
Salary Report - Director - Information Technology - USA - 5 Years and 5 Months
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
Director of
Information Technology
United States Location
United States of America
Nationwide
Metropolitan Areas
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Salary Average
$114,694
Experience Requirement
5 Years and 5 Months
Raise +1 Year
$2,144 at 1.87%
Salary and Number of Jobs

About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 5 Years & 5 Months: $114,694 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $92,804 & $136,585; and, 5% of Jobs top $168,092.
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% | $178,330 |
5% | $168,092 |
10% | $156,293 |
25% | $136,585 |
33% | $128,673 |
50% | $114,694 |
Top Percentile of Job Market =
Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 5 Years and 5 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% | $110,616 | $118,772 |
25% | $104,353 | $125,035 |
33% | $100,715 | $128,673 |
50% | $92,804 | $136,585 |
67% | $83,295 | $146,094 |
95% | $51,059 | $178,330 |
Salary Average =
$114,694
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 5 Months Experience.
Salary and Experience

Salary ±1 Year
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
---|---|---|
4 Years and 5 Months | $112,186 | $2,508 at 2.24% |
5 Years and 5 Months | $114,694 | $2,144 at 1.87% |
6 Years and 5 Months | $116,838 | $1,872 at 1.60% |
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: $102,594 at the low experience of 1 Year and 10 Months; $116,838 at the average experience of 6 Years and 5 Months; and, $124,063 at the top experience of 11 Years and 1 Month.
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
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
---|---|---|---|
Low | 1 Year and 10 Months | $102,594 | $4,474 at 4.36% |
Average | 6 Years and 5 Months | $116,838 | $1,873 at 1.6% |
Top | 11 Years and 1 Month | $124,063 | $1,177 at 0.95% |
Qualifications
Description
This position involves the management of an information technology department of a corporation, business or organization with a focus on: planning the strategic development of computer systems and applications to meet enterprise requirements; directing and overseeing computer developers, engineers, administrators and/or support staff to fulfill goals; maintaining operational cost efficiency; applying computer hardware and software knowledge, skills and experience to ensure delivery of management information system services; and/or, assessing and reporting the capabilities of the department to meet end-user needs.
Skills
The qualifications of this information technology Job:
- Director of Information Technology,
- Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Director of IT or Vice President of IT.
Characteristics
A+ Skills
Additional IT skills and US Cities requested in some job descriptions:
- Finance Industry,
- 15% of job descriptions,
-
Assett 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,
- 1% of job descriptions,
- Bloomberg, MarketData, Trading Application, Trading Platform, Trading Software, Trading Solution or Trading System;
- University,
- 9% of job descriptions;
- San Francisco-Oakland-San Jose, CA,
- 7% of jobs;
- Denver-Boulder-Greeley, CO,
- 2% of jobs;
- San Diego, CA,
- 2% of jobs;
- Phoenix-Mesa, AZ,
- 2% of jobs;
- Miami-Fort Lauderdale, FL,
- 1% of jobs;
- Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI,
- 1% of jobs;
- St. Louis, MO-IL,
- 1% of jobs;
- Las Vegas, NV-AZ,
- 1% of jobs;
- Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC,
- 1% of jobs.
Location
United States of America