Total IT compensation by region
Computerworld's 19th Annual Salary Survey was administered via the Internet. Responses from both Computerworld print subscribers and visitors to Computerworld.com were included in the survey results.
The collection of survey data began May 3 and concluded June 30, 2005. A total of 15,988 people responded to the survey.Of those respondents, 14,253 were employed full or part time and were eligible to complete the entire survey.
At the 95% confidence level, the margin of error for this sample size is less than +/-1 percentage point.
Respondents were asked to report the percentage change in their compensation for 2004 to 2005. Compensation figures for 2004 were calculated based on the percentage change reported by the respondents.
| Total IT Compensation (salary plus bonuses) by region | |||||||
| New England | Middle Atlantic | South Atlantic | North Central | South Central | Mountain | Pacific | |
| CIO/Vice President of IT | $156,328 | $184,307 | $154,939 | $164,357 | $157,123 | $160,151 | $168,975 |
| Director of IT/IS | $112,329 | $123,134 | $101,253 | $104,313 | $100,031 | $90,994 | $121,039 |
| IT manager | $81,979 | $95,140 | $87,274 | $82,645 | $80,000 | $77,371 | $89,191 |
| Project manager | $95,128 | $102,089 | $100,728 | $89,622 | $89,973 | $92,559 | $99,266 |
| Application development manager | $103,251 | $105,703 | $101,879 | $97,029 | $97,694 | $95,505 | $109,048 |
| Database administrator | $92,419 | $80,307 | $83,105 | $82,996 | $76,232 | $79,355 | $88,530 |
| Help desk/technical support specialist | $61,589 | $49,082 | $50,926 | $44,897 | $43,785 | $44,757 | $56,654 |
| Technology/business systems analyst | $76,470 | $76,914 | $78,449 | $72,525 | $69,102 | $65,296 | $81,587 |
| Network administrator | $64,020 | $60,963 | $58,570 | $50,582 | $50,371 | $45,076 | $58,978 |
| Network engineer | $73,109 | $74,709 | $74,951 | $64,300 | $69,389 | $69,282 | $78,069 |
| Programmer analyst | $76,107 | $67,654 | $67,698 | $64,867 | $69,157 | $63,184 | $80,048 |
| Software developer | $83,215 | $83,272 | $76,434 | $70,080 | $83,703 | $75,142* | $100,872 |
| Software engineer | $85,089 | $81,387 | $81,479 | $80,885 | $84,402 | $87,423 | $93,625 |
| Systems administrator | $70,324 | $71,669 | $65,923 | $63,213 | $60,287 | $71,957 | $68,491 |
| Systems analyst | $73,641* | $62,479 | $63,664 | $64,032 | $62,592 | $68,097 | $69,798 |
| Senior systems analyst | $78,926 | $84,315 | $81,088 | $78,429 | $84,592 | $81,032* | $95,285 |
| Systems architect | $116,464 | $104,385 | $96,895 | $94,164 | $103,466 | $111,821 | $114,976 |
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| GOLD TEXT - Indicates the total base for this particular region was less than 30 responses but more than 15 responses. These figures should be used for comparison only. * - Indicates the total base for this job title in this particular region was fewer than 16 responses but more than nine. These figures should be used for comparison only. Regions are as follows: New England = Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island; Middle Atlantic = New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania; South Atlantic = Delaware, District of Columbia, Maryland, Virginia, West Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands; North Central = Wisconsin, Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri; South Central = Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Texas; Mountain = Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico; Pacific = Alaska, Washington, Oregon, California, Hawaii, Guam |
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