[sans@sans.org: Preliminary SANS Salary Survey Results]

[Bob Tanner <tanner@real-time.com>]

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> I have some preliminary results from the salary survey.  So far, the
> average salary is US$55,425/year.
> 
> Here is the distribution of salaries for various admin types, so far:
> 
> Salary Range   Netwk_Adm   Secur_Adm  Secur_Auditr Sec_Csnlt   Sys_Admin
> Under 20,000    26  1.4%     8  2.3%     1  0.4%     4  1.2%    63  1.6%
> 20,000-29,99   114  6.0%     9  2.6%     4  1.5%     5  1.5%   210  5.3%
> 30,000-39,99   357 18.7%    30  8.7%    21  8.0%    13  3.8%   557 14.0%
> 40,000-49,99   498 26.1%    70 20.4%    27 10.3%    36 10.7%   903 22.8%
> 50,000-59,99   397 20.8%    61 17.8%    40 15.2%    43 12.7%   836 21.1%
> 60,000-69,99   269 14.1%    65 19.0%    41 15.6%    53 15.7%   646 16.3%
> 70,000-79,99   122  6.4%    45 13.1%    46 17.5%    60 17.8%   413 10.4%
> 80,000-89,99    67  3.5%    32  9.3%    32 12.2%    46 13.6%   178  4.5%
> 90,000-99,99    12  0.6%    13  3.8%    27 10.3%    32  9.5%    64  1.6%
> 100,000 & up    49  2.6%    10  2.9%    24  9.1%    46 13.6%    97  2.4%
> Total people  1911         343         263         338        3967  
> Averages    US$50,680.61  $59,098.08  $68,524.71  $73,480.18  $53,708.95  
> 
> Here is some other interesting data:
> 
> * Contractors earn 17.5% more than salaried employees and the few
>   independent consultants who reported earn 50% more than salaried
>   employees.
> 
> * Solaris administrators earn $12,000 more than Windows NT administrators.
>   Linux administrators earn about the same as AIX and Silicon Graphics
>   Administrators and about $3,000 less than Solaris administrators.
> 
> If you have not yet had a chance to complete the salary survey, please
> check out the URL https://www.sans.org/salary99.htm .  Everyone who
> fills out a survey receives a handsome bound copy of the results.  Last
> year's booklet was 36 pages long.
> 
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