IT Specialities & Their $alaries

Before even starting to write down salaries let me give you a brief overview about IT and its specialties. IT is a broad term and unlike many people think does not mean only writing a computer program. IT as defined by information technology association of America, is the study, design, development, implementation, support or management of computer-based information systems, particularly software applications and computer hardware. Information systems refers to a group or a system, of people, activities and data records in an organization that process the information. And when i say process I mean convert, store, protect, transmit, and securely retrieve the information. As you would have noticed in the definition of IT, it says particularly software applications and computer hardware. Thats why role of software engineer becomes so important because a Software engineers focuses on designing and developing computer software to meet the needs of the rapidly growing population of computer users (personal and in an organization) worldwide. (Phew!! was that too much technical info?!!). In addition to being one of the fastest-growing careers in the nation, this profession lends itself to telecommuting (work from home would be a simpler term!), an added perk if you don't want to leave home to find a higher-paying position. Now the thing that your eyes have been waiting for: THE SALARIES

IT SPECIALTY         SALARY(All salaries for 2008)

Systems Programmer: US$78,685

Programmer/Analyst: US$73,779

Software Engineer: US$84,967

Manager -Systems and Programming: US$103,827

Web Master: US$63,530

Project Manager(Applications): US$100,579

Chief Information Officer:US$181,240 (Large) (WOW!!)

                                                :US$171,200(Medium)

Large and medium imples large size or medium size company. The thing to note here was the maximum gain in salaries was for Chief information officer if you compare IT speciality salaries with previous years. The numbers given above are median figures i.e. medium salaries. Also the numbers vary significantly with the size of industry and the person's experience. I have not given all the numbers here. You can look for listings of all the IT job titles with their salaries year by year starting from 2003 going upto 2008 here. Also, all the figures are from JANCO ASSOCIATES which specializes in IT infrastructure and have a comprehensive overview of IT salaries. So if you are ready to pay; this is the website to look out for.