2007 Jobs Report Snapshots

SALARY SURVEY DATA
July 2007; 9,290 RESPONSES

REGAINING MOMENTUM
IT salaries have risen at a slow but steady pace since hitting rock-bottom in 2002. Here are the IT pay raises from 1987 to 2007, as reported in Computerworld’s annual Salary Survey:

SALARY
The salary shift year to year is small, but 3% more respondents received a salary increase this year compared with 2006.

• Across the board, salaries increased slightly in 2007, by 3.7%
• Senior managers saw an increase of 4%.
  (Base: 1,406)
• Middle managers saw an increase of 3.7%.
  (Base: 2,771)
• IT staffers had an average salary increase of 3.6%. (Base: 5,113)

Seventy-five percent of respondents reported that their base salary had increased from one year ago. The average increase was 7%. Eighteen percent reported no change in base salary. Seven percent reported a decrease in salary. The average decrease was 8%.

BONUSES

• Across the board, bonuses increased slightly in 2007, by 3.4%.
  
• Senior managers saw an increase of 4.6%.
  
• Middle managers saw an increase of 2.6%.
  
• IT staffers saw an increase of 2.6%.

Year-to-year
Bonuses are creeping up steadily:

• 2004: 1% increase in bonuses
  
• 2005: 2.8% increase in bonuses
  
• 2006: 3.2% increase in bonuses
  
• 2007: 3.4% increase in bonuses
  

Note: Percentages are based on IT workers employed full time or part time in an IT department.

WHERE'S THE MIDDLE?
The 2007 median annual base salary is $80,000 (half the salaries are above the median, and half are below). For senior management, the median annual base salary is $115,000; for middle management, it’s $88,000; and for staff/technical positions, it’s $70,000.

The median base salaries by region are as follows:

• Pacific: $89,000
• New England: $84,750
• Middle Atlantic: $84,000
• South Atlantic: $84,000
• Mountain: $80,000
• North Central: $76,000
• South Central: $75,000

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