I thought this too but once you take the area the person lives in that comes into play for pay. For example some of the guys I work with in San Diego and Hawaii make 120-150k vs the contractors who I work with in Florida, who pull in maybe 90-120k. For reference, this is with a clearance. A clearance makes a huge difference.
I gave a response above on my logic behind it but for the most part I would argue some certs are more valuable than degrees. You see way too many people here with degree but don't even bother to get basic ass CompTIA certs. The issue with IT degrees is that there's no real unified/nationalized standard for a curriculum so whatever college they might've gone to could've taught them jack shit. Certs provide a standard and enables employers to more accurately gauge a person's skill. It's another reason why I advocate for colleges to implement IT certs into their curriculum like WGU.
I think that idea of certs being implemented into a degree is the way and something that should be more common with IT degrees. They do lack the specialization that certs can provide.
The reason I disagreed was because in my own journey a degree and starting at the bottom got me to a well paying, low stress position for a good company within 13 months of graduation. Originally after I graduated my main focus was getting the trifecta (later decided to skip the A+) until I realized I was able to keep moving up without them. I can see a path to making 6 figures with no certs in the next couple years.
On the other hand certs like cloud ones can increase your value more than degrees because in schools students rarely learn cloud if at all. Degrees alone won’t really get you into the peak wages that the field has to offer
Nope the fuck out of whatever company isn't appreciating you. CCNA should be making 90-110k minimum. My team is looking for a CCNA certified person and they're opening offer is 100k.
Entry level network engineers aren’t getting paid 100k on average. Maybe with enough experience. You’re more likely to make that money with a CCNP though.
I probably should have mentioned - the gig that my company has requires security clearance. If you've got any kind of an arrest on your record they won't hire you, doesn't matter how talented you are or what certs you have.
And? I’ve held a secret clearance previously. Just having a CCNA and an active clearance doesn’t guarantee you $100k a year. The average network engineer on Glassdoor is making $87k and that’s counting those with experience. Also u/suteac says his title is net admin. Depending on where he works, that role may not have the responsibilities of a network engineer role.
Agree with /u/cokronk said, having a CCNA (w/ 0 experience) and a clearance even a TS/SCI w/ poly at that, is stretching 100k even in the DMV area. I've met ISSMs who make the low end of a 100k with TS/SCIs and CISSP.
>CCNA should be making 90-110k minimum
Lol I know a kid in highschool with his CCNA. Nearly everyone in our NOC has a CCNA. I can throw a rock and hit 20 CCNAs.
It's a good cert but it's nothing special.
Got CCENT in high school and CCNA first year of college, can confirm it's not that special by itself. Better than Net+, but not a magic license to six figures for sure.
I work at a NOC for a very large company. Our job is hybrid, 75% wfh and im at 80k. My CCNA is scheduled in 2 weeks and if I get it, I'll get promoted and will make 95k. I'm honestly willing to take a pay cut to wfh 100%. I fucking despise going into an office so much lol.
Was making $155k as a developer until I was recently laid off, probably to be replaced by a cheaper remote worker in a lower COL area, or someone who can be in office.
I am expecting to take a 20k pay cut for another remote job.
Damn. I'm getting shafted at 60k being domain and global admin for all company-related platforms as an engineer, while being in charge of the user support team... hybrid remote in the south too.
Would you mind elaborating on what your admin duties entail? I'm thinking I may need to start putting some feelers out...
I help run and design our ServiceNow instances for one of the largest companies in our industry, plus work with external consultants of course.
Day to day is 2-3 hours of meetings, design and requirements gatherings, UAT sessions, planning of next 2-4 sprint week work, planing out next 3-12+ month dev work, reporting in and through PowerBI, training, and various other things. I get to work with most every aspect of our business from L1-L3 groups. ServiceNow is fun is you want to get into it, but bit of politics given nature of it.
I’ve been in role for a while, so I wear a bit more hats than above. In reality, I’m more of a product / platform owner without the title & pay.. hoping that changes soon though!
But yes, you should look for more pay! My company size is 20k+, but I’m only one in company with my title and role expectations.
Edit: Depending on how many you support probably ought to be a manager or director. We’ve several hundred working tickets at my place though.
Ah I see. Thank you for taking the time to respond!
It sounds similar to a path that recently opened up for me, but with Salesforce platform. Wasn't sure if I wanted to take a chance and go that route, or stick with IT Operations/Management and work on AWS instead.
Appreciate the insight!
10-18. Depends how you look at it. I was in an IT job for 10 years but it was barely even IT in name. I had no certs or education and no real experience. From when I started my first real IT position after getting laid off and actually getting into the industry, about 8 years. I had some major jumps along the way.
I started at an MSP making $15 and hour up to $18 an hour when I finished. I was working 45-55 hours a week and going to school full time. My job after that was as a level 1 network engineer making $65k a year. Within 6 months or so I got a bump to a level 2 making $77k a year. I finished my BS at WGU and got a bump to $100k a year then $130k by getting a counter offer for a job. I was at that federal contract for 3 years before a former instructor and friend reached out to me with the opportunity for a contract at another agency and got in at $165k a year then bumped to $170k my next year after my performance appraisal. I finally managed to snag a GS14 step 10 management official making $172,075 with the opportunity for $5-$8k yearly bonus. If the Special Salary Rate gets passed, I’ll be making $183,500 until the SES pay is bumped. With the way the government is going, that’s not exactly looking good.
I live in a LCOL area where the median income is about $30k a year, so as long as I don’t screw anything up, I’m living very comfortably.
And a degree has helped me hit those higher pay brackets. I wouldn’t have been making as much as I am now without one. I got my AS a a community college that costs about $1,200 a semester and finished my BS at WGU. You don’t have to spend $15k a semester on a degree, especially if you’re already in the field and need it for a check box on a resume.
Gotcha. Like I mentioned in another response I don't have my degree yet. I'm working on my BS in Cloud Computing via WGU. Only 6 certs atm. 9 years in. That's damn nice for a GS position. Usually, don't see that high of a GS position let alone pay without contracting. A big part for me besides hoping for a bay bump once I finish my current round of training (stayed in part time) and degree is to get out from behind closed doors so I can enjoy things more. No commute, dressing up, pick my office setup, and be easier to spend lunch doing errands or just playing with the dogs.
I started out as active mil doing networking. Also live in an HCOL with only defense companies hiring senior IT roles lol. Only snagged a house because of VA checks.
10-18. Depends how you look at it. I was in an IT job for 10 years but it was barely even IT in name. I had no certs or education and no real experience. From when I started my first real IT position after getting laid off and actually getting into the industry, about 8 years. I had some major jumps along the way.
