Salary Report

Information Technology Job

Windows Server
Administration

United States Location

United States of America

Competitive Position® Salary Report

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

Salary Average

$108,084

Experience Requirement

5 Years and 3 Months

Raise +1 Year

$9,339 at 8.64%

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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: $108,084 is Salary average; 50% of Jobs pay between $89,885 & $126,283; and, 5% of Jobs top $153,019.

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% $161,966
5% $153,019
10% $142,889
25% $126,283
33% $119,565
50% $108,084
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% $104,702 $111,467
25% $99,504 $116,665
33% $96,603 $119,565
50% $89,885 $126,283
67% $81,730 $134,439
95% $54,202 $161,966
Salary Average =

$108,084

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 $98,746 $9,339 at 9.46%
5 Years and 3 Months $108,084 $9,339 at 8.64%
6 Years and 3 Months $117,423 $9,339 at 7.95%

About Salary and Experience

Salary by Year :

Salary increases steadily 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: $59,056 at the low experience of Entry Level; $108,084 at the average experience of 5 Years and 3 Months; and, $159,447 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 $59,056 $9,339 at 15.81%
Average 5 Years and 3 Months $108,084 $9,339 at 8.64%
Top 10 Years and 9 Months $159,447 $9,339 at 5.86%

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

United States of America