Salary Report

Information Technology Job

Objective-C iOS
Development

United States Location

Norfolk - Virginia Beach -
- Newport News
VA - NC, USA Metropolitan Area

Competitive Position® Salary Report

Data Observed 4/1/25 to 3/31/26

Salary Average

$90,480

Experience Requirement

5 Years and 11 Months

Raise +1 Year

$6,598 at 7.29%

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Salary and Number of Jobs

Graph of succeeding salary information

About Salary and Jobs

Salary Range :

At required Experience of 5 Years & 11 Months: $90,480 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $82,537 & $98,422; and, 5% of Jobs top $110,014.

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.

$451,269 = 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 4/1/25 to 3/31/26.

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Top Salaries

Top Percentile of Job market Top Salary
2.5% $113,857
5% $110,014
10% $105,639
25% $98,422
33% $95,493
50% $90,480
Top Percentile of Job Market =

Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 5 Years and 11 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% $89,002 $91,957
25% $86,732 $94,227
33% $85,467 $95,493
50% $82,537 $98,422
67% $78,987 $101,972
95% $67,103 $113,857
Salary Average =

$90,480

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 and 11 Months Experience.

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Salary and Experience

Graph of succeeding salary information

Salary ±1 Year

Experience Salary Average Raise +1 Year
4 Years and 11 Months $83,891 $6,588 at 7.85%
5 Years and 11 Months $90,480 $6,598 at 7.29%
6 Years and 11 Months $97,078 $6,604 at 6.80%

About Salary and Experience

Salary by Year :

Salary increases gradually 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 equal to that in the USA IT job market as a whole.

Salary and Experience Range :

Salary average rises with experience: $54,934 at the low experience of 5 Months; $90,480 at the average experience of 5 Years and 11 Months; and, $126,268 at the top experience of 11 Years and 4 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 4/1/25 to 3/31/26.

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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 5 Months $54,934 $6,165 at 11.22%
Average 5 Years and 11 Months $90,480 $6,598 at 7.29%
Top 11 Years and 4 Months $126,268 $6,612 at 5.24%

Qualifications

Description

Application development, using Objective-C programming language on iOS platform, is the position's primary responsibility.

Skills

The qualifications of this information technology Job:
  • Objective-C;
  • 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,
23.9% of job descriptions;
Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
52.1% of job descriptions;
Git,
8.5% of job descriptions;
RESTful,
8.5% of job descriptions;
Agile software methodology,
7% of job descriptions;
Scrum software methodology,
4.2% of job descriptions.

Location

Norfolk, VA

North Carolina,
Currituck;
Virginia,
Chesapeake, Gloucester, Hampton, Isle Wight, James City, Mathews, Newport News, Norfolk, Poquoson, Portsmouth, Smithfield, Suffolk, Virginia Beach, Williamsburg, Windsor and York.

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