CTO salaries
Monthly net pay from 264 answers since 2021. In 2026 the median is ₺265,000; the middle half earns ₺197,500–₺355,000.
- 2026 median
- ₺265,000
- Last year
- +45%
- 2026 answers
- 37
Monthly net pay by year
MedianMiddle 50% (P25–P75)
- 2022 +142%
- 2023 +61%
- 2024 +127%
- 2025 +33%
- 2026 +45%
Amounts are in each year's nominal lira; in years of high inflation most of the rise is prices, not purchasing power.
2026 distribution · point at a year on the chart
37 people- Bottom 10%
- ₺137,500
- Lower quartile (P25)
- ₺197,500
- Median
- ₺265,000
- Upper quartile (P75)
- ₺355,000
- Top 10%
- ₺400,000
The bottom and top tenth are shown instead of the single lowest and highest answer: the extremes are either mistakes or one person, and showing one answer makes that person recognisable.
2026, by experience
- 10+ yearsLower quartile ₺205,000, upper quartile ₺365,000, 32 people₺275,000
The line is the median, the light band the middle half.
2026, by level
- Senior₺275,000₺205,000 – ₺355,00033 people
The level is the respondent's own answer.
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Every year
| Year | Answers | Lower quartile | Median | Upper quartile | Against the year before |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 37 | ₺197,500 | ₺265,000 | ₺355,000 | +45% |
| 2025 | 60 | ₺152,500 | ₺182,500 | ₺235,000 | +33% |
| 2024 | 39 | ₺97,500 | ₺137,500 | ₺200,000 | +127% |
| 2023 | 69 | ₺40,500 | ₺60,500 | ₺107,500 | +61% |
| 2022 | 38 | ₺24,500 | ₺37,500 | ₺40,500 | +142% |
| 2021 | 21 | ₺9,500 | ₺15,500 | ₺24,500 | — |
Where do the numbers come from?
- The Önceki Yazılımcı salary surveys, run every year from 2021 to 2026: 35,890 answers in all.
Used with the survey author's permission. We keep nothing per person; this page only holds group summaries.
- Only groups of at least 15 people are shown; no figure of a smaller group is published.
- The survey asks for a range; each value is the middle of its range, rounded to 500 lira. A value that falls in an open top range is written with "≥".
- Only answers from people working in Turkey and paid in Turkish lira count.
- Amounts are each year's nominal lira, not adjusted for inflation.