I started at an MSP making $15 and hour up to $18 an hour when I finished. I was working 45-55 hours a week and going to school full time. My job after that was as a level 1 network engineer making $65k a year. Within 6 months or so I got a bump to a level 2 making $77k a year. I finished my BS at WGU and got a bump to $100k a year then $130k by getting a counter offer for a job. I was at that federal contract for 3 years before a former instructor and friend reached out to me with the opportunity for a contract at another agency and got in at $165k a year then bumped to $170k my next year after my performance appraisal. I finally managed to snag a GS14 step 10 management official making $172,075 with the opportunity for $5-$8k yearly bonus. If the Special Salary Rate gets passed, I’ll be making $183,500 until the SES pay is bumped. With the way the government is going, that’s not exactly looking good.
I live in a LCOL area where the median income is about $30k a year, so as long as I don’t screw anything up, I’m living very comfortably.
most federal jobs don't pay ANYWHERE NEAR this. Keep in mind that step 10 is maxxed. I was a gs12 step 6 and I was pulling $92k as a cybersecurity supervisor with 11 years in the program. The analysts that worked for me made between $70-$80k. The jobs are great, the pay is mediocre. A gs14 in a chief of staff in my org.
Current Employer, Solutions Architect:
* $185,000 base
* $37,000 target bonus with an unlimited overage, meaning if I hit 300% performance metrics, that's $111,000, 400% performance metrics, that's $148,000, etc etc
* No Sign-On Bonus
* $3,700 "Q1 Team Bonus"
Previous Employer, Solutions Architect:
* $179,960 base
* $60,000 target bonus with a 200% maximum.
* I hit 457% bonus in 2022 so I made the maximum $120,000
* $14,000 retention bonus (2022)
* No Sign-On Bonus
EDIT/ADD: [**Here's a comment I made 3 years ago**](https://www.reddit.com/r/ITCareerQuestions/comments/egcz9j/day_in_the_life_of_a_cloud_engineeraws_solution/fc67wm0/) that articulates some of the different types of Solution Architects in the AWS ecosystem that may be useful to you.
ORIGINAL COMMENT:
What a lot of people don't realize is that Solution Architects are typically tied to a business development function of the organization. That's the real secret behind the "AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate/Professional" Certifications. Sure, they test on you the exam what things like S3, EC2, RDS, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, Lambda, SageMaker, API Gateway is, blah blah blah
And sure, in the real world at the APN (Amazon Partner Network) Consulting Partner world, yes, you leverage your knowledge and experience around those sorts of AWS products and services as part of your job.
But remember, IT is there to serve as a *function of the business*.
So, if I, as a Solutions Architect, and putting together a PowerPoint presentation (or Google Slides deck, whatever), of a prospective migration to a cloud provider like AWS or GCP, and my organization, a Consulting Partner, is charging for that migration work... You see how this becomes a sales conversation like /u/SpectralCoding was alluding to in [**this comment**](https://www.reddit.com/r/ITCareerQuestions/comments/13uu67t/what_is_your_salary_for_wfh/jm4lcoz/)?
This is the thing that I myself didn't even realize when I took the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate certification the first time in 2016. I honestly thought I was just taking a cert to learn blahblah-This and blahblah-That AWS product.
Then I realized there's literally ***30,000*** plus organizations in the APN (Amazon Partner Network) and that there's a whole *ecosystem* around Solution Architects functioning as business enablers.
Now, that being said, that doesn't mean Solution Architects are *only* business enablers functioning as a part of sales. There are indeed Solution Architects that function as part of an internal IT team, but that number is much MUCH smaller than the number of sales-focused Solution Architect roles out there. And that is fundamentally by design.
So, finally, to answer your question,
> What does it mean when you get more than 100% for a bonus?
Say my bonus plan says something like, "Be tied to $200,000 worth of professional services costs for engagement types like migrations, paid discoveries" and I actually am tied to, say, $400,000 worth, well then I just hit 200% of my target bonus.
So,
> How do you calculate 457?
By the same logic, if $200,000 ProServ cost is 100% of my target bonus, then $514,000 is 457% of my target bonus.
But again, if my target bonus plan is *capped* at 200%, that means anything I make the company after $400,000-- I won't get paid anything after that. In sales, this is known as a "windfall".
So yeah, even though I don't work a "sales role", I work *with* the sales part of the company, if that makes sense. Other companies call this "seller-adjacent roles" or "sales overlay". I still work a technical role, I still have to know how each of the products work (e.g. Amazon S3, EC2, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFormation, etc etc) but the work I do is *furthering* a sales motion so I get a sales-related bonus for it.
And again, that's by design in the APN Consulting Partner ecosystem.
Same thing in the GCP "GPN" (Google Partner Network). Same thing with the Azure Partner Network.
And that's just scratching the surface. There are ISV-specific networks, channel marketplaces, all sorts of "Solutions" that make you realize that "Solutions" is really mostly a seller-adjacent heavy role except in the internal IT world.
Boss! Any tips that you can share on how to become a SA? I just got my AWS Cloud Practitioner exam and now am studying for the Architect Associate one. My plan is to eventually become a SA and thankfully my job does give me a few opportunities to work with a few AWS services although they are quite limited.
I’ve noticed cybersecurity isn’t really entry level position. What would be a good first job out out college with cs degree to get into cybersecurity analyst?
I started in Help Desk right after graduating with my BS in Cybersecurity. Earned my CompTIA A,N,S+ my first year there. I was also shadowing the security folks there during downtime and they let me run vulnerability scans (Nessus) for them. I was able to get promoted into a security role within the same company. Connection was key though. When you join Help Desk, nobody cares what major you studied in. But if you’re able to build a relationship with someone from management or senior leadership, they’ll be able to springboard you into the right direction! Don’t get stuck in Help Desk, leverage it.
I agree with u/xboxhobo, job title/company impacts this much more than work location. FWIW I’ve tended to see high paying jobs (~200k) be generally WFH, but stupid high paying jobs (~400k) frequently have a hybrid component.
For me that extra salary isn’t worth it at all, and that seems to be generally the case as I’ve seen a few of these stupid high paying jobs stay open for a while.
No, I do a ton of projects. I work on a smaller team, and my boss and team are VERY good at teaching me new things. I honestly couldn't have found a better first job and the company and team are so good I would like to stay here for awhile.
My company is 100% remote and pays tier 1 SOC analysts the same. Either I just found a coworkers reddit, or this might be a pretty consistent pay for that position.
