
Salary Report - San Jose, CA - IT Job - 3 Years and 9 Months
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
Information Technology
Professional
United States Location
San Jose -
- San Francisco - Oakland
CA, USA Metropolitan Area
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Salary Average
$91,066
Experience Requirement
3 Years and 9 Months
Raise +1 Year
$5,089 at 5.59%
Salary and Number of Jobs

About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 3 Years & 9 Months: $91,066 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $76,099 & $106,034; and, 5% of Jobs top $127,568.
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% | $134,561 |
5% | $127,568 |
10% | $119,505 |
25% | $106,034 |
33% | $100,624 |
50% | $91,066 |
Top Percentile of Job Market =
Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 3 Years and 9 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% | $88,278 | $93,855 |
25% | $83,995 | $98,137 |
33% | $81,508 | $100,624 |
50% | $76,099 | $106,034 |
67% | $69,598 | $112,534 |
95% | $47,571 | $134,561 |
Salary Average =
$91,066
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 3 Years and 9 Months Experience.
Salary and Experience

Salary ±1 Year
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
---|---|---|
2 Years and 9 Months | $84,769 | $6,297 at 7.43% |
3 Years and 9 Months | $91,066 | $5,089 at 5.59% |
4 Years and 9 Months | $96,155 | $4,271 at 4.44% |
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: $69,112 at the low experience of 1 Year and 1 Month; $97,656 at the average experience of 5 Years and 1 Month; and, $111,336 at the top experience of 9 Years and 2 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 |
---|---|---|
2 Years | $78,826 | $7,663 at 9.72% |
3 Years | $86,489 | $5,944 at 6.87% |
4 Years | $92,433 | $4,856 at 5.25% |
5 Years | $97,289 | $4,106 at 4.22% |
6 Years | $101,395 | $3,557 at 3.51% |
7 Years | $104,952 | $3,138 at 2.99% |
8 Years | $108,090 | $2,806 at 2.6% |
9 Years | $110,896 | $2,539 at 2.29% |
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
---|---|---|---|
Low | 1 Year and 1 Month | $69,112 | $10,443 at 15.11% |
Average | 5 Years and 1 Month | $97,656 | $4,054 at 4.15% |
Top | 9 Years and 2 Months | $111,336 | $2,499 at 2.24% |
Qualifications
Description
An Information Technology Professional is involved in the design, development, administration and/or support of digital interactive services delivering written language, numeric data, graphic display, sound and/or device control in a business, government or consumer environment.
A division of labor within the profession has created numerous specialist occupations within the broad categories of software applications, system operation, data storage, network communication and user presentation.
Demand
Professional Opportunities
- Application Developer,
- 70% of job descriptions;
- Lead Application Developer,
- 8% of job descriptions;
- System Professional,
- 11% of job descriptions;
- Lead System Professional,
- 1% of job descriptions;
- Database Professional,
- 3% of job descriptions;
- Business System Professional,
- 5% of job descriptions;
- Information Technology Director,
- 2% of job descriptions;
- C++ on Embedded System - Developer,
- 11% of job descriptions;
- IT Software Quality Assurance Professional,
- 8% of job descriptions;
- Java with JDBC/SQL Database and JSF/JSP/HTML/XML UI - Developer,
- 7% of job descriptions;
- PHP - Developer,
- 5% of job descriptions;
- Adobe ActionScript - Developer,
- 4% of job descriptions.
Location
San Francisco - Oakland - San Jose, CA:
- California,
- Alameda, Alameda County, Alamo, Albany, Alum Rock, Alviso, Antioch, Ashland, Atherton, Bay Area, Bay Point, Belmont, Benicia, Berkeley, Boyes Hot Springs, Brisbane, Burlingame, Campbell, Capitola, Castre Valley, Concord, Contra Costa, Contra Costa County, Corte Madea, Cupertino, Daly City, Danville, Dixon, Dublin, East Palo Alto, El Cerrito, El Sobrante, Emeryville, Fairfax, Fairfield, Foster City, Fremont, Gilroy, Half Moon Bay, Hayward, Healdsburg, Hercules, Hillsborough, Julian, Kensington, Lafayette, Larkspur, Livermore, Los Altos, Los Altos Hills, Los Gatos, Marin, Marin County, Martinez, Menlo Park, Mill Valley, Millbrae, Milpitas, Moraga, Mountain View, Napa, Napa County, Newark, North Fair Oaks, Novato, Oakland, Orinda, Pacifica, Palo Alto, Petaluma, Piedmont, Pinole, Pittsburg, Pleasant Hill, Pleasanton, Redwood City, Redwood Shores, Richmond, Rodeo, Rohnert Park, San Anselmo, San Bruno, San Carlos, San Francisco, San Francisco County, San Jose, San Leandro, San Lorenzo, San Mateo, San Mateo County, San Pablo, San Rafael, San Ramon, San Raphael, Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz County, Santa Rosa, Saratoga, Sausalito, Scotts Valley, Silicon Valley, Solano, Solano County, Sonoma, Sonoma County, Soquel, South San Francisco, Stanford, Sunnyvale, Tara Hills, Tiburon, Timalpais Valley, Union City, Vacaville, Vallejo, Walnut Creek, Walnut Creek West, Watsonville and Woodside.
These locations are all included in the San Jose - San Francisco, CA metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).