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Real Rate Survey Data Analysis

January 1 - December 31, 2002 Data

Range if Estimated Annual Income between +1 and _1 Standard Deviation from Mean by Various Categories

Categories reported for those with 5 or more reports including estimated annual salary data.

Where job class is not given, the data is for the specialty as a whole.

Category

+1 Standard Deviation

-1 Standard Deviation

Mean

Standard Deviation

All rates [232]

219,110.61

58,436.95

138,773.78

80,336.83  

Extensions [77]

238,731.03

58,840.39

148,785.71

89,945.32

Brokered [106]

229,150.49

52,462.45

140,806.47

88,344.02

Direct [126]

210,307.38

63,820.08

137,063.73

73,243.65

BY JOB DESCRIPTION

Category

+1 Standard Deviation

-1 Standard Deviation

Mean

Standard Deviation

Prog [9]

156,638.72

90,295.94

123,467.33

33,171.39

Business Analyst [8]

142,994.43

80,505.57

111,750.00

31,244.43

Network Admin [6]

179,056.59

110,276.75

144,666.67

34,389.92

Sysadmin [10]

198,099.25

34,100.75

116,100.00

81,999.25

Sr Prog [102]

199,692.95

55,489.21

127,591.08

72,101.87

Project Manager [8]

262,344.73

96,905.27

179,625.00

82,719.73

Architect [10]

421,765.61

91,234.39

256,500.00

165,265.61

Tech Writer [8]

190,900.88

65,974.12

128,437.50

62,463.38

Consultant [36]

221,531.5

70,329.62

145,930.56

75,600.94

Testing/QA [16]

158,065.28

74,522.22

116,293.75

41,771.53 

BY LANGUAGE AND JOB CLASS        

Category

+1 Standard Deviation

-1 Standard Deviation

Mean

Standard Deviation

Perl Sr Prog [5]

102,809.72

45,190.28

74,000.00

28,809.72

Perl [7]

100,563.49

52,579.37

76,571.43

23,992.06

C# Sr Prog [5]

131,914.3

55,685.7

93,800.00

38,114.30

Access [5]

157,896.46

42,103.54

100,000.00

57,896.46

Cobol [7]

152,559.43

59,657.71

106,108.57

46,450.86

.NET [15]

152,301.25

73,832.09

113,066.67

39,234.58

.NET Sr Prog [13]

153,363.88

74,482.28

113,923.08

39,440.80

Java Sr Prog [17]

166,282.97

69,069.97

117,676.47

48,606.50

VB [26]

164,202.02

83,598.44

123,900.23

40,301.79 

VB Sr Prog [21]

168,908.85

82,138.77

125,523.81

43,385.04

C++ Sr Prog [13]

173,016.09

84,214.67

128,615.38

44,400.71

C++ [15]

172,352.38

89,247.62

130,800.00

41,552.38

C [11]

232,455.28

30,186.54

131,320.91

101,134.37

Java [26]

203,539.62

66,191.14

134,865.38

68,674.24

C Sr Prog [6]

281,090.88

16,919.12

149,005.00

132,085.88

BY DATABASE/PACKAGE AND JOB CLASS        

Category

+1 Standard Deviation

-1 Standard Deviation

Mean

Standard Deviation

SQL Sr Prog [10]

127,967.87

62,432.13

95,200.00

32,767.87

SQL [12]

131,570.55

65,463.79

98,517.17

33,053.38

ASP [11]

153,528.52

80,327.12

116,927.82

36,600.70

ASP Sr Prog [7]

156,727.22

80,987.06

118,857.14

37,870.08

Oracle Sr Prog [9]

178,709.05

68,846.51

123,777.78

54,931.27

SQL Server Sr Prog [7]

182,094.78

74,190.94

128,142.86

53,951.92

SQL Server [9]

195,402.08

69,042.36

132,222.22

63,179.86

Oracle [20]

265,020.53

58,479.47

161,750.00

103,270.53

Oracle Consultant [6]

281,082.47

52,584.19

166,833.33

114,249.14

SAP [6]

275,170.42

164,162.92

219,666.67

55,503.75

Peoplesoft [6]

390,684.18

154,315.82

272,500.00

118,184.18

BY OPERATING SYSTEM AND JOB CLASS        

Category

+1 Standard Deviation

-1 Standard Deviation

Mean

Standard Deviation

Windows NT [5]

134,044.56

74,755.44

104,400.00

29,644.56

Windows Consultant [8]

159,356.94

67,893.06

113,625.00

45,731.94

Windows [31]

168,322.7

71,786.98

120,054.84

48,267.86

Windows 2000 [7]

192,656.14

47,772.44

120,214.29

72,441.85

Solaris [7]

182,758.28

60,813.14

121,785.71

60,972.57

Unix Sr Prog [8]

166,581.06

80,918.94

123,750.00

42,831.06

Windows Sr Prog [15]

171,853.68

81,079.66

126,466.67

45,387.01

Embedded [6]

234,529.94

20,313.4

127,421.67

107,108.27

Unix [14]

222,468.99

53,102.43

137,785.71

84,683.28

Network [11]

20,3397

77,330.28

140,363.64

63,033.36