The Houston IT Salary Survey is an annual survey conducted by the president of JDA Professional Services, Inc., James Del Monte. The salaries in this survey are based on current average earnings at the time of publishing. This survey is an effective tool for guiding IT salaries year round. However, when using it to evaluate your own salary, you must take into consideration total compensation which has several variables. Some considerations that impact base salaries are bonuses, location, cost of insurance and other non cash incentives.
To download a copy of the annual compensation report, please click the link: 2019 Houston IT Compensation Report
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Click here for a pdf download of the 2019 Compensation Report article.
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Salary |
Hourly Pay Rate |
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Management |
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CIO - Large Company 1 7 10 11 | $ 199 K | $ 286 K | $ 418 K | $129 | $185 | $269 |
CIO - Mid-Size/Large Company 2 7 10 11 | $ 185 K | $ 214 K | $ 348 K | $120 | $139 | $224 |
CIO - Mid-Size Company 3 7 10 11 | $ 158 K | $ 195 K | $ 349 K | $103 | $126 | $225 |
CIO - Small Company 4 7 10 11 | $ 131 K | $ 173 K | $ 271 K | $86 | $112 | $175 |
CTO 1 10 | $ 149 K | $ 197 K | $ 236 K | $97 | $128 | $153 |
IT Director - Large Company 1 7 10 11 | $ 142 K | $ 181 K | $ 282 K | $93 | $117 | $182 |
IT Director - Mid-Size Company 2 3 7 10 11 | $ 132 K | $ 178 K | $ 237 K | $86 | $116 | $153 |
IT Director - Small Company 4 7 10 11 | $ 97 K | $ 133 K | $ 180 K | $64 | $87 | $117 |
CISO - Chief Information Security Officer | $ 151 K | $ 187 K | $ 233 K | $98 | $121 | $151 |
Security Manager/Director | $ 120 K | $ 152 K | $ 195 K | $78 | $99 | $126 |
IT Audit Manager/Director 8 | $ 131 K | $ 159 K | $ 187 K | $86 | $103 | $121 |
Business Applications Manager - Large Company 1 11 | $ 153 K | $ 184 K | $ 213 K | $100 | $119 | $138 |
Business Applications Manager - Mid-size Company 2 3 11 | $ 141 K | $ 156 K | $ 187 K | $92 | $101 | $121 |
Data Center Manager 1 11 | $ 126 K | $ 146 K | $ 176 K | $82 | $95 | $114 |
Infrastructure Manager - Large Company 1 11 | $ 148 K | $ 174 K | $ 208 K | $96 | $113 | $135 |
Infrastructure Manager - Mid-Size Company 2 3 11 | $ 120 K | $ 157 K | $ 185 K | $78 | $102 | $120 |
Service Desk Manager - ITIL 11 | $ 109 K | $ 136 K | $ 159 K | $71 | $89 | $103 |
Help Desk Manager 11 | $ 85 K | $ 108 K | $ 138 K | $56 | $71 | $90 |
PMO Manager - with PMP 1 2 3 11 | $ 131 K | $ 148 K | $ 180 K | $86 | $96 | $117 |
Project Manager - with PMP 1 2 3 11 | $ 99 K | $ 133 K | $ 163 K | $65 | $87 | $106 |
Security and Audit |
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Security Architect/Engineer 5 | $ 96 K | $ 137 K | $ 168 K | $63 | $89 | $109 |
Security Administrator 5 | $ 78 K | $ 124 K | $ 149 K | $52 | $81 | $97 |
Security INFOSEC - Compliance 5 | $ 88 K | $ 110 K | $ 133 K | $58 | $72 | $87 |
IT/IS Auditor To Lead | $ 88 K | $ 115 K | $ 152 K | $58 | $75 | $99 |
Business Intelligence, Analytics, and Data Warehousing |
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Senior Data Warehousing Specialist B/I 5 | $ 119 K | $ 146 K | $ 165 K | $78 | $95 | $107 |
Data Warehousing Specialist 5 | $ 90 K | $ 131 K | $ 147 K | $59 | $86 | $96 |
ETL Developer | $ 105 K | $ 125 K | $ 158 K | $69 | $82 | $103 |
