Salary Report

Information Technology Job

Linux
Administration

United States Location

Salt Lake City - Ogden
UT
USA Metropolitan Area

Competitive Position® Salary Report

Data Observed 9/1/23 to 8/30/24

Salary Average

$77,816

Experience Requirement

Entry Level

Raise +1 Year

$-1,467 at -1.89%

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Salary and Number of Jobs

Graph of succeeding salary information

About Salary and Jobs

Salary Range :

At required Experience of Entry Level: $77,816 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $58,258 & $97,373; and, 5% of Jobs top $125,883.

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.

$353,226 = 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 9/1/23 to 8/30/24.

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Top Salaries

Top Percentile of Job market Top Salary
2.5% $135,317
5% $125,883
10% $115,129
25% $97,373
33% $90,161
50% $77,816
Top Percentile of Job Market =

Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at Entry Level Experience.

Salary Range and Jobs

Percentage of Jobs within Salary Lows and Highs
Percent of Job Market Salary Range
Low Salary High Salary
10% $74,178 $81,454
25% $68,588 $87,044
33% $65,471 $90,161
50% $58,258 $97,373
67% $49,522 $106,110
Salary Average =

$77,816

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 Entry Level Experience.

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Salary and Experience

Graph of succeeding salary information

Salary ±1 Year

Experience Salary Average Raise +1 Year
Entry Level $77,816 $-1,467 at -1.89%
1 Year $76,349 $4,565 at 5.98%

About Salary and Experience

Salary by Year :

Salary changes negligibly in the first years, rises stably with greater experience and grows consistently into maturity.

Salary Growth Overall :

The increase in Salary average from low to high experience is less than that in the USA IT job market as a whole.

Salary and Experience Range :

Salary average rises with experience: $77,816 at the low experience of Entry Level; $99,156 at the average experience of 5 Years; and, $137,038 at the top experience of 10 Years and 9 Months.

Experience End Points :

0 = Entry Level.

14 Years and 7 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 9/1/23 to 8/30/24.

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Salary and Experience Range

95% of Jobs require Experience between the Low and Top
Experience Salary Average Raise +1 Year
Low Entry Level $77,816 $-1,467 at -1.89%
Average 5 Years $99,156 $6,478 at 6.53%
Top 10 Years and 9 Months $137,038 $6,669 at 4.87%

Qualifications

Description

Install, configure, optimize, monitor, maintain, backup, recover, troubleshoot, update and enhance, Linux server software, are primary position responsibilities.

Skills

The qualifications of this information technology Job:
  • Linux;
  • System-Network Administrator,
    Network, System, Server or Virtualization,
    and
    Administrator, Architect or Engineer.

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,
3.9% of job descriptions;
Master of Arts/Science or Ph.D. Graduate Degree,
17.1% of job descriptions;
Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
53.9% of job descriptions;
Security Clearance,
25% of job descriptions;
USA Federal Government,
31.6% of job descriptions;
Python,
39.5% of job descriptions;
Shell Scripts,
15.8% of job descriptions;
Java,
6.6% of job descriptions;
C++,
6.6% of job descriptions;
Jira,
3.9% of job descriptions;
R statistical software,
5.3% of job descriptions;
Agile software methodology,
14.5% of job descriptions.

Location

Salt Lake City, UT

Utah,
Bennion City, Bountiful, Clearfield, Clinton, Cottonwood Heights, Cottonwood, Davis, Draper, Granite Park, Granite, Harrisville, Holladay, Kerns, Lake City, Magna, Midvale, Millcreek, Mount Olympus, Murray, North Salt Lake, Ogden, Riverdale, Riverton, Roy, Salt Lake City, Salt Lake, Sandy, South Jordan, South Ogden, South Salt Lake, South Weber, Sunset, Taylorsville, Val Verde, Washington Terrace, Weber, West Haven, West Jordan, West Point, West Valley City and Woods Cross.

These locations are all included in the Salt Lake City, UT metropolitan area as defined by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB).