Salary Report - C# & Java - Developer - Chicago, IL - 4 Years and 8 Months
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
Microsoft C# and Java
Developer
United States Location
Chicago - Gary - Kenosha
IL - IN - WI
USA Metropolitan Area
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Salary Average
$83,976
Experience Requirement
4 Years and 8 Months
Raise +1 Year
$4,179 at 4.98%
Salary and Number of Jobs
About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 4 Years & 8 Months: $83,976 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $66,834 & $101,119; and, 5% of Jobs top $125,787.
Number of Jobs :
Most Jobs are available closest to the Salary Average.
Fewer Jobs are available at Lower and Higher Salaries.
Salary End Points :
$15,080 = minimum wage annual salary in the USA.
$187,699 = annual salary for the highest paying IT Job in the USA at the Top 2.5% Experience and Top 2.5% Salary.
Top Salaries
| Top Percentile of Job market | Top Salary |
|---|---|
| 2.5% | $133,801 |
| 5% | $125,787 |
| 10% | $116,550 |
| 25% | $101,119 |
| 33% | $94,924 |
| 50% | $83,976 |
Top Percentile of Job Market =
Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 4 Years and 8 Months Experience.
Salary Range and Jobs
Percentage of Jobs within Salary Lows and Highs
| Percent of Job Market | Salary Range | |
|---|---|---|
| Low Salary | High Salary | |
| 10% | $80,783 | $87,170 |
| 25% | $75,878 | $92,075 |
| 33% | $73,029 | $94,924 |
| 50% | $66,834 | $101,119 |
| 67% | $59,388 | $108,565 |
| 95% | $34,152 | $133,801 |
Salary Average =
$83,976
Mid Point between each Low/High pair.
Percent of Job Market =
Number of Jobs with Salary between Low/High pair
÷
Number of all Jobs at 4 Years and 8 Months Experience.
Salary and Experience
Salary ±1 Year
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Years and 8 Months | $78,980 | $4,996 at 6.33% |
| 4 Years and 8 Months | $83,976 | $4,179 at 4.98% |
| 5 Years and 8 Months | $88,155 | $3,592 at 4.07% |
About Salary and Experience
Salary by Year :
Salary is lowest at entry level, increases rapidly with the first years of experience and approaches a ceiling as experience matures.
Salary and Experience Range :
Salary average rises with experience: $53,637 at the low experience of 9 Months; $84,352 at the average experience of 4 Years and 9 Months; and, $98,141 at the top experience of 8 Years and 10 Months.
Experience End Points :
0 = Entry Level.
11 Years and 1 Month = Top 2.5% Experience in the IT Job with the highest required experience in the USA.
Salary by Year
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
|---|---|---|
| 1 Year | $57,103 | $10,488 at 18.37% |
| 2 Years | $67,591 | $7,419 at 10.98% |
| 3 Years | $75,010 | $5,746 at 7.66% |
| 4 Years | $80,756 | $4,690 at 5.81% |
| 5 Years | $85,446 | $3,964 at 4.64% |
| 6 Years | $89,410 | $3,431 at 3.84% |
| 7 Years | $92,841 | $3,026 at 3.26% |
| 8 Years | $95,867 | $2,705 at 2.82% |
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low | 9 Months | $53,637 | $11,707 at 21.83% |
| Average | 4 Years and 9 Months | $84,352 | $4,123 at 4.89% |
| Top | 8 Years and 10 Months | $98,141 | $2,486 at 2.53% |
Qualifications
Description
This position involves application and system development and integration often focusing on enterprise application software, web applications, gaming, user interface, database modeling, image processing and/or mathematical computation.
Skills
The qualifications of this information technology Job:
-
- Java,
- Enterprise Java Beans (EJB), Java, Java Platform Enterprise Edition (Java EE), Java Platform Standard Edition (Java SE), JavaApplet, Java Database Call (JDBC), Java Development Kit (JDK), Java Messaging Service (JMS), Jbuilder, JavaServer Faces (JSF), Java Server Pages (JSP), Java Swing or Sun Certified Java Programmer;
- Microsoft C#;
-
- Developer,
- Analyst, Automate, Code, Customize, Design, Develop, Enhance, Microsoft Certified Solution Developer (MSD), Modify, Programmer, Programmer Analyst, Revise, Software Developer, Software Engineer, Sun Certified Java Programmer, Update or Write Code.
Characteristics
A+ Skills
Additional IT skills and US Cities requested in some job descriptions:
- Manager,
- 13% of job descriptions,
- Project Leader, Project Manager, Supervisor, Team Leader or Technical Lead;
- Graduate Degree,
- 9% of job descriptions,
- Master of Science in Computer Engineering, Master of Science in Computer Science, Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, MA/MS in Information Technology, MA/MS in Information Science, Master of Arts Degree, Master of Science Degree or Ph.D.;
- Microsoft Visual Basic .Net,
- 25% of job descriptions;
- Microsoft SharePoint,
- 9% of job descriptions;
- Microsoft Silverlight,
- 5% of job descriptions;
- Adobe Flash,
- 6% of job descriptions;
- Asynchronous JavaScript and XML (AJAX),
- 24% of job descriptions;
- Finance Industry,
- 20% of job descriptions,
-
Asset Management, Banking, Brokerage, Commodity Trading, Derivative Trading, Equity Trading, Financial, Insurance, Investment, Securities Trading, Stock Market or Wall Street
with
Business, Company, Corporation, Enterprise, Firm or Industry; - Financial Trading System,
- 8% of job descriptions,
- Bloomberg, MarketData, Trading Application, Trading Platform, Trading Software, Trading Solution or Trading System;
- Security Clearance,
- 9% of job descriptions;
- New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island, NY-NJ-CT-PA,
- 23% of jobs;
- Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV,
- 15% of jobs.
Location
Chicago - Gary - Kenosha, IL - IN - WI:
- Illinois,
- Addison, Arlington Heights, Aurora, Batavia, Barrington, Berwyn, Bollingbrook, Boone, Buffalo Grove, Burbank, Calumet City, Carol Stream, Carpentersville, Chicago Heights, Chicago, Cicero, Cook County, Crystal Lake, De Kalb County, De Kalb, Deerfield, Des Plaines, Downers Grove, DuPage County, East Chicago, Elgin, Elk Grove, Elk Grove Village, Elmhurst, Evanston, Geneva, Glendale Heights, Glenview, Grundy County, Hanover Park, Harvard, Harvey, Highland Park, Hines, Hinsdale, Hoffman Estates, Homewood, Itasca, Joliet, Kane County, Kankakee County, Kendall County, Lake County, Lake Forest, Lansing, Libertyville, Lincolnshire, Lombard, Maywood, McHenry County, Morris, Mount Prospect, Mundelein, Naperville, Niles, Norridge, North Chicago, Northbrook, Oak Brook, Oak Forest, Oak Lawn, Oak Park, Ogle, Orland Park, Palatine, Park Forest, Park Ridge, Plano, Riverside, Riverwoods, Rochelle, Rockford, Rolling, Romeoville, Rosemont, Schaumburg, Schiller Park, Skokie, St Charles, Streamwood, Tinley Park, Vernon Hills, Warrenville, Waukegan, Westchester, Wheaton, Wheeling, Will County, Wilmette, Winebago, Wood Dale and Woodridge;
- Indiana,
- Cedar Lake, Crown Point, East Chicago, Gary, Hammond, Hobart, Lake County, Lake, Merrilvilee, Merrilville, Portage, Porter County, and Valparaiso;
- Wisconsin,
- Kenosha County and Kenosha.
These locations are all included in the Chicago, IL metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).