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 Average Annual Base Salary by Certification
| 2006 to 2007 IT Salary Comparison |
2006 |
2007 |
$$ variance |
| MCP, NT 4.0 |
$72,164 |
N/A |
N/A |
| MCP, Windows 2000 |
$69,757 |
N/A |
N/A |
| MCP, Windows 2003 Server |
$68,426 |
N/A |
N/A |
| MCP, Developer |
$73,409 |
$70,409 |
$3,000 |
| MCP, Other |
$66,765 |
N/A |
N/A |
| MCP + Internet |
$73,536 |
$78,411 |
$4,875 |
| MCSA, Windows 2000 |
$71,672 |
$68,582 |
$3,090 |
| MCSA, Windows 2003 |
$71,250 |
$73,089 |
$1,839 |
| MCSA: Messaging, Windows 2000 |
$66,667 |
$71,691 |
$5,024 |
| MCSA: Messaging, Windows 2003 |
$58,333 |
$73,056 |
$14,723 |
| MCSA: Security, Windows 2000 |
$68,452 |
$70,383 |
$1,931 |
| MCSA: Security, Windows 2003 |
$66,944 |
$71,493 |
$4,549 |
| MCSE, NT 4.0 |
$71,900 |
$77,079 |
$5,179 |
| MCSE, Windows 2000 |
$69,905 |
$73,898 |
$3,993 |
| MCSE, Windows 2003 |
$67,057 |
$74,273 |
$7,216 |
| MCSE: Messaging, Windows 2000 |
$63,804 |
$73,472 |
$9,668 |
| MCSE: Messaging, Windows 2003 |
$67,143 |
$74,308 |
$7,165 |
| MCSE: Security, Windows 2000 |
$70,395 |
$73,472 |
$3,077 |
| MCSE: Security, Windows 2003 |
$72,024 |
$72,673 |
$649 |
| MCSE + Internet |
$69,563 |
$78,535 |
$8,972 |
| MCAD, VS .NET |
$79,022 |
$82,323 |
$3,301 |
| MCSD, VS 6.0 |
$74,722 |
$85,539 |
$10,817 |
| MCSD, VS .NET |
$74,063 |
$91,124 |
$17,061 |
| MCDBA, SQL Server 7 |
$68,250 |
$86,225 |
$17,975 |
| MCDBA, SQL Server 2000 |
$71,515 |
$80,511 |
$8,996 |
| MCT |
$70,648 |
$82,322 |
$11,674 |
| MCTS: SQL Server |
$91,500 |
$85,056 |
$6,444 |
| MCTS: .NET |
$55,000 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Salary, Non-Microsoft Certifications |
2006 |
2007 |
$$ variance |
| PMI Project Management Professional |
$87,917 |
$99,522 |
$11,605 |
| Red Hat RHCE |
$86,875 |
$83,700 |
$3,175 |
| Sun SCJP |
$85,357 |
$74,342 |
$11,015 |
| Check Point CCSE |
$84,643 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Check Point CCSA |
$82,500 |
$88,594 |
$6,094 |
| Novell CNE |
$77,857 |
$77,439 |
$418 |
| IBM-Lotus (any) |
$77,500 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Sun-Solaris (any) |
$75,192 |
$73,709 |
$1,483 |
| Hewlett Packard ASE |
$74,722 |
$56,926 |
$17,796 |
| Citrix CCEA |
$74,500 |
$88,325 |
$13,825 |
| IBM (other than Lotus) |
$73,200 |
$74,475 |
$1,275 |
| Cisco CCNA |
$71,823 |
$71,425 |
$398 |
| Hewlett-Packard (other) |
$71,220 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Novell CNA |
$70,809 |
$72,491 |
$1,682 |
| Cisco CCNP |
$70,500 |
$73,408 |
$2,908 |
| CompTIA (other) |
$70,000 |
N/A |
N/A |
| Citrix CCA |
$69,461 |
$77,712 |
$8,251 |
| Dell (any) |
$69,211 |
$66,107 |
$3,104 |
| Cisco CCDA |
$68,269 |
$70,667 |
$2,398 |
| CompTIA Server+ |
$67,250 |
$72,528 |
$5,278 |
| Apple (any) |
$66,923 |
$74,393 |
$7,470 |
| CompTIA CTT+ |
$66,000 |
$85,727 |
$19,727 |
| CompTIA Security+ |
$61,848 |
$65,828 |
$3,980 |
| CompTIA A+ |
$59,961 |
$63,148 |
$3,187 |
| CompTIA Network+ |
$59,342 |
$62,687 |
$3,345 |
| Oracle OCA |
$97,857 |
$88,250 |
$9,607 |
| (ISC)2 CISSP |
$82,800 |
$88,474 |
$5,674 |
| CompTIA Project+ |
$80,833 |
$80,723 |
$110 |
| Certified Wireless Network Professional |
$72,500 |
$73,455 |
$955 |
| Cisco CCDP |
$65,000 |
$70,667 |
$5,667 |
| EC-Council (any) |
$63,750 |
$73,500 |
$9,750 |
| CompTIA Linux+ |
$61,250 |
$66,922 |
$5,672 |
Source: “11th Annual Salary Survey, 2006,” Redmond Magazine, Copyright 1996-2006, 1105 Media Inc.
“Redmond’s 12th Annual IT Salary Survey, 2007,” Redmond Magazine, Copyright 1996-2007, 1105 Media Inc.
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