/ I just received this from "NETWORK WORLD". I thought I would forward it to the group. "Just an old dog learning new tricks". >NETWORK WORLD FUSION FOCUS: TOM WHITLEY on CAREERS >Today's Focus: An update on salaries >08/08/00 > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > >Today's Focus: An update on salaries >-------------------------------------------------- >By Tom Whitley > >This shouldn’t surprise you (if it does, maybe you need to pay >particular attention), but a new salary survey confirms that technical >salaries continue their upward climb. > >Results of the survey conducted by William M. Mercer, a New York firm >specializing in human resource consulting, shows rapid salary increases >across the spectrum of information technology jobs. Considering the >relatively flat U.S. inflation rate, some of the increases are probably >among the highest of any profession in the country. Here are some >examples: > > * The 2000 median salary for operating system managers rose 13% > from $78,900 to $88,900. > > * Senior systems engineers’ pay rose 8.9% to $70,000. > > * Average network administrators enjoyed a 5.8% increase to > $51,300. > > * Senior tech writers’ pay was up 3.1% to $49,500. > > * Network engineers’ compensation rose 9%. > > * Systems administrators saw a 10% increase in salary. > >For comparison, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that wages >and salaries for workers in all private-sector industries increased >4.2% between March 1999 and March 2000. > >Our personal experience as recruiters certainly confirms the trend. We >face a variety of challenges in our efforts to find high-tech talent >for our clients, and have made a couple of observations: > >First, until fairly recently, six-digit salaries for “working class” >technical people were relatively rare; higher management and >consultants were the only consistent exceptions. Today, we are >actively searching for a variety of network design and database pros >to fill positions with a potential to start well above $100,000. We >have difficulty finding qualified people who even want to interview >for many of those positions. > >Second, hiring officials live in the tech world and enjoy a relatively >high salary themselves. They should know the score, but many of them >just can’t seem to come to grips with the amount of money they are >going to have to pay to hire certain kinds of technical people. They >expect us, as recruiters, to produce champagne on a beer budget. Of >course, we’re thankful our clients come to us to help solve their >problems, and sometimes we can produce a real bargain. Unrealistically >low salary caps, however, are causing a lot of grief for companies that >want and need to implement updated networks and business systems that >capitalize on new technology. > >To contact Tom Whitley: >----------------------- >Tom Whitley and the staff of MRI Kannapolis have specialized in >recruiting information technology, telecommunications, and related >staff since 1984. If want to comment on this newsletter, contact him >at mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ >FOR RELATED LINKS -- Click here for Network World's home page: >http://www.nwfusion.com >~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >Got a technical question related to your corporate network? 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