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2006 Salary Survey

2006 Salary Survey: Staff and Entry-level Positions

Stats & Snapshots
STAFF AND ENTRY-LEVEL POSITIONS
Database administrator Help desk/
tech support specialist
Information security specialist Technology/ business analyst Network engineer/ wireless network engineer Network administrator Programmer/ analyst Project leader Software developer
Average salary Average salary Average salary Average salary Average salary Average salary Average salary Average salary Average salary
$79,098 $46,016 $76,087 $68,579 $68,986 $52,699 $65,030 $78,100 $73,412
Bonus Bonus Bonus Bonus Bonus Bonus Bonus Bonus Bonus
$4,646 $2,466 $5,881 $3,783 $5,332 $2,371 $3,525 $4,950 $4,807
Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total Total
$83,745 $48,482 $81,968 $72,362 $74,319 $55,070 $68,555 $83,050 $78,218
2005 Total 2005 Total 2005 Total 2005 Total 2005 Total 2005 Total 2005 Total 2005 Total 2005 Total
$81,898 $47,181 $79,287 $70,219 $72,374 $53,419 $66,802 $81,081 $75,883
Percentage of increase Percentage of increase Percentage of increase Percentage of increase Percentage of increase Percentage of increase Percentage of increase Percentage of increase Percentage of increase
2.3 2.8 3.4 3.1 2.7 3.1 2.6 2.4 3.1
A Sampling of Average Total Compensation by Industry
Services/ consulting (computer- related) Education Services/ consulting (computer-related) Services/ consulting (computer-related) IT/ computer-related services/ consulting Manufac-turing (non computer-related) Services/ consulting (computer-related) Services/ consulting (computer-related) Services/ consulting (computer-related)
$91,076 $40,149 $85,083 $75,897 $73,458 $54,899 $64,269 $79,495 $79,043
Government Services/ consulting (computer- related) Banking Manufac-
turing (non
computer-related)
Telecommu-nications Health care Legal/ insurance/ real estate Manufacturing (non computer- related) Legal/ insurance/ real estate
$75,238 $53,333 $70,364 $68,168 $79,151 $50,947 $68,362 $88,380 $71,304
Health care Manufacturing (non computer-related) Government Government Health/ medical Services Government Manufacturing (non computer-related) Government Banking
$79,755 $45,539 $83,781 $67,837 $67,696 $58,755 $67,403 $85,744 $78,341
Manufacturing (non computer-related) Government Legal/ insurance/ real estate Health care Manufacturing (non computer- related) Education Government Finance/ accounting Health care
$82,550 $47,789 $82,648 $61,390 $77,493 $44,995 $62,906 $80,463 $72,974
Legal/ insurance/ real estate Health care Finance/ accounting Legal/ insurance/
real estate
Government Services/ consulting (computer-related) Education Defense/ aerospace Manufacturing (computer-related)
$87,941 $46,189 $84,053 $70,856 $74,353 $54,349 $57,228 $98,907* $94,477
Education Legal/ insurance/
real estate
Defense/ aerospace Education Education Legal/ insurance/ real estate Health care Health care Telecommu-nications
$67,554 $47,403 $79,265 $56,659 $57,597 $59,569 $67,171 $68,563* $86,079
Finance/ accounting Finance/ accounting Health care Banking Finance/ accounting Banking Retail trade Education Government
$80,777 $47,596 $79,750* $71,581 $87,636* $56,156 $69,412 $65,347* $73,121
Retail trade Banking Telecommu-nications Finance/ accounting Banking Services/ consulting
(non computer-related)
Finance/ accounting Transpor-tation/
logistics
Finance/ accounting
$81,653 $52,394 $95,568* $83,393 $66,740* $50,964 $78,651 $78,503* $86,950
Banking Transportation/
logistics
  Defense/ aerospace Defense/ aerospace Finance/ accounting Banking Energy/ utilities Manufacturing (non computer-related)
$99,307* $47,848   $83,133 $87,236* $62,128 $72,576 $80,383* $75,623*
Telecommu-nications Services/ consulting (non computer-related)   Telecommu-nications Services/ consulting (non computer-related) Wholesale trade Transportation/ logistics Legal/ insurance/ real estate Defense/ aerospace
$99,698* $51,181   $83,756 $72,914* $48,715 $73,960 $79,524* $74,877*
Defense/ aerospace Entertainment/ advertising   Energy/ utilities Legal/ insurance/ real estate Nonprofit Services/ consulting (non computer-related) Manufacturing (computer-related) Energy/ utilities
$79,676* $42,125   $67,424 $81,310* $51,600 $65,539 $105,279* $73,137*
Entertainment/ advertising Manufac-turing (computer- related)   Manufac-turing (computer-related) Agriculture/ construction Trans-portation/ logistics Telecommu-nications Telecommu-nications Services/ consulting (non computer-related)
$85,960* $69,908*   $102,426 $60,990* $60,006 $71,151 $96,300* $74,231*
Transpor-tation/
logistics
Energy/ utilities   Transpor-tation/
logistics
Entertain- ment/ advertising Energy/ utilities    
$83,188* $55,762*   $74,681 $64,357* $76,118    
Energy/ utilities Telecommu-nications   Services/ consulting (non computer-related) Agriculture/ construction Wholesale trade    
$92,542* $54,860*   $85,340* $61,204* $77,697*    
      Retail trade Retail trade Defense/ aerospace    
      $69,354* $43,013* $83,398*    
        Manufac-turing (computer-related) Entertainment/ advertising    
        $67,612* $65,517*    
          Manufacturing (computer-related)    
            $86,564*    
A Sampling of Average Total Compensation by Company Revenue
Less than $100M Less than $100M Less than $100M Less than $100M Less than $100M Less than $100M Less than $100M Less than $100M Less than $100M
$72,257 $43,945 $79,041 $62,252 $69,558 $51,522 $62,585 $73,026 $69,797
$100M to $999.9M $100M to $999.9M $100M to $999.9M $100M to $999.9M $100M to $999.9M $100M to $999.9M $100M to $999.9M $100M to $999.9M $100M to $999.9M
$84,137 $49,460 $78,732 $69,422 $70,438 $56,790 $67,994 $74,002 $80,369
$1B to $10B $1B to $10B $1B to $10B $1B to $10B $1B to $10B $1B to $10B $1B to $10B $1B to $10B $1B to $10B
$89,383 $55,509 $86,023 $78,425 $80,451 $67,394 $72,268 $85,011 $83,132
More than $10B More than $10B More than $10B More than $10B More than $10B More than $10B More than $10B More than $10B More than $10B
$96,812 $56,590 $89,373 $83,163 $82,565 $70,465 $77,413 $100,185 $89,092

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