DataMasters, founded in 1971, specializes in supporting all areas of information systems. Our growth and stability are a result of providing successful business solutions through talented people using robust technologies. We are involved in assisting both large and small companies with information technology projects.
Through alliances with other professionals and our European office, we are able to provide opportunities and solutions throughout the United States, Europe, and the Pacific Rim.
2000 Computer Industry Salary Survey
| Job Title | Median Low | Region Median | Median High |
| Management Level | |||
| CIO/Vice President | 107,900 | 158,000 | 181,800 |
| IS Director | 83,200 | 113,700 | 138,000 |
| Manager, Sys. Analysis & Prog. | 76,800 | 97,100 | 111,800 |
| Manager, Sys. Prog./Tech. Support | 74,500 | 95,800 | 119,200 |
| Network Manager LAN/WAN | 70,900 | 92,100 | 102,500 |
| Sys. Analyst/Prog./Proj. Leader | 61,400 | 77,900 | 93,100 |
| Database Admin. Manager | 78,500 | 96,500 | 111,000 |
| Manager Telecommunications | 63,900 | 84,800 | 100,900 |
| E-Commerce Director | 73,100 | 82,100 | 94,900 |
| Data Center Manager | 56,900 | 77,400 | 105,700 |
| PC Work Station Manager | 48,500 | 63,100 | 75,900 |
| Professional Staff | |||
| Senior Software Engineer | 67,300 | 78,200 | 94,400 |
| Software Engineer | 53,800 | 68,700 | 77,100 |
| Sr. Database Analyst/Admin. | 62,500 | 77,300 | 89,500 |
| Post Y2K Analyst | 64,000 | 78,600 | 91,700 |
| Object-Oriented/GUI Developer | 57,500 | 72,100 | 91,100 |
| WWW/Internet Developer | 57,400 | 67,500 | 79,100 |
| Network Administrator LAN/WAN | 52,600 | 66,500 | 79,900 |
| Sr. Systems Analyst Programmer | 54,200 | 71,300 | 78,200 |
| Systems Analyst Programmer | 52,200 | 63,600 | 73,400 |
| Sr. Systems Admin./Unix | 57,900 | 70,100 | 80,400 |
| Sr. Client Server Prog./Analyst | 59,600 | 68,100 | 82,500 |
| Client Server Prog./Analyst | 53,700 | 64,300 | 76,000 |
| Sr. Mid/MF Programmer Analyst | 51,400 | 65,900 | 71,700 |
| Mid/MF Programmer Analyst | 45,800 | 57,700 | 64,900 |
| Telecommunications Specialist | 47,900 | 65,000 | 74,200 |
| PC Applications Specialist | 39,600 | 52,200 | 68,600 |
| Quality Assurance Analyst | 53,100 | 63,300 | 74,400 |
| Security Specialist | 66,500 | 78,500 | 102,800 |
| Job Title | Median Low | Region Median | Median High |
| Management Level | |||
| CIO/Vice President | 123,900 | 157,100 | 190,500 |
| IS Director | 99,100 | 108,000 | 137,900 |
| Manager, Sys. Analysis & Prog. | 82,400 | 94,500 | 113,000 |
| Manager, Sys. Prog./Tech. Support | 81,500 | 90,600 | 110,300 |
| Network Manager LAN/WAN | 73,100 | 85,100 | 105,700 |
| Sys. Analyst/Prog./Proj. Leader | 68,900 | 77,500 | 89,000 |
| Database Admin. Manager | 83,900 | 93,800 | 114,500 |
| Manager Telecommunications | 80,200 | 95,300 | 111,100 |
| E-Commerce Director | 77,600 | 87,300 | 100,800 |
| Data Center Manager | 60,000 | 71,400 | 99,400 |
| PC Work Station Manager | 53,200 | 64,100 | 80,800 |
| Professional Staff | |||
| Senior Software Engineer | 66,500 | 78,700 | 92,900 |
| Software Engineer | 52,700 | 64,900 | 76,500 |
| Sr. Database Analyst/Admin. | 66,300 | 80,900 | 99,000 |
| Post Y2K Analyst | 64,700 | 78,700 | 93,900 |
| Object-Oriented/GUI Developer | 60,000 | 73,600 | 89,500 |
| WWW/Internet Developer | 60,300 | 70,700 | 83,000 |
| Network Administrator LAN/WAN | 60,400 | 69,800 | 80,100 |
| Sr. Systems Analyst Programmer | 62,400 | 67,800 | 76,400 |
| Systems Analyst Programmer | 55,900 | 61,300 | 73,400 |
