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by jrinehart

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I work as VP of Information Systems for a medium size bank (170mil asset). Anyone in the banking area knows that my title encompasses a wide variety of jobs from cabling, to putting up new cubicles to network administration. You get the picture. I have been with the same bank for 10+ years (6 in the IT area). I have a college education but no IT certications? Our bank is located in the midwest in a rural setting. We are 30 miles from a town of 75K people. I think I do my job well and am knowlegable in keeping all of our systems going. We habe a WAN network running NT 4.0 and about 100 workstations. Our bank software in running in a service bureau environment so that is not much of an issue. I have become alittle concerned over salary. My question is: What do you believe to be a fair salary for someone in my position? I want to make sure I am in the right salary range. We do have a 401K with 4% employer match against 5% of my dollars. I would like to know what type of base pay I should be getting compared to others in the same area. Thansk for the help.

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by jerrym mcse+i / a+

It depends....do you have any certifications? would the IT community consider you to be good? how do you carry yourself? do you portray ability and confidence? the salary you deserve is the minimum you are willing to do the job for, if you don't like your salary get a new job for more $overall (including benefits), if your current employer appreciates you and thinks you are worth it they will normally up your package to keep you, otherwise, you will start a new job with more. I would like to note that compensation comes in many forms. A job with low job is worth alot more than a high pay/high stress one..

by rick freedman

Golf boy;

Source EDP, the national IT staffing firm, publishes an annual salary survey that is a great source for this info. Don't know if they have a website offhand but I'm sure you can find it - if not call their office in the major city nearest you and they'll mail you one. InformationWeek also puts out a survey yearly, with regional adjustments and adjustments depending on industry and size of company, so that may also be a good source.

Hope this helps...

Rick

by mjcampese

I'm the IT manager at a $100m credit union on the West Coast. My job duties are a lot like yours, plus doing most of the work my boss, the CTO, is suppossed to know how to do but doesn't. I have CCNA, MCP, Network+ and iNet+ certs. From my experience, here & elsewhere, good negotiating skills up front will get you better pay and peer respect than certs alone will ever do. Certs are good, but you will likely have to get some negotiating savvy to boost your income. Usually, a job change brings the biggest pay boost and that's the best time to negotiate.

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