Salary Statistics
IT-Certified Professionals Earn Higher Salaries than Non-Certified Workers
Certification can be a differentiating factor for a professional who is looking to advance in the IT job world.
To a hiring employer, not only does a certification provide evidence of an individual's familiarity with a particular technology or practice. It also demonstrates initiative on the part of the applicant because he or she has invested the extra time and effort to become certified.
In turn, employers often pay certified employees more than they pay non-certified employees.
Certified IT professionals earned an average of $76,500 in 2006. This amount was a 7.1 percent pay increase from 2005 when the median average was $71,100. (Certification Magazine 2006 Salary Survey).
The projected increase in average starting salaries for technology professionals in the United States is 2.8 percent for 2007. High-demand positions such as web developer are expected to see increases in base compensation of more than 4 percent over 2006 projections. (Robert Half Technology 2007 Salary Guide)
Employers use certifications to match hiring requirements with candidate qualifications. CIW certifications map to job roles to meet these industry-recognized requirements and qualifications.
CIW also addresses the industry trend of continually changing IT job roles by modifying and developing certification pathways that can lead to lucrative positions after earning certification.
CIW Professional (United States)
Choose the job role that appeals to you or explore the CIW Certification pathways to discover the CIW certification that best suits your career goals.
