Salary Report - COBOL - Developer - USA - Average Experience
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
COBOL
IBM AIX - System i - z/OS
Developer
United States Location
United States of America
Nationwide
Metropolitan Areas
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Salary Average
$60,918
Experience Requirement
5 Years and 2 Months
Raise +1 Year
$2,564 at 4.21%
Salary and Number of Jobs
About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 5 Years & 2 Months: $60,918 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $49,267 & $72,570; and, 5% of Jobs top $89,370.
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% | $94,843 |
| 5% | $89,370 |
| 10% | $83,072 |
| 25% | $72,570 |
| 33% | $68,358 |
| 50% | $60,918 |
Top Percentile of Job Market =
Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 5 Years and 2 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% | $58,748 | $63,089 |
| 25% | $55,415 | $66,422 |
| 33% | $53,479 | $68,358 |
| 50% | $49,267 | $72,570 |
| 67% | $44,202 | $77,635 |
| 95% | $26,994 | $94,843 |
Salary Average =
$60,918
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 5 Years and 2 Months Experience.
Salary and Experience
Salary ±1 Year
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Years and 2 Months | $57,899 | $3,019 at 5.21% |
| 5 Years and 2 Months | $60,918 | $2,564 at 4.21% |
| 6 Years and 2 Months | $63,483 | $2,229 at 3.51% |
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: $40,979 at the low experience of 11 Months; $60,918 at the average experience of 5 Years and 2 Months; and, $69,864 at the top experience of 9 Years and 5 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 | $41,705 | $6,919 at 16.59% |
| 2 Years | $48,624 | $4,908 at 10.09% |
| 3 Years | $53,532 | $3,808 at 7.11% |
| 4 Years | $57,340 | $3,111 at 5.43% |
| 5 Years | $60,451 | $2,630 at 4.35% |
| 6 Years | $63,081 | $2,279 at 3.61% |
| 7 Years | $65,360 | $2,009 at 3.07% |
| 8 Years | $67,369 | $1,798 at 2.67% |
| 9 Years | $69,167 | $1,627 at 2.35% |
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low | 11 Months | $40,979 | $7,164 at 17.48% |
| Average | 5 Years and 2 Months | $60,918 | $2,565 at 4.21% |
| Top | 9 Years and 5 Months | $69,864 | $1,564 at 2.24% |
Qualifications
Description
This position involves application development and maintenance with a focus on business systems analysis, technical design, troubleshooting, testing and life cycle support.
Skills
The qualifications of this information technology Job:
- COBOL;
- IBM Platform Keywords of the qualification: AIX UNIX, AS400, i5, iSeries, MVS, OS/390, System i or z/OS;
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- Developer,
- Analyst, Automate, Code, Customize, Database Developer, Design, Develop, Enhance, Modify, Programmer, Programmer Analyst, Revise, Software Developer, Software Engineer, Update or Write Code.
Characteristics
A+ Skills
Additional IT skills and US Cities requested in some job descriptions:
- Manager,
- 21% of job descriptions,
- Project Leader, Project Manager, Supervisor, Team Leader or Technical Lead;
- Graduate Degree,
- 3% 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.;
- Mainframe Operating System,
- 20% of job descriptions,
- MVS, OS/390 or z/OS;
- ISPF,
- 10% of job descriptions;
- IBM AS400,
- 5% of job descriptions,
- IBM AS400, i5, iSeries, System i or OS400;
- IBM DB2 or IBM DB2 UDB,
- 60% of job descriptions;
- Java,
- 17% of job descriptions,
- 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), JSP, Java Swing or Sun Certified Java Programmer;
- Micro Focus COBOL,
- 9% of job descriptions;
- Finance Industry,
- 30% of job descriptions,
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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; - Washington-Baltimore, DC-MD-VA-WV,
- 16% of jobs;
- Houston-Galveston-Brazoria, TX,
- 6% of jobs;
- Louisville, KY-IN,
- 4% of jobs.
Location
United States of America