What is left is my take-home pay. The number of engineers here will continue to grow. Many Indonesians think that engineering is a respectable profession. Many high-school students will make it their first choice when they go to university. Most will find, however, that when they graduate, their hard work and talent are not worth that much salarywise.
Indonesian engineers are overworked and way, way underpaid.
Such persons do not produce goods or services or entertainments. They are chosen to govern and if they govern well they earn the respect of the people. Some time ago I read that Mr. Goh Chok Tong equated his huge salary with the compensation received by four of Singapore's best paid industrial CEOs. It seems to me that a more appropriate guide would be the salaries paid to four leaders of other prosperous nations. They lead countries that have huge populations and industrial productivity, and global responsibilities.