US IT salary trend
May. 3rd, 2012 10:48 amMedian manager compensation for Wall Street IT in the securities and investments sector comes at $175,000, 20% of it from bonuses, and typical IT staffer in that sector make $112,000. Biotech managers. now pull in 18% less than securities and investment managers. IT pros in state and local government, nonprofit and education get paid the least.
San Francisco reigns as the highest-paying city, with median IT manager pay of $134,000 and staff pay $111,000.
Washington, as the economy recovers, it's tied for No.1 in size of raise(1.6 %), No.2 in staff pay($108,000) and tied with New York for No.2 in manager pay($130,000).
In hard-hit Detroit, its median IT manager pay of $113,000 puts it ninth on our list of cities. Detroit's median IT staff pay is now at $85,000, on par with Minneapolis and close to Dallas and Chicago.
San Francisco reigns as the highest-paying city, with median IT manager pay of $134,000 and staff pay $111,000.
Washington, as the economy recovers, it's tied for No.1 in size of raise(1.6 %), No.2 in staff pay($108,000) and tied with New York for No.2 in manager pay($130,000).
In hard-hit Detroit, its median IT manager pay of $113,000 puts it ninth on our list of cities. Detroit's median IT staff pay is now at $85,000, on par with Minneapolis and close to Dallas and Chicago.