Salary Woes for Cisco Pros
6/3/2002 -- Think you'll make six-figures as a Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert (CCIE)? Think again. According to TCPMag.com's second annual salary survey, released last week, the average salary for CCIEs dropped 21 percent between 2000 and 2001, from $115,000 to $91,000.
The news isn't good for those with other Cisco titles, although the decline isn't quite as steep: Average salaries for those holding CCNAs are down 8 percent, CCNPs 7 percent and CCDAs 6 percent. The only Cisco title to see a rise was the mid-level CCDP, with a modest 1.5 percent increase:
| Title |
2001
Average Salary*
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2000
Average Salary* |
Change
(+/-) |
Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert
(CCIE) |
$91,000 |
$115,00 |
- 21% |
Cisco Certified Design Professional
(CCDP) |
$80,000 |
$79,000 |
+ 1/5% |
| Cisco Qualified Specialist -- Security |
$80,000 |
N/A** |
N/A** |
| Cisco Qualified Specialist -- IT Telephony |
$78,000 |
N/A** |
N/A** |
| Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) |
$74,000 |
$79,000 |
- 6% |
Cisco Certified Design Associate
(CCDA) |
$70,000 |
$74,000 |
- 5% |
Cisco Certified Network Associate
(CCNA) |
$64,000 |
$70,000 |
- 9% |
|
*Results rounded to the nearest thousand
** Certification debuted in 2001. |
Dian Schaffhauser, editorial director of TCPMag.com (as well as this site and MCPMag.com), said that the decline is a reflection of the overall economic climate. "Across the board we're seeing softer salaries," she said. "We're just now evaluating the results for our annual Microsoft Certified Professional salary survey, and we expect we'll see softer numbers there as well."
According to Schaffhauser, the growing popularity of certification is also having an impact. "Certification has become a requirement for the job in many cases," she continued. "I think what we're going to see is that experience is really what will make the difference when it comes to salary negotiation. Certification is less of a factor."
TCPMag.com will be posting information about the above averages and how they relate to the experience levels of those reporting them over the next few weeks. In the meantime, to see the initial results of the survey as well as what Cisco professionals expect for 2002, go to http://TCPMag.com/salarysurveys/. - B.N.
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| 6/4/02: Anonymous says: |
ANYBODY IN THEIR RIGHT MIND KNOWS THAT A CCNP OR A CCDP CAN DO ANY CCIE'S JOB, WHY EVEN THROW A THOUSAND DOLLARS OR TWO FOR THE CCIE TITLE IT IS'NT WORTH IT ANYMORE...THIS IS JUST DEPRESSING...REALLY DEPRESSING...BUT IT MUST BE A SIGN THAT WITH ALL THIS EFFORT, ENERGY AND DEDICATION TO OBTAIN THESE CERTS, I SHOULD JUST GO BACK TO COLLEGE AND GET MY MASTERS DEGREE, AT LEAST I WONT FACE ANY DE-CERTIFICATION OR THE STRESS OF HAVING TO RE-CERTIFY AND WASTE MORE OF MY HARD EARNED DOLLARS...MAN' I WENT ABOUT THIS ALL WRONG...I SHOULD HAVE LISTENED TO MY COLLEAGUES |
| 6/4/02: CCIE from Qwest Comm. says: |
amen to that brother, SIGH! back to the mill for me |
| 6/4/02: frank from california says: |
I feel your pain fella's |
| 6/4/02: frank from california says: |
You people are idiots! Please go back to college and leave the IT field, that is what all of you johnny come lately's are doing anyways. |
| 6/4/02: frank from california says: |
i take that back, im an idiot, this is really stressing me out also. |
| 6/4/02: Seth from hell says: |
All of you people have no room to talk really. If you have a Cisco cert and are making between 50k-95k then you should be happy. The experience is were the money is. I have seen jobs posted paying 100k a year of people with 5-10 years experience in IT. Some of those jobs did not require certs or a degree. I am just an entry level network admin with a Network+ and a few classes under my belt but I refuse to leave this field. I may not be able to make 50k a year starting out but I enjoy network admin. |
| 6/5/02: vic in seattle says: |
I want to know where these numbers are coming from. 70-64K for a CCNA?! You've got to be kidding me! These numbers can't represent the actual IT environment today (06-05-02), at least, not here in Seattle. What's it like in the rest of the US, guys? I'm really curious.. |
| 6/5/02: Becky Nagel from Web Editor, CertCities.com says: |
Hey Guys -- I removed some posts from your flame war. We have no problem with disagreements here, but we need to keep it clean. If you have any questions about our posting guidelines, please e-mail me [email protected]. Thanks -- Becky Nagel, Web Editor, CertCities.com |
| 6/5/02: i'm with becky says: |
Be constructive in your comments or be gone. It is a waste of time to worry over that which you have no power to change. Change the things you can an be happy that you CAN. |
| 6/5/02: CISSP Guy says: |
I just finished the process of obtaining my CISSP and have heard similiar complaints. Even now I am working to take the CCNA test. I was making $120,000 in the good ole days, as late as Feb.' 02, as a consultant. But, timers have changed. Personnel weenies are just going to look for buzz-words on your resume, CISSP, CCNA, whatever. If you don't have the buzz-word you will be filter out, just like a Cisco router discarding a packet. |
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