IT Director - Austin, TX - 4 Years
Salary Report
Information Technology Job
Director of
Information Technology
United States Location
Austin - San Marcos
TX
USA Metropolitan Area
Competitive Position® Salary Report
Data Observed 5/1/25 to 4/28/26
Salary Average
$172,648
Experience Requirement
4 Years
Raise +1 Year
$12,050 at 6.98%
Salary and Number of Jobs
About Salary and Jobs
Salary Range :
At required Experience of 4 Years: $172,648 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $142,213 & $203,083; and, 5% of Jobs top $247,126.
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.
$439,140 = 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 5/1/25 to 4/28/26.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Top Salaries
| Top Percentile of Job market | Top Salary |
|---|---|
| 2.5% | $261,548 |
| 5% | $247,126 |
| 10% | $230,581 |
| 25% | $203,083 |
| 33% | $191,869 |
| 50% | $172,648 |
Top Percentile of Job Market =
Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 4 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% | $166,982 | $178,315 |
| 25% | $158,278 | $187,018 |
| 33% | $153,427 | $191,869 |
| 50% | $142,213 | $203,083 |
| 67% | $128,660 | $216,637 |
| 95% | $83,748 | $261,548 |
Salary Average =
$172,648
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 4 Years Experience.
Salary and Experience
Salary ±1 Year
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Years | $172,648 | $12,050 at 6.98% |
| 5 Years | $184,698 | $11,996 at 6.49% |
About Salary and Experience
Salary by Year :
Salary increases rapidly in the first years, rises vigorously with greater experience and grows robustly into maturity.
Salary Growth Overall :
The increase in Salary average from low to high experience is more than that in the USA IT job market as a whole.
Salary and Experience Range :
Salary average rises with experience: $161,522 at the low experience of 3 Years and 1 Month; $238,474 at the average experience of 9 Years and 6 Months; and, $314,798 at the top experience of 15 Years and 11 Months.
Experience End Points :
0 = Entry Level.
15 Years and 11 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 5/1/25 to 4/28/26.
View: Documentation and Methodology.
Salary by Year
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year |
|---|---|---|
| 4 Years | $172,648 | $12,050 at 6.98% |
| 5 Years | $184,698 | $11,996 at 6.49% |
| 6 Years | $196,694 | $11,962 at 6.08% |
| 7 Years | $208,656 | $11,938 at 5.72% |
| 8 Years | $220,594 | $11,923 at 5.40% |
| 9 Years | $232,517 | $11,912 at 5.12% |
| 10 Years | $244,429 | $11,904 at 4.87% |
| 11 Years | $256,333 | $11,897 at 4.64% |
| 12 Years | $268,230 | $11,894 at 4.43% |
| 13 Years | $280,124 | $11,890 at 4.24% |
| 14 Years | $292,014 | $11,888 at 4.07% |
| 15 Years | $303,902 | $11,887 at 3.91% |
Salary and Experience Range
95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
| Experience | Salary Average | Raise +1 Year | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low | 3 Years and 1 Month | $161,522 | $12,133 at 7.51% |
| Average | 9 Years and 6 Months | $238,474 | $11,908 at 4.99% |
| Top | 15 Years and 11 Months | $314,798 | $11,886 at 3.78% |
Qualifications
Description
Directing an information technology department, cost efficient staff leadership optimizing operations, is the position's primary responsibility.
Skills
The qualifications of this information technology Job:
-
- Director,
- Chief Information Officer (CIO), Chief Technology Officer (CTO), Director of Information Technology (IT) or Information Technology (IT) Vice President.
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,
- 6% of job descriptions;
- Master of Arts/Science or Ph.D. Graduate Degree,
- 31% of job descriptions;
- Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
- 61.3% of job descriptions;
- Financial Sector,
- Asset Management, Banking, Brokerage, Commodity Trading, Derivative Trading, Equity Trading, Finance, Insurance, Investment, Securities Trading, Stock Market or Wall Street,
- 16.7% of job descriptions;
- Bloomberg Terminal and Professional Service,
- 4.8% of job descriptions;
- Salesforce,
- 23.2% of job descriptions;
- Microsoft Dynamics,
- 10.1% of job descriptions;
- ServiceNow,
- 2.4% of job descriptions;
- PMP (Project Management Professional),
- 3.6% of job descriptions;
- ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library),
- 6% of job descriptions;
- AWS (Amazon Web Services),
- 11.9% of job descriptions;
- Microsoft Azure,
- 13.7% of job descriptions.
Location
Austin, TX
- Texas,
- Austin, Bastrop, Caldwell, Georgetown, Hays, Lockhart, Round Rock, San Marcos, Taylor, Travis and Williamson.
These locations are all included in the Austin, TX metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).