Not a typo! This was my source: https://www.timedoctor.com/blog/average-salary-in-egypt/ https://www.timedoctor.com/blog/average-salary-in-egypt/ Also, that's

Not a typo! This was my source: https://www.timedoctor.com/blog/average-salary-in-egypt/ https://www.timedoctor.com/blog/average-salary-in-egypt/ Also, that's not even like necessarily poor. A software engineer in Alexandria (2nd biggest city after Cairo) makes $5k annually (according to this https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/alexandria-egy https://www.levels.fyi/t/software-engineer/locations/alexand...) and that matches my experience (from people I knew who worked in egypt ~5 years ago, adjusting a bit for inflation). Rent in a good apartment in a good part of town would be $160-ish a month.