| Sr. Systems Admin./Unix | 61,500 | 67,900 | 79,100 |
| Sr. Client Server Prog./Analyst | 64,200 | 71,700 | 82,900 |
| Client Server Prog./Analyst | 58,300 | 65,000 | 75,300 |
| Sr. Mid/MF Programmer Analyst | 57,000 | 67,100 | 74,800 |
| Mid/MF Programmer Analyst | 45,900 | 58,100 | 64,900 |
| Telecommunications Specialist | 41,300 | 59,000 | 73,400 |
| PC Applications Specialist | 38,500 | 48,700 | 57,200 |
| Quality Assurance Analyst | 54,600 | 66,900 | 80,300 |
| Security Specialist | 68,800 | 80,900 | 104,700 |
| Job Title | Median Low | Region Median | Median High |
| Management Level | |||
| CIO/Vice President | 165,100 | 204,000 | 261,900 |
| IS Director | 118,100 | 136,900 | 187,500 |
| Manager, Sys. Analysis & Prog. | 95,900 | 109,000 | 130,200 |
| Manager, Sys. Prog./Tech. Support | 83,600 | 106,100 | 128,500 |
| Network Manager LAN/WAN | 78,300 | 91,800 | 119,900 |
| Sys. Analyst/Prog./Proj. Leader | 70,000 | 86,500 | 107,200 |
| Database Admin. Manager | 90,700 | 105,500 | 120,100 |
| Manager Telecommunications | 80,000 | 94,300 | 109,900 |
| E-Commerce Director | 91,700 | 103,200 | 119,100 |
| Data Center Manager | 80,600 | 94,000 | 110,300 |
| PC Work Station Manager | 57,400 | 73,900 | 88,100 |
| Professional Staff | |||
| Senior Software Engineer | 67,400 | 82,100 | 96,800 |
| Software Engineer | 57,800 | 70,700 | 85,300 |
| Sr. Database Analyst/Admin. | 73,500 | 81,900 | 100,100 |
| Post Y2K Analyst | 68,200 | 85,100 | 98,500 |
| Object-Oriented/GUI Developer | 68,500 | 79,400 | 101,300 |
| WWW/Internet Developer | 70,800 | 83,100 | 97,400 |
| Network Administrator LAN/WAN | 65,100 | 75,500 | 93,300 |
| Sr. Systems Analyst Programmer | 65,100 | 71,400 | 90,500 |
| Systems Analyst Programmer | 56,400 | 64,200 | 80,500 |
| Sr. Systems Admin./Unix | 68,100 | 79,300 | 96,100 |
| Sr. Client Server Prog./Analyst | 64,900 | 77,100 | 93,500 |
| Client Server Prog./Analyst | 58,700 | 70,500 | 85,100 |
| Sr. Mid/MF Programmer Analyst | 56,200 | 67,200 | 81,700 |
| Mid/MF Programmer Analyst | 44,700 | 54,800 | 68,100 |
| Telecommunications Specialist | 47,900 | 58,900 | 77,100 |
| PC Applications Specialist | 44,600 | 50,700 | 70,500 |
| Quality Assurance Analyst | 56,900 | 70,000 | 84,700 |
| Security Specialist | 71,000 | 83,300 | 110,500 |
| Job Title | Median Low | Region Median | Median High |
| Management Level | |||
| CIO/Vice President | 96,200 | 146,200 | 171,500 |
| IS Director | 78,900 | 105,800 | 125,100 |
| Manager, Sys. Analysis & Prog. | 71,600 | 90,900 | 107,800 |
| Manager, Sys. Prog./Tech. Support | 69,700 | 83,900 | 99,100 |
| Network Manager LAN/WAN | 60,100 | 76,500 | 100,200 |
| Sys. Analyst/Prog./Proj. Leader | 55,300 | 67,000 | 81,800 |
| Database Admin. Manager | 75,500 | 88,300 | 112,800 |
| Manager Telecommunications | 72,300 | 89,900 | 100,900 |
| E-Commerce Director | 75,700 | 85,100 | 98,700 |
| Data Center Manager | 74,200 | 87,500 | 107,100 |
| PC Work Station Manager | 44,300 | 57,200 | 70,000 |
| Professional Staff | |||
| Senior Software Engineer | 64,300 | 75,100 | 93,500 |
| Software Engineer | 48,400 | 57,500 | 69,900 |
| Sr. Database Analyst/Admin. | 65,900 | 75,600 | 93,300 |
| Post Y2K Analyst | 66,000 | 81,400 | 96,300 |
| Object-Oriented/GUI Developer | 53,900 | 64,700 | 89,900 |
| WWW/Internet Developer | 59,800 | 70,200 | 82,300 |
| Network Administrator LAN/WAN | 49,900 | 61,300 | 79,600 |
| Sr. Systems Analyst Programmer | 55,900 | 65,100 | 74,800 |
| Systems Analyst Programmer | 44,900 | 54,800 | 63,900 |