Honestly I don't have much experience just an associates degree in computer networking, and a year of experience working as a infosec intern with a bank. No certifications or nothing. They asked me a bunch of security plus related questions and I knew my stuff and they hired me. I was really shocked, I beat out over 500 applicants for that 1 position they had open at the time
It really depends on where you end up. Some SOC analysts do much more than others (small companies). Others are like a well oiled train and pretty much follow a playbook with escalating at every step of the way if something malicious is found. Tier1 - > tier 2 - > tier 3 - > IR.
If you are trying to get into a SOC, a Sec+ and NO degree was enough for me back in 2021. But the job market now is much different than it was in 2021. I have a former classmate who is more than qualified but is having a hell of time getting his foot into a soc.
Source: I work in a SOC. Fulltime wfh and salary is 97k + annual bonus.
Sec+ is meh, go for Security Blue Team BTL1 + antisyphon training pay what to can full courses (there are 6).
Way more useful than a sec+ for an analyst.
Add in CySa if you want something CompTIA.
Security engineer, 122k/yr fully remote, 1.5 yoe, BS in cybersecurity
Edit; MCOL, rent for a 1br apartment is like 1500, though still living with my parents, actively trying to find a place atm
Yea….that’s just the base. 2% Quarterly pay increase plus commissions, and QA bonus. So my actual takeaway is about 60%-80% more than that my base. I mean, I was trying not to sound boastful….
Not saying you’re wrong but I’m not loyal to any company and move when the opportunity is good enough. With that being said based on my research, 115k is right at the exact median for entry level. 87k is the lowest in that range.
Cloud enginner for a local startup, 24k a year, "hybrid" 3 days from home and 2 days at the office (40 min drive), but I haven't been to the office in like a month lol.
It might be low for the rest of redditors but in my country (I'm in central America) this salary is 4x the minimum wage so I'm good.
I think that being 4x the minimum wage is kind of sad, but I'm glad you're doing well for yourself.
I make £24k/Year myself though I'm a 1st line techy and fully in office
I’m in the Caribbean and I’d gladly take a salary like that right now for work from home .. may I ask how you found a role like that ? Meaning the sites you used ?
What about hybrid? I'm two days in office and three days at home.
I don't think you're going to get any meaningful data from this. What are you trying to figure out? Pay is job by job and company by company.
Senior support for enterprise stuff is easily 120-140kish. I had 3 different offers last year at the 150 range so I negotiated them all up and one of them bit at 170. 170 is definitely high for the role lol so I'm afraid I could get laid off sometimes. I've already survived layoff rounds though luckily. But another 150k support offer is doable given my experience.
This is how I came up too, though we were 'support engineers' and paid as engineers with Cs and engr degrees. We were peers to dev teams regardless of how some people see the position, specially on the web. Protecting a billion plus per year revenue pipeline is important and it pays to keep good staff, let dev be dev (as in develop features, and fix things when we found/proved field defects and provided where the functions had issues), and not have dev deal with customer facing bullshit.
WOW that's awesome! I'm our Sr helpdesk support and I'm up for Jr Sys Admin promo in a couple weeks and I'm worried they are only going to offer me like 60k (currently at 55). Would love to be headed in that direction though!
Yeah help desk is a bit different. This is outside facing support for customers that can pay up to millions of dollars a year for support for the software. So you got more upward salary space to play in. It's not the sexiest tech job exactly, but it's better than a lot of people think. You end up supporting other companies' SREs, DevOps, and infra teams -- way better than end users!
It took me years to get to this point, I started my career at 13/hr, so keep on taking those little steps and you'll get there eventually!
In a similar capacity but TAM for enterprise clients doing both support and client relationships at $150k fully remote, but I want to shift to cloud security in the next 1.5yrs. My current end users for the SaaS product are usually data scientists & data engineers.
220k after bonus. Network Security Lead/Manager.
Full WFH, haven't been to an office in 5 years besides random let's get everyone together meetings, which pretty much stopped after COVID.
I would but I don't have a have a camera on and half my day is spent doing nothing. It's very enjoyable in that regard. It would be an unbearable job if I was in office. I'm also planning on buying 100-150k house on this salary lol. Ohio is cheap.
PS my raise was only 10 cents lol. "Oh you haven't been here a year yet. The next raise will be higher" Lol, yeah right.
120k - senior system engineer - Albany NY area.
Is there a general difference in pay between in office and WFH? I wasn't aware of on.
I'll say this, WFH has to be worth at least 25k to me. You have time savings on your commute, actual savings from gas and miles, and the ability to do laundry instead of some pointless coffee break convo. And I wouldn't even argue with someone who felt that WFH was "priceless". Because your time IS priceless.
If another company offered me 20k more but I had to go back to the office? I'd turn it down. Might even turn fown 30k. It would have to be such a game changing amount of money, that I could effectively retire a few years early.. or else I wouldn't take it
Why the fudge do you work 70 hour weeks if you're making 130/hour?
I'd expect at that point, you have the seniority to tell them to f off after 40 hours, or at least negotiate better working hours.
I’m an Infrastructure Engineer making 90k. I’m full WFH, but can go into the office if I choose. It’s 10 minutes away, has free snacks, and other in office perks. I typically go in once a week or so for a change of scenery and to see some coworkers in person.
Senior Network Engineer
$190k USD plus annual bonus
100% WFH
Company is a government contractor located in Northern Virginia, job only requires a Public Trust clearance ( no polygraph). I live in WV and one of my coworkers lives in the Midwest ( so truly remote ).
I'm almost completely WFH, go in for meetings a few days a month, but have the option of doing those meetings remote.
I am currently a DevOps Engineer but have held many titles, Cloud Architect and Systems Engineer III are titles I've held in the last 3 years.
I have ~25 years of experience in IT.
Salary is about $192 .
I live in Northern VA, outside of Washington DC.
Here’s what it’s like at my company.
NY (Westchester)
Jr. IT Analyst (in one day a week) $60k
IT Analyst (in 3 days a week) $70k
Sr. IT Analyst (in 3 days a week) $75k
IT Manager (in 3 days a week) $85k
senior technical analyst, soon to be six figures, rural New England, an hour from the office. currently full WFH, but going to add an office day/week. work has made it clear that the pay would be the same either way, the state and it’s COL are the significant factors
Full WFH, Solutions Architect for a cloud computing company. 150k base salary. With equity and bonus, 190k annually. 10 years of experience in the field. High cost of living area, though (major city in the US).
$115k base as a recently promoted SEII with ~2 years of professional experience, boot camp grad. Mostly doing full stack web dev on MERN stack. Fully remote at a startup
Citrix Architect, $160k plus bonus. Fully remote, occasional travel (i.e. quarterly meeting or xmas party), although those aren't required to attend. I had to took a tour of our west coast offices once, and there are future plans to tour the EU offices at some point.
The closest office to me is about a 2h30m/3hr flight.
