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SALARY SURVEY
and students’? It gets used all the time. Where is the staff in that? We’re invisible until something goes wrong,” said a help desk/technical support manager at a four-year public institution in New York.
“At the two-year level IT is in trouble. You cannot afford high-quality, experienced personnel due to salaries, enrollments are on a consistent decline, administration thinks they understand the significance of IT but do not act or budget [accordingly], security disasters are looming, cloud tools outpacing the ability to control and protect,” opined an
LMS administrator at a two-year public institution in Missouri.
“While the job market is strong in IT, the jobs no longer pay as well as they used to,
and that goes double for higher ed,” said a systems analyst at a four-year public in Penn- sylvania. “Women feel less welcome in IT now than ever before, and there has been a brain drain as older, highly skilled women have left the field in favor of something with less hassle and more opportunity. The young, male-oriented nature of IT means the most experienced workers are pushed out while they still have valuable insight.”4
FIGURE 2
GROUPED SALARIES
What is your current salary?
CIO/CTO/ CSO/CDO
IT DIRECTORS
IT MANAGERS
PROJECT MANAGEMENT
NETWORK/ DATA CENTER MANAGEMENT
INSTRUCTIONAL DESIGN/ TECHNOLOGY
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS/ ADMINISTRATION
TRAINER
HELP DESK/ COMPUTER SUPPORT
PUBLIC
$127, 166
$96,332
$70,041
$74,731
$62,627
$64,149
$72,273
$72,500
$59,731
PRIVATE NOT-FOR-PROFIT
$122,000
$106,000
$73,631
NA
$68,400
$68,167
$63,860
NA
$52,475
FIGURE 3
PROSPECTS FOR SALARY GROWTH
Do you anticipate receiving a raise within the next 12 months?
YES
NO
PUBLIC
58%
42%
PRIVATE NOT-FOR-PROFIT
67%
33%
FIGURE 4
PROSPECTS FOR PROMOTION
Do you anticipate a promotion within the next 12 months?
YES
NO
PUBLIC
19%
81%
PRIVATE NOT-FOR-PROFIT
7%
93%
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