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Redmond Magazine's 2006 Salary Survey Report: Is A Raise In Your Future?
2006 was a good year for Microsoft IT professionals: Salaries crept up and job satisfaction ranked higher.

IRVINE, CA -- September 12, 2006 -- While Redmond magazine’s 2006 report on U.S. IT professional salary increase of 3.3 percent seems weak against the 2005 report (at 12 percent from the previous year), the news is still positive: Average overall base salary is back up, breaking $70,901. And that figure looks even better against IT worker salaries across the U.S. on the whole, where the Labor Department's wage report from June showed a mean salary of $63,210.

"We didn't see the gains that MCPs reported from '04 to '05, but the MCP designation continues to be the key difference for those in IT who want to be well compensated," said Michael Domingo, MCPmag.com editor, who compiled this year's report. Mean salaries for those who claimed to hold any MCP title was $69,431, which beats 2005 results by $3,594.

MCPs also reported higher job satisfaction than last year, good news for an aging IT worker population. Even with an average of 12.1 years among them, satisfaction with compensation and other salary adjustments is rated at 4.25, edging last year's 4.09. (Those surveyed were asked to rate job satisfaction questions -- compensation, bonuses, responsibilities, job perks -- between 1 and 5, with 5 being "very satisfied.")

The 2006 Salary Survey results contrast sharply with the drab numbers reported two years ago, where salaries appeared sluggish at only a 0.3 percent gain, which seemed to be profoundly affected by the outsourcing threat and an economy only getting back to recovery mode.

Other highlights from this year's survey:

  • Those holding the new-generation SQL Server titles hovered close to the six-figure range (with MCITP: SQL Server titleholders well above that).

  • IT hiring continues to be hot, with 42 percent of respondents claiming that the companies they work for will hire one or more people.

"If there's anything to take away from this year's survey, it's that Microsoft IT salaries have been positive for three years running," says Domingo. "Right now is the time to convince employers to compensate you fairly, since it might be harder to do so in the years to come. With inflation edging upward, who knows if salaries will remain high even a year from now?"

Redmond magazine has conducted an annual salary survey of IT professionals for the past eleven years. This year's salary survey was compiled internally by the Redmond Media Group. It is based on the responses of 1,280 U.S.-based IT professionals gathered from July 12 - July 21, 2006. The entire report is available online at http://redmondmag.com/salarysurveys.


About Redmond Media Group
The Redmond Media Group (RMG) is dedicated to serving all aspects of the Microsoft market: the Microsoft customer, developer and partner communities. RMG provides news, in-depth analysis, and hands-on information for IT directors, corporate development managers, administrators and partners in the Microsoft community. They also serve IT professionals interested in advancing their technical knowledge and careers through IT certification. The growing portfolio includes Redmond magazine, Redmond Channel Partner magazine, Redmond Developer News magazine, CertCities.com, ENTmag.com, MCPmag.com, RCPmag.com, reddevnews.com, Redmondmag.com, TCPmag.com, TechMentor Conferences and nearly a dozen high-circulation e-mail newsletters. For more information, visit http://redmondmediagroup.com.

Contact:
Michael Domingo
Editor, MCPmag.com, Redmondmag.com
949-265-1564


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