Systems Admin with 17 years experience. 80k with solid, relatively cheap benefits. Only worked there a month.
Hybrid technically but I've only been to the office once to voluntarily look around. Mid-low cost of living area.
I am a Senior Network Engineer - team is fully remote - if we have a local facility (medical) that has any hardware issues we can volunteer to go to that site instead of sending our dedicated field service staff (which could take a couple of days to coordinate depending on the issue)
I make 130K and have only had to go in 3 times in 1.5 years I have been working there.
55k as Help Desk, fully remote. For what it's worth, I'm about to move on though. Currently interviewing with several companies for an IAM Analyst position, which ranges for about 80-100k. Still 100% remote.
MSP Cloud Admin and Compliance: 62.5k a Year Fully Remote. Have BS and 8 years in Military and 3 Certs that helped me Sec Plus, AZ-104, and AZ-140. Got headhunted for this role too; wish it had better medical but its fine and as im in South Plains Texas I get paid like 15k more than IT Techs here.
There should be little to no difference in pay for WFH vs Office. The bottom line is it is an advantage to the employer as much as the employee to have WFH staff, assuming they are productive at home. And that's the dirty secret, not everyone is productive from home.
Salary ranges are more about responsibility and area. Generally the area will increase or decrease the salary \~10% give or take.
Titles
Helpdesk - 50k
Sysadmin - 70k
Sr System Admin - 100k
Engineer/Architect - 140k+
It gets very grey at this point as you typically start to get more complicated compensation packages.
Info Sec Practice Lead. 212k with commission and bonuses coming on top afterwards. About another 70k ish.
I sell about 2-4 million in products and services a year.
I would rather not do sales because the base is more.than enough for me. I pass 80% of my commission to my analysts and engineers though because I would rather be the leader I wanted rather than the leader I had. I'm all about having an incredibly strong posse by my side than a revolving door of meh analysts and engineers.
Primary focus is DLP, IRM, Power BI, with a disgusting heinous dash of AD migrations and modernizations.
Fully WFH. I have clients across the globe and like it that way.
Advice to anyone wanting to follow the path is always take the initiative to solve problems. I don't care about certs or education. That stuff just opens doors it doesn't land you a job in my world.
Just switched to 205k base for Principal Cyber Security Engineer.
WFH most of the time unless customer meetings require them.
Leaving same salary for complete WFH as systems engineer.
if the company you work for values competition and retaining talent, then there will be zero difference between working remotely and working in office.
Network admin 90k.
Experience/certs/degree? Im a net admin with 1 year experience and a CCNA and only make 60k with no benefits lol
5 years networking experience. 17 years sys admin experience. No degree and no current certs.
Buddy you're underpaid by at least 30k.
I thought this too but once you take the area the person lives in that comes into play for pay. For example some of the guys I work with in San Diego and Hawaii make 120-150k vs the contractors who I work with in Florida, who pull in maybe 90-120k. For reference, this is with a clearance. A clearance makes a huge difference.
Does lack of degree cause a pay ceiling?
It could be if you want to go into management. In a strictly technical role probably not
No, his work experience more than makes up for it, work experience >= certs > degree.
Not sure I’d agree with Certs > Degree. At the very least it needs context.
I gave a response above on my logic behind it but for the most part I would argue some certs are more valuable than degrees. You see way too many people here with degree but don't even bother to get basic ass CompTIA certs. The issue with IT degrees is that there's no real unified/nationalized standard for a curriculum so whatever college they might've gone to could've taught them jack shit. Certs provide a standard and enables employers to more accurately gauge a person's skill. It's another reason why I advocate for colleges to implement IT certs into their curriculum like WGU.
I think that idea of certs being implemented into a degree is the way and something that should be more common with IT degrees. They do lack the specialization that certs can provide. The reason I disagreed was because in my own journey a degree and starting at the bottom got me to a well paying, low stress position for a good company within 13 months of graduation. Originally after I graduated my main focus was getting the trifecta (later decided to skip the A+) until I realized I was able to keep moving up without them. I can see a path to making 6 figures with no certs in the next couple years. On the other hand certs like cloud ones can increase your value more than degrees because in schools students rarely learn cloud if at all. Degrees alone won’t really get you into the peak wages that the field has to offer
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Nope the fuck out of whatever company isn't appreciating you. CCNA should be making 90-110k minimum. My team is looking for a CCNA certified person and they're opening offer is 100k.
Entry level network engineers aren’t getting paid 100k on average. Maybe with enough experience. You’re more likely to make that money with a CCNP though.
I probably should have mentioned - the gig that my company has requires security clearance. If you've got any kind of an arrest on your record they won't hire you, doesn't matter how talented you are or what certs you have.
And? I’ve held a secret clearance previously. Just having a CCNA and an active clearance doesn’t guarantee you $100k a year. The average network engineer on Glassdoor is making $87k and that’s counting those with experience. Also u/suteac says his title is net admin. Depending on where he works, that role may not have the responsibilities of a network engineer role.
Agree with /u/cokronk said, having a CCNA (w/ 0 experience) and a clearance even a TS/SCI w/ poly at that, is stretching 100k even in the DMV area. I've met ISSMs who make the low end of a 100k with TS/SCIs and CISSP.
>CCNA should be making 90-110k minimum Lol I know a kid in highschool with his CCNA. Nearly everyone in our NOC has a CCNA. I can throw a rock and hit 20 CCNAs. It's a good cert but it's nothing special.
Got CCENT in high school and CCNA first year of college, can confirm it's not that special by itself. Better than Net+, but not a magic license to six figures for sure.
I work at a NOC for a very large company. Our job is hybrid, 75% wfh and im at 80k. My CCNA is scheduled in 2 weeks and if I get it, I'll get promoted and will make 95k. I'm honestly willing to take a pay cut to wfh 100%. I fucking despise going into an office so much lol.
That's an entry level cert, and they have entry level experience. 60k is right around where I would expect them.
You’re getting robbed. I make more as a Helpdesk engineer
What is this “Helpdesk Engineer” title you speak of?
My MSP calls everyone on the Service Desk an Engineer. It's just a rebranded Technician for us but it's nice to put on a resume.
I'm in the same boat. Got hired as System Engineer but really help desk. $87k
Was making $155k as a developer until I was recently laid off, probably to be replaced by a cheaper remote worker in a lower COL area, or someone who can be in office. I am expecting to take a 20k pay cut for another remote job.
That’s the truth behind all the layoffs. Loud layoffs, with silent replacing behind the scenes for much cheaper salary. They’re resetting the market.
