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By James Maguire January 29, 2007 One of the key trends seen in the salary report is the growth of the West Coast tech market. “What we’ve seen over the last couple years is the resurgence of Silicon Valley, and the resurgence of San Diego and Seattle and that whole part of the U.S.,” Melland says. “So now it’s reflecting in salaries.” IT Salary by Metro Area, 2005 - 2006 Silicon Valley: 2005: $85,430 // 2006: $90,310 Boston: 2005: $79,211 // 2006: $80,308 New York: 2005: $76,382 // 2006: $80,006 Baltimore/Washington D.C.: 2005: $75,593 // 2006: $79,911 Seattle: 2005: $73,105 // 2006: $79,787 Los Angeles: 2005: $73,911 // 2006: $79,583 San Diego: 2005: $72,163 // 2006: $79,416 Denver: 2005: $74,823 // 2006: $77,317 Sacramento: 2005: $72,355 // 2006: $75,197 Chicago: 2005: $71,496 // 2006: $75,154 Phoenix: 2005: $70,023 // 2006: $74,976 Dallas/Ft. Worth: 2005: $71,494 // 2006: $74,656 Philadelphia: 2005: $71,881 // 2006: $72,786 (Salary data courtesy of Dice.) View IT salary figures for the following categories: Salary by IT specialty: CRM, Java, ERP, etc. Salary by region, from Silicon Valley to New York Salary by industry, from banking to telecom to e-commerce |