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Salary Survey 2010

Staff and Entry-level Positions

JOB TITLE
BASE SALARY
BONUS
TOTAL COMPENSATION
% CHANGE FROM 2009
Business intelligence analyst
$76,425
$6,344
$82,769
-4.2%

Communications specialist
$75,473
$6,594
$82,067
-4.8%

Computer operator / Lead computer operator
$50,616
$2,686
$53,302
1.5%

Database administrator
$84,200
$2,644
$86,844
0.5%

Database analyst
$76,971
$3,393
$80,364
0.8%

Database architect
$101,839
$8,595
$110,434
-0.5%

Database developer / modeler
$75,954
$4,709
$80,663
1.7%

E-commerce specialist
$76,250
$15,000
$91,250
7.1%

Help desk / technical support specialist
$49,376
$988
$50,364
-0.6%

IT / IS technology / business systems analyst
$76,953
$3,459
$80,412
-1.2%

Information security specialist
$86,965
$6,702
$93,667
2.7%

Messaging / e-mail / groupware specialist
$86,598
$5,555
$92,153
-4.1%

Network Administrator
$60,835
$2,192
$63,027
0.7%

Network architect
$94,491
$4,351
$98,842
0.9%

Network engineer
$74,046
$5,108
$79,154
0.8%

Programmer / analyst
$71,747
$1,642
$73,389
0.4%

Project leader
$85,876
$4,191
$90,067
-0.8%

Quality assurance specialist
$72,961
$2,757
$75,718
-0.3%

Senior systems analyst
$85,520
$4,713
$90,233
-1%

Software developer
$81,672
$4,722
$86,394
-0.7%

Software engineer
$88,697
$4,250
$92,947
1%

Storage administrator
$77,854
$2,035
$79,889
4.7%

Storage architect / engineer
$105,287
$7,872
$113,159
0.5%

Systems administrator
$69,029
$2,458
$71,487
0.6%

Systems analyst
$73,432
$3,759
$77,191
1.8%

Systems architect
$101,033
$7,651
$108,684
0.2%

Systems programmer
$87,475
$2,143
$89,618
0.2%

Technical trainer
$66,089
$3,626
$69,715
-3.7%

Technician
$50,853
$1,349
$52,202
1.3%

Web developer
$63,309
$3,624
$66,933
5%

Webmaster
$64,414
$62
$64,476
3.9%