BusinessWeek on the Economics of Offshore Outsourcing
April 2008
According to this BusinessWeek article, dated April 7, 2008:
The average IT worker in the USA costs about $75,000 a year.
The average IT worker in India costs $7,779 a year. There are 1.6 MILLION IT workers in India, and India graduates 495,000 new IT workers every year.
The average IT worker in Mexico costs $17,899 a year. There are 500,000 IT workers in Mexico, and Mexico graduates 65,000 new IT workers every year.
The average IT worker in Brazil costs $13,163. There are 1,000,000 IT workers in Brazil, and Brazil graduates 100,000 new IT workers every year.
