CALIFORNIA BUSINESS MINUTE
IT Salaries in CA
02-07-08
Hi, I am Tim Johnson and welcome to the California Business Minute.
With an average salary of $98,876, IT professionals in the Silicon Valley
are the highest paid in the country, according to a survey released by
Dice.com, a career site for technology and engineering professionals.
The 2007 annual salary survey examined more than 19,000 technology
professionals and found that average IT salaries in the United States
increased 1.7 percent to $74,570 in 2007, with experienced technology
managers seeing the largest increases. The Silicon Valley's $98,876
average in 2007 built on its $90,310 average in 2006 and its $85,430
average in 2005.
Next in order for top-paying cities were Boston, Baltimore/Washington, D.C.,
Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, Denver, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Chicago, San Diego,
Atlanta, Philadelphia, Hartford, Houston, Phoenix, and Detroit.
The survey illustrated that tech salaries have slowly but steadily increased over
the last five years after declining in the early part of the decade. E-commerce
workers continued to see the largest salary increases, even after a 14 percent
gain in 2006, it pocketed an additional 4.6 percent in 2007.
Dice.com, is part of dice Holdings Inc a publically traded company. The survey
illustrated that tech salaries have slowly but steadily increased over the last five
years after declining in the early part of the decade.
E-commerce workers continued to see the largest salary increases, even after
2006's 14 percent gain, pocketing an additional 4.6 percent in 2007.
I am Tim Johnson and this has been the California Business Minute.
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