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Eastbound and Up: Highest IT Salaries Are Not Where You Might Think

Eastbound and Up: Highest IT Salaries Are Not Where You Might Think

Do you know the way to San Jose? Better yet, as far as salary is concerned, do you know the way to Washington, D.C.?

Do you know the way to San Jose? Better yet, as far as salary is concerned, do you know the way to Washington, D.C.? When you get there, you can expect the average salary for IT workers to be $106,724.

Actually, go just about anywhere in the mid-Atlantic states and you will see the highest salaries among those reported in the 2015 IT Skills & Salary Survey. Virginia was No. 2 on the list, with an average salary of $101,193, New Jersey was No. 3, at $97,039, and Maryland was No. 4, at $96,753.

The 2015 IT Skills and Salary Survey was conducted online from Sept. 15 to Oct. 24, 2014. More than half a million survey invitations were sent to recipients from the databases of Global Knowledge, Windows IT Pro, and partner companies and organizations. More than 16,300 responses worldwide were returned, with 68 percent coming from the United States and Canada. This year’s survey is the eighth annual for Global Knowledge and the third in partnership with Windows IT Pro. (You can download the full report here.)

By region, from highest to lowest, the highest IT salaries are reported in:

  • Mid-Atlantic
  • Pacific
  • South Atlantic
  • New England
  • West South Central
  • Mountain
  • East North Central
  • Ease South Central
  • West North Central

Rounding out the top five states by salary was Connecticut.

The five states by lowest salary were:

  • Indiana ($77,198)
  • Vermont ($76,993)
  • Rhode Island ($76,548)
  • Montana ($74,508)
  • South Dakota ($67,463)

The report notes that there is a great deal of variation within regions, with major metro areas having higher costs of living and, therefore, higher base salaries.

Does your salary stack up compared with the average in your region or state?

 

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