $6.156
Delivery Driver 221 $314 $314 – $314
Python Developer 210 Not enough data —

Demand distribution by country

Each country's share of total active tech postings in the region.

Country Active jobs Share
Brasil 2.638 32.8%
Chile 1.042 13%
Argentina 1.010 12.6%
México 919 11.4%
Worldwide 908 11.3%
Colombia 554 6.9%
Uruguay 430 5.3%
USA 151 1.9%
Costa Rica 119 1.5%
Estados Unidos 109 1.4%
Perú 87 1.1%
LATAM 71 0.9%

Source: EmpleosTech. Figures are based on real postings published on the platform; benchmark salaries exclude automatically estimated values.

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Frequently asked questions

Where does this data come from?

From job postings published on EmpleosTech and verified salary contributions. Benchmark salary figures are computed only from salaries declared in postings, not from automated estimates.

How often is it updated?

The report is recomputed periodically from active postings, so it reflects recent market demand.

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