| Sr. Systems Admin./Unix | 57,800 | 69,300 | 85,100 |
| Sr. Client Server Prog./Analyst | 56,000 | 68,100 | 82,900 |
| Client Server Prog./Analyst | 52,400 | 62,300 | 77,700 |
| Sr. Mid/MF Programmer Analyst | 51,600 | 64,900 | 72,800 |
| Mid/MF Programmer Analyst | 42,300 | 54,200 | 61,700 |
| Telecommunications Specialist | 37,900 | 52,800 | 62,200 |
| PC Applications Specialist | 39,400 | 47,100 | 57,900 |
| Quality Assurance Analyst | 51,900 | 65,100 | 89,100 |
| Security Specialist | 65,300 | 77,500 | 99,700 |
| Job Title | Median Low | Region Median | Median High |
| Management Level | |||
| CIO/Vice President | 158,300 | 189,100 | 219,800 |
| IS Director | 107,100 | 120,100 | 165,800 |
| Manager, Sys. Analysis & Prog. | 88,900 | 105,300 | 124,700 |
| Manager, Sys. Prog./Tech. Support | 83,900 | 98,000 | 113,400 |
| Network Manager LAN/WAN | 73,800 | 88,100 | 113,100 |
| Sys. Analyst/Prog./Proj. Leader | 71,100 | 84,900 | 95,000 |
| Database Admin. Manager | 80,600 | 96,900 | 107,500 |
| Manager Telecommunications | 77,500 | 93,300 | 113,100 |
| E-Commerce Director | 89,800 | 101,000 | 116,800 |
| Data Center Manager | 79,100 | 93,600 | 105,900 |
| PC Work Station Manager | 58,500 | 81,200 | 89,700 |
| Professional Staff | |||
| Senior Software Engineer | 68,600 | 82,900 | 93,500 |
| Software Engineer | 61,200 | 71,700 | 79,200 |
| Sr. Database Analyst/Admin. | 68,100 | 80,400 | 94,500 |
| Post Y2K Analyst | 66,800 | 84,200 | 97,600 |
| Object-Oriented/GUI Developer | 62,300 | 79,200 | 92,200 |
| WWW/Internet Developer | 69,900 | 82,000 | 96,800 |
| Network Administrator LAN/WAN | 56,700 | 74,300 | 78,700 |
| Sr. Systems Analyst Programmer | 60,600 | 75,400 | 86,900 |
| Systems Analyst Programmer | 52,700 | 62,000 | 73,200 |
| Sr. Systems Admin./Unix | 68,100 | 80,000 | 94,700 |
| Sr. Client Server Prog./Analyst | 60,100 | 73,800 | 93,200 |
| Client Server Prog./Analyst | 55,400 | 67,800 | 84,900 |
| Sr. Mid/MF Programmer Analyst | 52,500 | 72,800 | 80,000 |
| Mid/MF Programmer Analyst | 44,400 | 60,700 | 65,700 |
| Telecommunications Specialist | 55,500 | 64,100 | 76,700 |
| PC Applications Specialist | 41,700 | 53,900 | 65,800 |
| Quality Assurance Analyst | 56,700 | 69,800 | 83,100 |
| Security Specialist | 70,800 | 83,500 | 107,100 |
Among the estimated 2,000,000 executives and professionals at work in the information systems industry, compensation is a rapidly-changing subject of paramount importance.
Meanwhile, for the nation's thousands of employers of these high-tech specialists, compensation is an equally fast-evolving element in attracting, hiring, and retaining key professionals.
As a service to the profession... to enable employers and candidates to evaluate their own compensation situations... the member firms of National Computer Associates have joined forces to present this 2000 salary survey.
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National Computer Associates is an international network, specializing in the recruitment and placement of information systems professionals. NCA was founded in 1971 and has grown steadily since that time, with offices located in major cities in the U.S. and abroad.
Our purpose is twofold: to provide employers far more candidates than are available locally, and to provide candidates with an opportunity to relocate to their favorite part of the country. Membership in the association is restricted to only those firms that have a reputation for integrity, ethical conduct and achievement.
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