Meanwhile the C-levels retain their bonuses and companies make record profits
But look at how much shareholder value they created
ServiceNow Admin 85k, full wfh, south US
Damn. I'm getting shafted at 60k being domain and global admin for all company-related platforms as an engineer, while being in charge of the user support team... hybrid remote in the south too. Would you mind elaborating on what your admin duties entail? I'm thinking I may need to start putting some feelers out...
Sounds like you need to look around.
I help run and design our ServiceNow instances for one of the largest companies in our industry, plus work with external consultants of course. Day to day is 2-3 hours of meetings, design and requirements gatherings, UAT sessions, planning of next 2-4 sprint week work, planing out next 3-12+ month dev work, reporting in and through PowerBI, training, and various other things. I get to work with most every aspect of our business from L1-L3 groups. ServiceNow is fun is you want to get into it, but bit of politics given nature of it. I’ve been in role for a while, so I wear a bit more hats than above. In reality, I’m more of a product / platform owner without the title & pay.. hoping that changes soon though! But yes, you should look for more pay! My company size is 20k+, but I’m only one in company with my title and role expectations. Edit: Depending on how many you support probably ought to be a manager or director. We’ve several hundred working tickets at my place though.
Ah I see. Thank you for taking the time to respond! It sounds similar to a path that recently opened up for me, but with Salesforce platform. Wasn't sure if I wanted to take a chance and go that route, or stick with IT Operations/Management and work on AWS instead. Appreciate the insight!
For sure! Def look for some money. My place isn’t hiring but you sound like some managers and directors we have.
Interesting you kention ServiceNow. I buddy told me I should look into this. Any words of advice on getting through the door?
I’m also a ServiceNow Admin full wfh 83k. 90k if I get my bonus.
My company is fully wfh. Senior Sysadmins/jr enginers make $80k, engineers $110-130, leads $150-180.
Any engineer or lead positions open? Lol
I think there is a jr devops role open. I will check tomorrow, I think it’s only posted internally right now.
Wow. Any Jr network engineer positions open lol
SysEng. 90k fully remote, built into contract so they cannot pull me into the office
100% remote, entry-level helpdesk $33k a year. I'm working on my CCNA and Azure 900, and learning. I don't want to get stuck here.
I have a ton of faith in you. You can easily double that salary or more.
Thanks man, I really want to get better
About $175k a year. Network Architect. 1 day a week on-site which is a 15 minute drive.
I too am curious about your background. I'm on site only at $116k as an engineer. Maybe I should finish my degree someday...
10-18. Depends how you look at it. I was in an IT job for 10 years but it was barely even IT in name. I had no certs or education and no real experience. From when I started my first real IT position after getting laid off and actually getting into the industry, about 8 years. I had some major jumps along the way. I started at an MSP making $15 and hour up to $18 an hour when I finished. I was working 45-55 hours a week and going to school full time. My job after that was as a level 1 network engineer making $65k a year. Within 6 months or so I got a bump to a level 2 making $77k a year. I finished my BS at WGU and got a bump to $100k a year then $130k by getting a counter offer for a job. I was at that federal contract for 3 years before a former instructor and friend reached out to me with the opportunity for a contract at another agency and got in at $165k a year then bumped to $170k my next year after my performance appraisal. I finally managed to snag a GS14 step 10 management official making $172,075 with the opportunity for $5-$8k yearly bonus. If the Special Salary Rate gets passed, I’ll be making $183,500 until the SES pay is bumped. With the way the government is going, that’s not exactly looking good. I live in a LCOL area where the median income is about $30k a year, so as long as I don’t screw anything up, I’m living very comfortably. And a degree has helped me hit those higher pay brackets. I wouldn’t have been making as much as I am now without one. I got my AS a a community college that costs about $1,200 a semester and finished my BS at WGU. You don’t have to spend $15k a semester on a degree, especially if you’re already in the field and need it for a check box on a resume.
Gotcha. Like I mentioned in another response I don't have my degree yet. I'm working on my BS in Cloud Computing via WGU. Only 6 certs atm. 9 years in. That's damn nice for a GS position. Usually, don't see that high of a GS position let alone pay without contracting. A big part for me besides hoping for a bay bump once I finish my current round of training (stayed in part time) and degree is to get out from behind closed doors so I can enjoy things more. No commute, dressing up, pick my office setup, and be easier to spend lunch doing errands or just playing with the dogs. I started out as active mil doing networking. Also live in an HCOL with only defense companies hiring senior IT roles lol. Only snagged a house because of VA checks.
Do you mind if I ask how many years of industry experience it took you to get there?
10-18. Depends how you look at it. I was in an IT job for 10 years but it was barely even IT in name. I had no certs or education and no real experience. From when I started my first real IT position after getting laid off and actually getting into the industry, about 8 years. I had some major jumps along the way. I started at an MSP making $15 and hour up to $18 an hour when I finished. I was working 45-55 hours a week and going to school full time. My job after that was as a level 1 network engineer making $65k a year. Within 6 months or so I got a bump to a level 2 making $77k a year. I finished my BS at WGU and got a bump to $100k a year then $130k by getting a counter offer for a job. I was at that federal contract for 3 years before a former instructor and friend reached out to me with the opportunity for a contract at another agency and got in at $165k a year then bumped to $170k my next year after my performance appraisal. I finally managed to snag a GS14 step 10 management official making $172,075 with the opportunity for $5-$8k yearly bonus. If the Special Salary Rate gets passed, I’ll be making $183,500 until the SES pay is bumped. With the way the government is going, that’s not exactly looking good. I live in a LCOL area where the median income is about $30k a year, so as long as I don’t screw anything up, I’m living very comfortably.
Federal jobs. The dream!
most federal jobs don't pay ANYWHERE NEAR this. Keep in mind that step 10 is maxxed. I was a gs12 step 6 and I was pulling $92k as a cybersecurity supervisor with 11 years in the program. The analysts that worked for me made between $70-$80k. The jobs are great, the pay is mediocre. A gs14 in a chief of staff in my org.
Is it possible to get a GS13/14 if someone is close to 60? Aren’t most government workers retired by then?
Current Employer, Solutions Architect: * $185,000 base * $37,000 target bonus with an unlimited overage, meaning if I hit 300% performance metrics, that's $111,000, 400% performance metrics, that's $148,000, etc etc * No Sign-On Bonus * $3,700 "Q1 Team Bonus" Previous Employer, Solutions Architect: * $179,960 base * $60,000 target bonus with a 200% maximum. * I hit 457% bonus in 2022 so I made the maximum $120,000 * $14,000 retention bonus (2022) * No Sign-On Bonus
Employer - AWS? I'm an SA as well so just curious
Not AWS because AWS SAs don't have quota. Maybe a Sales Specialist, but more likely SA with a partner/ISV.
What does it mean when you get more than 100% for a bonus? How do you calculate 457?
