COBOL - Dallas, TX - Average Experience
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
COBOL
Development
United States Location
Dallas - Fort Worth
TX
USA Metropolitan Area
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Data Observed 6/1/21 to 5/31/22
Salary Average
$91,008
Experience Requirement
5 Years
Raise +1 Year
$9,640 at 10.59%
Salary and Number of Jobs
About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 5 Years: $91,008 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $79,383 & $102,633; and, 5% of Jobs top $119,565.
Number of Jobs :
Most Jobs are available closest to the Salary Average.
Fewer Jobs are available at Lower and Higher Salaries.
Salary End Points :
$26,400 = annual salary at $15 per hour working between: 44 weeks at 40 hours a week, to, 52 weeks at 34 hours a week.
$310,588 = annual salary for the highest paying IT Job in the highest paying US City at the Top 2.5% Experience and Top 2.5% Salary.
Job Market :
Job offers, publicly posted in want ads by employers, were observed and measured from 6/1/21 to 5/31/22.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Top Salaries
| Top Percentile of Job market | Top Salary |
|---|---|
| 2.5% | $125,162 |
| 5% | $119,565 |
| 10% | $113,181 |
| 25% | $102,633 |
| 33% | $98,346 |
| 50% | $91,008 |
Top Percentile of Job Market =
Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 5 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% | $88,845 | $93,171 |
| 25% | $85,522 | $96,494 |
| 33% | $83,670 | $98,346 |
| 50% | $79,383 | $102,633 |
| 67% | $74,192 | $107,824 |
| 95% | $56,855 | $125,162 |
Salary Average =
$91,008
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 Experience.
Salary and Experience
Salary ±1 Year
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Years | $81,366 | $9,642 at 11.85% |
| 5 Years | $91,008 | $9,640 at 10.59% |
| 6 Years | $100,648 | $9,639 at 9.58% |
About Salary and Experience
Salary by Year :
Salary is lowest at entry level and increases at a fixed rate with experience.
Salary and Experience Range :
Salary average rises with experience: $62,874 at the low experience of 2 Years and 1 Month; $91,008 at the average experience of 5 Years; and, $119,123 at the top experience of 7 Years and 11 Months.
Experience End Points :
0 = Entry Level.
14 Years and 3 Months = Top 2.5% Experience in the IT Job with the highest required experience in the USA.
Job Market :
Job offers, publicly posted in want ads by employers, were observed and measured from 6/1/21 to 5/31/22.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Salary by Year
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
|---|---|---|
| 3 Years | $71,721 | $9,645 at 13.45% |
| 4 Years | $81,366 | $9,642 at 11.85% |
| 5 Years | $91,008 | $9,640 at 10.59% |
| 6 Years | $100,648 | $9,639 at 9.58% |
| 7 Years | $110,287 | $9,639 at 8.74% |
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low | 2 Years and 1 Month | $62,874 | $9,651 at 15.35% |
| Average | 5 Years | $91,008 | $9,640 at 10.59% |
| Top | 7 Years and 11 Months | $119,123 | $9,639 at 8.09% |
Qualifications
Description
Software maintain and enhance, using COBOL programming language, are the position's primary responsibilities.
Skills
The qualifications of this information technology Job:
- COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language);
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- Software-Application Developer,
-
Agile, Application (App), Back End, Big Data, Cloud, .Net, Embedded, Front End, Full Stack, Machine Learning, Mobile, Portal, Software (SW), User Interface (UI), User Experience (UX) or Web,
and
Analyst, Architect, Developer, Engineer, Lead or Programmer.
Characteristics
A+ Skills
Additional IT skills requested in some job descriptions:
- Project Lead,
- Development Manager, Lead Developer, Project Lead, Project Manager, Project Supervisor, Team Lead, Team Supervisor or Technical Lead,
- 9.9% of job descriptions;
- Master of Arts/Science or Ph.D. Graduate Degree,
- 9.9% of job descriptions;
- Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
- 19.8% of job descriptions;
- USA Federal Government,
- 75.3% of job descriptions;
- Security Clearance,
- 44.4% of job descriptions;
- IBM CICS (Customer Information Control System),
- 33.3% of job descriptions;
- IBM JCL (Job Control Language),
- 80.2% of job descriptions;
- IBM VSAM (Virtual Storage Access Method),
- 49.4% of job descriptions;
- IBM DB2,
- 42% of job descriptions;
- CA IDMS (Integrated Database Management System),
- 38.3% of job descriptions;
- SQL (Structured Query Language),
- 16% of job descriptions;
- Oracle PL/SQL (Procedural Language / Structured Query Language),
- 19.8% of job descriptions.
Location
Dallas - Fort Worth, TX
- Texas,
- Addison, Allen, Arlington, Athens, Balch Springs, Bedford, Benbrook, Carrollton, Cedar Hill, Celeste, Colleyville, Collin County, Commerce, Coppell, Corinth, Dallas County, Dallas, De Soto, Dennison, Denton County, Duncanville, Ellis County, Ennis, Euless, Everman, Farmers Beach, Forest Hill, Fort Worth, Garland, Grand Prairie, Grapevine, Greenville, Haltom City, Henderson County, Highland, Hood County, Hunt County, Hurst, Irving, Johnson County, Kaufman County, Keller, Lancaster, Lewisville, Mesquite, North Richland Hills, Parker County, Plano, Richardson, Richland Hills, River Oaks, Rockwall County, Rowlett, Sachse, Saginaw, Sherman, Southlake, Tarrant County, Terrell, University Park, Watauga, Weatherford and White Settlement.
These locations are all included in the Dallas - Fort Worth, TX metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).