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Salary Survey 2009

Staff and Entry-level Positions

JOB TITLE
BASE SALARY
BONUS
TOTAL COMPENSATION
% CHANGE FROM 2008
Business intelligence analyst
$75,933
$5,933
$81,866
1.6%

Communications specialist
$81,594
$4,344
$85,938
1.1%

Computer operator / Lead computer operator
$50,216
$669
$50,885
-1.5%

Database administrator
$84,120
$4,635
$88,755
0.1%

Database analyst
$69,375
$2,232
$71,607
-2.9%

Database architect
$98,995
$4,802
$103,797
-0.1%

Database developer / modeler
$76,546
$2,596
$79,142
-3%

E-commerce specialist
$69,950
$1,767
$71,717
7.9%

Help desk / technical support specialist
$50,503
$1,446
$51,949
0.2%

IT / IS technology / business systems analyst
$75,322
$2,983
$78,305
0.1%

Information security specialist
$79,076
$4,617
$83,693
-0.4%

Messaging / e-mail / groupware specialist
$83,598
$6,650
$90,248
0.4%

Network Administrator
$59,378
$1,313
$60,691
-0%

Network architect
$92,595
$3,707
$96,302
-3.9%

Network engineer
$73,583
$4,655
$78,238
2.2%

Programmer / analyst
$73,304
$2,691
$75,995
0.3%

Project leader
$82,395
$5,527
$87,922
-1.4%

Quality assurance specialist
$74,647
$1,633
$76,280
0.7%

Senior systems analyst
$85,932
$4,055
$89,987
-0.3%

Software developer
$80,629
$5,055
$85,684
1.6%

Software engineer
$90,625
$3,101
$93,726
0%

Storage administrator
$82,759
$5,888
$88,647
1.6%

Storage architect / engineer
$101,444
$9,633
$111,077
1.3%

Systems administrator
$68,486
$2,244
$70,730
0.4%

Systems analyst
$71,506
$3,553
$75,059
-4.9%

Systems architect
$102,639
$8,130
$110,769
-0.5%

Systems programmer
$86,892
$2,580
$89,472
0.6%

Technical trainer
$64,981
$3,200
$68,181
1.5%

Technician
$46,975
$1,053
$48,028
-3.9%

Web developer
$64,333
$2,014
$66,347
0.2%

Webmaster
$62,396
$565
$62,961
2%