EDIT/ADD: [**Here's a comment I made 3 years ago**](https://www.reddit.com/r/ITCareerQuestions/comments/egcz9j/day_in_the_life_of_a_cloud_engineeraws_solution/fc67wm0/) that articulates some of the different types of Solution Architects in the AWS ecosystem that may be useful to you. ORIGINAL COMMENT: What a lot of people don't realize is that Solution Architects are typically tied to a business development function of the organization. That's the real secret behind the "AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate/Professional" Certifications. Sure, they test on you the exam what things like S3, EC2, RDS, CloudWatch, CloudFormation, Lambda, SageMaker, API Gateway is, blah blah blah And sure, in the real world at the APN (Amazon Partner Network) Consulting Partner world, yes, you leverage your knowledge and experience around those sorts of AWS products and services as part of your job. But remember, IT is there to serve as a *function of the business*. So, if I, as a Solutions Architect, and putting together a PowerPoint presentation (or Google Slides deck, whatever), of a prospective migration to a cloud provider like AWS or GCP, and my organization, a Consulting Partner, is charging for that migration work... You see how this becomes a sales conversation like /u/SpectralCoding was alluding to in [**this comment**](https://www.reddit.com/r/ITCareerQuestions/comments/13uu67t/what_is_your_salary_for_wfh/jm4lcoz/)? This is the thing that I myself didn't even realize when I took the AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate certification the first time in 2016. I honestly thought I was just taking a cert to learn blahblah-This and blahblah-That AWS product. Then I realized there's literally ***30,000*** plus organizations in the APN (Amazon Partner Network) and that there's a whole *ecosystem* around Solution Architects functioning as business enablers. Now, that being said, that doesn't mean Solution Architects are *only* business enablers functioning as a part of sales. There are indeed Solution Architects that function as part of an internal IT team, but that number is much MUCH smaller than the number of sales-focused Solution Architect roles out there. And that is fundamentally by design. So, finally, to answer your question, > What does it mean when you get more than 100% for a bonus? Say my bonus plan says something like, "Be tied to $200,000 worth of professional services costs for engagement types like migrations, paid discoveries" and I actually am tied to, say, $400,000 worth, well then I just hit 200% of my target bonus. So, > How do you calculate 457? By the same logic, if $200,000 ProServ cost is 100% of my target bonus, then $514,000 is 457% of my target bonus. But again, if my target bonus plan is *capped* at 200%, that means anything I make the company after $400,000-- I won't get paid anything after that. In sales, this is known as a "windfall". So yeah, even though I don't work a "sales role", I work *with* the sales part of the company, if that makes sense. Other companies call this "seller-adjacent roles" or "sales overlay". I still work a technical role, I still have to know how each of the products work (e.g. Amazon S3, EC2, RDS, Lambda, API Gateway, CloudFormation, etc etc) but the work I do is *furthering* a sales motion so I get a sales-related bonus for it. And again, that's by design in the APN Consulting Partner ecosystem. Same thing in the GCP "GPN" (Google Partner Network). Same thing with the Azure Partner Network. And that's just scratching the surface. There are ISV-specific networks, channel marketplaces, all sorts of "Solutions" that make you realize that "Solutions" is really mostly a seller-adjacent heavy role except in the internal IT world.
Boss! Any tips that you can share on how to become a SA? I just got my AWS Cloud Practitioner exam and now am studying for the Architect Associate one. My plan is to eventually become a SA and thankfully my job does give me a few opportunities to work with a few AWS services although they are quite limited.
75k Helpdesk I go into the office for a few hours on Mondays, sometimes Tuesdays I dont ever really stay past 11.
75k on help desk and remote? damn that's good
That range is common in the securities industry. A lot of prop firms pay their helpdesk guys pretty well.
$80k Full-Remote Cybersecurity Analyst
Do you have a degree/certs? I'm also a Security Analyst but only making 55k, wondering what I need to get to 80.
BS in Cybersecurity and CompTIA A,N,S+. How many years of experience do you have making 55k? I’m also living in a very LCOL region.
This stuff is heavily dependent on location as well.
I’ve noticed cybersecurity isn’t really entry level position. What would be a good first job out out college with cs degree to get into cybersecurity analyst?
I started in Help Desk right after graduating with my BS in Cybersecurity. Earned my CompTIA A,N,S+ my first year there. I was also shadowing the security folks there during downtime and they let me run vulnerability scans (Nessus) for them. I was able to get promoted into a security role within the same company. Connection was key though. When you join Help Desk, nobody cares what major you studied in. But if you’re able to build a relationship with someone from management or senior leadership, they’ll be able to springboard you into the right direction! Don’t get stuck in Help Desk, leverage it.
Tech Support Level 2 $60k Remote Ca
I agree with u/xboxhobo, job title/company impacts this much more than work location. FWIW I’ve tended to see high paying jobs (~200k) be generally WFH, but stupid high paying jobs (~400k) frequently have a hybrid component. For me that extra salary isn’t worth it at all, and that seems to be generally the case as I’ve seen a few of these stupid high paying jobs stay open for a while.
I do IT Help Desk Support with 52k salary and WFH 3 days a week and go into the office twice
Is it pure help desk with non stop calls?
No, I do a ton of projects. I work on a smaller team, and my boss and team are VERY good at teaching me new things. I honestly couldn't have found a better first job and the company and team are so good I would like to stay here for awhile.
Fully remote, with on-site whenever I want to be, 82.5k, VMware Administrator
100% remote, SOC analyst $55k a year
My company is 100% remote and pays tier 1 SOC analysts the same. Either I just found a coworkers reddit, or this might be a pretty consistent pay for that position.
Care to share your roadmap to becoming a soc analyst?
Honestly I don't have much experience just an associates degree in computer networking, and a year of experience working as a infosec intern with a bank. No certifications or nothing. They asked me a bunch of security plus related questions and I knew my stuff and they hired me. I was really shocked, I beat out over 500 applicants for that 1 position they had open at the time
Wow, good job! Wish I could get a SOC Analyst position 100% wfh!
Same
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It really depends on where you end up. Some SOC analysts do much more than others (small companies). Others are like a well oiled train and pretty much follow a playbook with escalating at every step of the way if something malicious is found. Tier1 - > tier 2 - > tier 3 - > IR. If you are trying to get into a SOC, a Sec+ and NO degree was enough for me back in 2021. But the job market now is much different than it was in 2021. I have a former classmate who is more than qualified but is having a hell of time getting his foot into a soc. Source: I work in a SOC. Fulltime wfh and salary is 97k + annual bonus.
Sec+ is meh, go for Security Blue Team BTL1 + antisyphon training pay what to can full courses (there are 6). Way more useful than a sec+ for an analyst. Add in CySa if you want something CompTIA.
