
Salary Report - Director - Information Technology - USA - 6 Years
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
$115,982
Experience Requirement
6 Years
Raise +1 Year
$1,977 at 1.70%
Salary and Number of Jobs

About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 6 Years: $115,982 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $94,092 & $137,873; and, 5% of Jobs top $169,380.
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% | $179,618 |
5% | $169,380 |
10% | $157,581 |
25% | $137,873 |
33% | $129,961 |
50% | $115,982 |
Top Percentile of Job Market =
Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 6 Years Experience.
Salary Range and Jobs
Percentage of Jobs within Salary Lows and Highs
Percent of Job Market | Salary Range | |
---|---|---|
Low Salary | High Salary | |
10% | $111,904 | $120,060 |
25% | $105,641 | $126,323 |
33% | $102,003 | $129,961 |
50% | $94,092 | $137,873 |
67% | $84,583 | $147,382 |
95% | $52,347 | $179,618 |
Salary Average =
$115,982
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 6 Years Experience.
Salary and Experience

Salary ±1 Year
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
---|---|---|
5 Years | $113,700 | $2,282 at 2.01% |
6 Years | $115,982 | $1,977 at 1.70% |
7 Years | $117,959 | $1,744 at 1.48% |
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
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
---|---|---|
2 Years | $103,440 | $4,258 at 4.12% |
3 Years | $107,698 | $3,304 at 3.07% |
4 Years | $111,002 | $2,698 at 2.43% |
5 Years | $113,700 | $2,282 at 2.01% |
6 Years | $115,982 | $1,977 at 1.7% |
7 Years | $117,959 | $1,743 at 1.48% |
8 Years | $119,702 | $1,560 at 1.3% |
9 Years | $121,262 | $1,411 at 1.16% |
10 Years | $122,673 | $1,288 at 1.05% |
11 Years | $123,961 | $1,185 at 0.96% |
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