Some IT professionals fared significantly better than others this year based on the industry in which they work. Somewhat surprisingly, the Computerworld 2014 Salary Survey respondents who reported the biggest pay increases work for nonprofit organizations, where total compensation — salary plus bonus — was up 4.4% from the previous year.
28th Annual Salary Survey
Other industries that saw strong increases in total compensation include telecommunications (up 4.3%), entertainment/marketing/advertising (up 4.1%), mining/agriculture/construction/engineering (up 3.4%) and legal/insurance/real estate (up 3.3%).
Growth in bonuses was highest for IT pros who work in the legal/insurance/real estate industries, with an average 9% increase, and in telecommunications, with an average 8.6% increase. The industries that saw the largest decreases in bonus payments were education (down 9.7%) and health/medical services (down 7.1%). No industries saw a decrease in total compensation or in salary year-over-year.
Here’s a look at the total compensation of a sampling of IT job titles by industry:
Computer services/consulting
CIO/vice president of IT: $148,500*
IT manager: $123,262*
Software engineer: $103,079
Application developer: $75,289*
Systems administrator: $73,567*
Help desk/tech support specialist: $45,052
Education
CIO/vice president of IT: $168,133*
Director of IT: $101,315
IT manager: $75,313
Network engineer/architect: $71,129*
Systems administrator: $59,948
Help desk/tech support specialist: $48,473
Government
Director of IT: $105,805*
IT manager: $100,049
Technology/business systems analyst: $83,635*
Systems administrator: $80,468*
Programmer/analyst: $79,573*
Help desk/tech support specialist: $58,545*
Healthcare
CIO/vice president of IT: $175,829*
Director of IT: $113,598
IT manager: $90,177
Systems administrator: $71,824
Technology/business systems analyst: $71,018*
Help desk/tech support specialist: $51,030*
Legal & insurance
CIO/vice president of IT: $226,206**
Director of IT: $132,715**
IT manager: $102,760*
Programmer/analyst: $93,811**
Systems administrator: $85,329**
Help desk/tech support specialist: $55,499**
Manufacturing
CIO/vice president of IT: $197,781*
Director of IT: $132,052*
IT manager: $99,050
Systems administrator: $73,467*
Network administrator: $63,078*
Help desk/tech support specialist: $56,052*
* More than 15 responses but fewer than 30
** 15 or fewer responses
via Top-paying industries for IT 2014 – Computerworld.
Top-paying industries for IT 2014