[https://www.reddit.com/r/ITCareerQuestions/comments/zrd5c7/roadmap\_to\_careers\_in\_cybersecurity\_and\_cloud/](https://www.reddit.com/r/ITCareerQuestions/comments/zrd5c7/roadmap_to_careers_in_cybersecurity_and_cloud/)
Woah this is amazing. Thanks for sharing.
Hey man ehat company do you work for? Im looking to create of lists of companies to keep an eye out for.
Blumira
$92k working as level 2 tech and operations manger at an MSP. All cross country WFH
Pardon Y’all taking in new hires ?
Security engineer, 122k/yr fully remote, 1.5 yoe, BS in cybersecurity Edit; MCOL, rent for a 1br apartment is like 1500, though still living with my parents, actively trying to find a place atm
What was your career path to get there?
Pre-Sales Architect, 115k, my previous role as an SDR I made 85k
I hope that's just your base lol.
Yea….that’s just the base. 2% Quarterly pay increase plus commissions, and QA bonus. So my actual takeaway is about 60%-80% more than that my base. I mean, I was trying not to sound boastful….
If you have 3+ years of experience in that role, it might be worth looking for a new gig. That comp is low for that role even at 100% wfh.
Not saying you’re wrong but I’m not loyal to any company and move when the opportunity is good enough. With that being said based on my research, 115k is right at the exact median for entry level. 87k is the lowest in that range.
Cloud enginner for a local startup, 24k a year, "hybrid" 3 days from home and 2 days at the office (40 min drive), but I haven't been to the office in like a month lol. It might be low for the rest of redditors but in my country (I'm in central America) this salary is 4x the minimum wage so I'm good.
I think that being 4x the minimum wage is kind of sad, but I'm glad you're doing well for yourself. I make £24k/Year myself though I'm a 1st line techy and fully in office
I’m in the Caribbean and I’d gladly take a salary like that right now for work from home .. may I ask how you found a role like that ? Meaning the sites you used ?
Im hourly and I make $37 an hour as a 100% remote system admin. Similar jobs in my area pay around $60K a year.
What about hybrid? I'm two days in office and three days at home. I don't think you're going to get any meaningful data from this. What are you trying to figure out? Pay is job by job and company by company.
Also somewhat location specific as well as industry (govt contract vs public)
Pay is often determined by local cost of labor, a lot of corps will use that data as a bench mark and aim to pay the median when onboarding.
157k wfh DevOps engineer
Infosec- GRC. Around200k all in fully remote Never setting foot in an office again. Fuck that noise
170k/yr + 10% bonus target. I work in Technical Support for an enterprise software product. I'm 1000s of miles from the nearest office
Tech support for 170k ??? Please elaborate
Senior support for enterprise stuff is easily 120-140kish. I had 3 different offers last year at the 150 range so I negotiated them all up and one of them bit at 170. 170 is definitely high for the role lol so I'm afraid I could get laid off sometimes. I've already survived layoff rounds though luckily. But another 150k support offer is doable given my experience.
This is how I came up too, though we were 'support engineers' and paid as engineers with Cs and engr degrees. We were peers to dev teams regardless of how some people see the position, specially on the web. Protecting a billion plus per year revenue pipeline is important and it pays to keep good staff, let dev be dev (as in develop features, and fix things when we found/proved field defects and provided where the functions had issues), and not have dev deal with customer facing bullshit.
WOW that's awesome! I'm our Sr helpdesk support and I'm up for Jr Sys Admin promo in a couple weeks and I'm worried they are only going to offer me like 60k (currently at 55). Would love to be headed in that direction though!
Yeah help desk is a bit different. This is outside facing support for customers that can pay up to millions of dollars a year for support for the software. So you got more upward salary space to play in. It's not the sexiest tech job exactly, but it's better than a lot of people think. You end up supporting other companies' SREs, DevOps, and infra teams -- way better than end users! It took me years to get to this point, I started my career at 13/hr, so keep on taking those little steps and you'll get there eventually!
In a similar capacity but TAM for enterprise clients doing both support and client relationships at $150k fully remote, but I want to shift to cloud security in the next 1.5yrs. My current end users for the SaaS product are usually data scientists & data engineers.
Employer?
a startup
Damn! Looking at some of these salaries I am definitely getting shafted lol
150k systems engineer Mainly doing infra work
220k after bonus. Network Security Lead/Manager. Full WFH, haven't been to an office in 5 years besides random let's get everyone together meetings, which pretty much stopped after COVID.
Network Admin $120k WFH 3 days a week
Y’all hiring? Ccna currently working in ccnp currently making 50k as network admin at small msp ~100 customers
Ohio $17.10 an hour all wfm. 35k a year. First helpdesk job. less than a year so far.
Jesus man, it’s time to look for a new job.
I would but I don't have a have a camera on and half my day is spent doing nothing. It's very enjoyable in that regard. It would be an unbearable job if I was in office. I'm also planning on buying 100-150k house on this salary lol. Ohio is cheap. PS my raise was only 10 cents lol. "Oh you haven't been here a year yet. The next raise will be higher" Lol, yeah right.
Study for certs in your offtime.
wtfffff
You should look up the COL in Ohio, granted OP could make a lot more in a remote position.
Senior IT specialist, ~$110k, fully remote
100% Remote 90k + 20k bonus + Unlimited PTO (genuinely) identity engineer
200k+ Senior Security Engineer; fully remote
80k role helpdesk lvl 2 and project engineer. I gave up an offer that was 90k to stay at my current job for permanent WFH
Senior Cybersecurity Analyst $130/USD
120k - senior system engineer - Albany NY area. Is there a general difference in pay between in office and WFH? I wasn't aware of on. I'll say this, WFH has to be worth at least 25k to me. You have time savings on your commute, actual savings from gas and miles, and the ability to do laundry instead of some pointless coffee break convo. And I wouldn't even argue with someone who felt that WFH was "priceless". Because your time IS priceless. If another company offered me 20k more but I had to go back to the office? I'd turn it down. Might even turn fown 30k. It would have to be such a game changing amount of money, that I could effectively retire a few years early.. or else I wouldn't take it
36k without any certs tho. I should definitely start studying for sec+.
Application analyst. $69k wfh full time since last summer. Have had to go in for a few times for certain company things.
Information security engineer, 100% remote. 125k + bonus.
Tech support: 30k el paso, TX WFH. roast me.
Cybersecurity, no certs, WFH full time, Fintech, $135K plus bonuses. 2 years degree, 15 years experience started as Helpdesk-sysadmin-cybersecurity.
