Salary Report

Information Technology Job

Windows Server
Administration

United States Location

San Jose -
- San Francisco - Oakland
CA, USA Metropolitan Area

Competitive Position® Salary Report

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

Salary Average

$127,887

Experience Requirement

5 Years and 3 Months

Raise +1 Year

$9,081 at 7.10%

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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 & 3 Months: $127,887 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $106,354 & $149,420; and, 5% of Jobs top $181,055.

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% $191,641
5% $181,055
10% $169,069
25% $149,420
33% $141,471
50% $127,887
Top Percentile of Job Market =

Number of Jobs Above the Top Salary
÷
Number of all Jobs at 5 Years and 3 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% $123,885 $131,889
25% $117,734 $138,040
33% $114,302 $141,471
50% $106,354 $149,420
67% $96,703 $159,070
95% $64,133 $191,641
Salary Average =

$127,887

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 3 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 3 Months $119,012 $8,874 at 7.46%
5 Years and 3 Months $127,887 $9,081 at 7.10%
6 Years and 3 Months $136,967 $9,204 at 6.72%

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

Salary and Experience Range :

Salary average rises with experience: $104,762 at the low experience of Entry Level; $127,887 at the average experience of 5 Years and 3 Months; and, $178,843 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 $104,762 $-8,597 at -8.21%
Average 5 Years and 3 Months $127,887 $9,080 at 7.10%
Top 10 Years and 9 Months $178,843 $9,395 at 5.25%

Qualifications

Description

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

Skills

The qualifications of this information technology Job:
  • Microsoft Windows Server;
  • 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,
6% of job descriptions;
Bachelor of Arts/Science Degree,
28% of job descriptions;
USA Federal Government,
22% 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,
12% of job descriptions;
Security Clearance,
10% of job descriptions;
Microsoft Hyper-V,
16% of job descriptions;
Microsoft SCOM (System Center Operations Manager),
12% of job descriptions;
Jira,
16% of job descriptions;
MCSE (Microsoft Certified Solutions Expert),
14% of job descriptions;
ITIL (Information Technology Infrastructure Library),
8% of job descriptions;
Microsoft Azure,
46% of job descriptions;
AWS (Amazon Web Services),
8% of job descriptions.

Location

San Jose - San Francisco, 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).