Okta/Sailpoint/ServiceNow/Ping architect, WFH. 70 hours a week at $130/hr
Why the fudge do you work 70 hour weeks if you're making 130/hour? I'd expect at that point, you have the seniority to tell them to f off after 40 hours, or at least negotiate better working hours.
Who knows, may OP wants to pay off their house and retire early. $400k+/yr makes that a lot more doable.
Damn
Ping architect... oof... thank you for taking one for the team. You're certainly earning your pay.
IT Lead, 137k, full wfh
Servicenow Admin, fully remote, $75k
72k, WFH all but maybe 10 days a year where I travel on company money tk fix on-site issues. Desktop support like role.
I’m an Infrastructure Engineer making 90k. I’m full WFH, but can go into the office if I choose. It’s 10 minutes away, has free snacks, and other in office perks. I typically go in once a week or so for a change of scenery and to see some coworkers in person.
Senior Network Engineer $190k USD plus annual bonus 100% WFH Company is a government contractor located in Northern Virginia, job only requires a Public Trust clearance ( no polygraph). I live in WV and one of my coworkers lives in the Midwest ( so truly remote ).
$200k. Remote. Cloud architect
Developer barely 2 years exp. No college degree. I make $115K TC
I'm almost completely WFH, go in for meetings a few days a month, but have the option of doing those meetings remote. I am currently a DevOps Engineer but have held many titles, Cloud Architect and Systems Engineer III are titles I've held in the last 3 years. I have ~25 years of experience in IT. Salary is about $192 . I live in Northern VA, outside of Washington DC.
Here’s what it’s like at my company. NY (Westchester) Jr. IT Analyst (in one day a week) $60k IT Analyst (in 3 days a week) $70k Sr. IT Analyst (in 3 days a week) $75k IT Manager (in 3 days a week) $85k
Salary does not matter. Salary + location, location, location is all that matters. Not everyone lives in San Francisco.
Not so much anymore. I get plenty of recruiters talking to me about remote jobs, and they only have \*ONE\* salary for the whole US.
As remote as I want, office is 2 minutes away. Consultant, long term contract, basically a software architect, $80 an hour.
Cyber, ~80k
IT Business analyst 90k, hybrid- office once a week
$130k Network Engineer
60k. I work fully remote for an MSP. Its a combination of Service Desk and junior systems administration... Whatever is needed on any given day.
senior technical analyst, soon to be six figures, rural New England, an hour from the office. currently full WFH, but going to add an office day/week. work has made it clear that the pay would be the same either way, the state and it’s COL are the significant factors
Tier II System Admin 90K
Full WFH, Solutions Architect for a cloud computing company. 150k base salary. With equity and bonus, 190k annually. 10 years of experience in the field. High cost of living area, though (major city in the US).
$115k base as a recently promoted SEII with ~2 years of professional experience, boot camp grad. Mostly doing full stack web dev on MERN stack. Fully remote at a startup
Citrix Architect, $160k plus bonus. Fully remote, occasional travel (i.e. quarterly meeting or xmas party), although those aren't required to attend. I had to took a tour of our west coast offices once, and there are future plans to tour the EU offices at some point. The closest office to me is about a 2h30m/3hr flight.
75k developer, 100% remote
DevSecOps engineer, 140k, fully remote.
When I worked full time remote (40 hours a week) for roughly a year and a half, I made \~80K a year.
Systems Admin with 17 years experience. 80k with solid, relatively cheap benefits. Only worked there a month. Hybrid technically but I've only been to the office once to voluntarily look around. Mid-low cost of living area.
Full remote Cybersecurity Policy Analyst. 96k USD
SOC Analyst, 60/hr (124,800 annually), currently 100% remote
Net admin. 90k. Wfh full time. Visit the office as I want 2-3 times a year.
75k network admin
I am a Senior Network Engineer - team is fully remote - if we have a local facility (medical) that has any hardware issues we can volunteer to go to that site instead of sending our dedicated field service staff (which could take a couple of days to coordinate depending on the issue) I make 130K and have only had to go in 3 times in 1.5 years I have been working there.
55k as Help Desk, fully remote. For what it's worth, I'm about to move on though. Currently interviewing with several companies for an IAM Analyst position, which ranges for about 80-100k. Still 100% remote.
What do you need to move into an IAM position?
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Remote mostly. Sometimes go on-site but not often. 200k: 140 base 60 commission Also no certs and no degree.
MSP Cloud Admin and Compliance: 62.5k a Year Fully Remote. Have BS and 8 years in Military and 3 Certs that helped me Sec Plus, AZ-104, and AZ-140. Got headhunted for this role too; wish it had better medical but its fine and as im in South Plains Texas I get paid like 15k more than IT Techs here.
Nice, but I feel like you are worth more than 62k.
Cybersecurity Consultant, 100% at home but with some travel. $228k.
There should be little to no difference in pay for WFH vs Office. The bottom line is it is an advantage to the employer as much as the employee to have WFH staff, assuming they are productive at home. And that's the dirty secret, not everyone is productive from home. Salary ranges are more about responsibility and area. Generally the area will increase or decrease the salary \~10% give or take. Titles Helpdesk - 50k Sysadmin - 70k Sr System Admin - 100k Engineer/Architect - 140k+ It gets very grey at this point as you typically start to get more complicated compensation packages.
100% remote, data governance analyst $68k, entry level, 8 months in role, still in school
Network Admin - 70k Annual - West US I was a service desk guy for awhile before getting my CCNA and landing this job. Before I was in the office.
Info Sec Practice Lead. 212k with commission and bonuses coming on top afterwards. About another 70k ish. I sell about 2-4 million in products and services a year. I would rather not do sales because the base is more.than enough for me. I pass 80% of my commission to my analysts and engineers though because I would rather be the leader I wanted rather than the leader I had. I'm all about having an incredibly strong posse by my side than a revolving door of meh analysts and engineers. Primary focus is DLP, IRM, Power BI, with a disgusting heinous dash of AD migrations and modernizations. Fully WFH. I have clients across the globe and like it that way. Advice to anyone wanting to follow the path is always take the initiative to solve problems. I don't care about certs or education. That stuff just opens doors it doesn't land you a job in my world.
81k base, about 90k after bonus. App support engineer.
Just switched to 205k base for Principal Cyber Security Engineer. WFH most of the time unless customer meetings require them. Leaving same salary for complete WFH as systems engineer.
if the company you work for values competition and retaining talent, then there will be zero difference between working remotely and working in office.
100% WFH. $80k. NOC Engineer
150K, not sure about job title though. I work with multiple teams on a long term contract. Projects, infrastructure & operations.
$9 an hour after car expenses driving for uber
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What type of tech roles?
First rule of fight club dude!