DBA - Senior 11 | $ 115 K | $ 147 K | $ 168 K | $75 | $96 | $109 |
DBA - Junior 11 | $ 88 K | $ 106 K | $ 119 K | $58 | $70 | $78 |
Oracle Developer - RICE/PL/SQL (4+ years) | $ 95 K | $ 126 K | $ 152 K | $63 | $82 | $99 |
Data Analyst | $ 89 K | $ 118 K | $ 140 K | $59 | $77 | $91 |
Report Writer | $ 68 K | $ 88 K | $ 110 K | $45 | $58 | $72 |
Techno/Functional Analyst | $ 97 K | $ 123 K | $ 153 K | $64 | $80 | $100 |
ERP |
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Oracle Developer - PL/SQ database focused | $ 105 K | $ 123 K | $ 154 K | $69 | $80 | $100 |
Oracle - Techno/Functional Analyst 11 | $ 110 K | $ 133 K | $ 163 K | $72 | $87 | $106 |
Oracle - SME - Functional Analyst 11 | $ 104 K | $ 130 K | $ 154 K | $68 | $85 | $100 |
PeopleSoft Developer - PeopleTools 11 | $ 85 K | $ 111 K | $ 135 K | $56 | $73 | $88 |
PeopleSoft - SME - Functional Analyst 11 | $ 105 K | $ 124 K | $ 152 K | $69 | $81 | $99 |
SAP - Developer ABAP 11 | $ 104 K | $ 133 K | $ 152 K | $68 | $87 | $99 |
SAP - Techno/Functional Analyst 11 | $ 121 K | $ 145 K | $ 176 K | $79 | $94 | $114 |
SAP - SME - Functional Analyst 11 | $ 107 K | $ 137 K | $ 174 K | $70 | $89 | $113 |
ERP Administrator 5 | $ 84 K | $ 107 K | $ 131 K | $55 | $70 | $86 |
Web Development |
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Developer - PHP, ASP, Flash, HTML | $ 64 K | $ 84 K | $ 111 K | $43 | $55 | $73 |
Graphics/Web Designer - Adobe Photoshop | $ 49 K | $ 67 K | $ 88 K | $33 | $45 | $58 |
Interactive Marketing / Search Engine Optimization / Social Media | $ 74 K | $ 104 K | $ 146 K | $49 | $68 | $95 |
Applications |
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Project/Team Lead - Applications 1 2 3 11 | $ 105 K | $ 140 K | $ 173 K | $69 | $91 | $112 |
Enterprise/Applications Architect | $ 112 K | $ 152 K | $ 180 K | $73 | $99 | $117 |
Senior Developer/Team Lead 5 | $ 111 K | $ 153 K | $ 164 K | $73 | $100 | $107 |
Systems/Business Analyst 11 | $ 90 K | $ 129 K | $ 153 K | $59 | $84 | $100 |
SharePoint Developer (4 - 10 years) | $ 99 K | $ 121 K | $ 143 K | $65 | $79 | $93 |
Developer - .NET (4 - 10 years) 5 | $ 97 K | $ 131 K | $ 157 K | $64 | $86 | $102 |
Developer - JAVA (4 - 10 years) 5 | $ 88 K | $ 113 K | $ 148 K | $58 | $74 | $96 |
Developer - C++ | $ 88 K | $ 123 K | $ 145 K | $58 | $80 | $94 |
Developer - Client Server (3+ years) | $ 76 K | $ 101 K | $ 134 K | $50 | $66 | $87 |
Junior Developer (1 - 4 years) 5 | $ 64 K | $ 91 K | $ 116 K | $43 | $60 | $76 |
Quality Assurance - Applications Testing | $ 66 K | $ 90 K | $ 123 K | $44 | $59 | $80 |
Quality Assurance – Team Lead/Manager | $ 108 K | $ 134 K | $ 164 K | $71 | $87 | $107 |
Entry Level Applications - 4-Year Degree | $ 47 K | $ 56 K | $ 80 K | $32 | $38 | $53 |
Entry Level Applications - 2-Year Degree | $ 37 K | $ 47 K | $ 55 K | $25 | $32 | $37 |
Miscellaneous |
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Technical Writer | $ 64 K | $ 78 K | $ 108 K | $43 | $52 | $71 |
Training | $ 68 K | $ 86 K | $ 114 K | $45 | $57 | $75 |
Infrastructure |
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Infrastructure Project Manager 1 2 3 11 | $ 107 K | $ 119 K | $ 164 K | $70 | $78 | $107 |
Communications Architect - CCIE 1 2 3 | $ 115 K | $ 142 K | $ 172 K | $75 | $93 | $112 |
Systems Network Engineer (10+ years) | $ 102 K | $ 127 K | $ 158 K | $67 | $83 | $103 |
Communications - VoIP | $ 86 K | $ 115 K | $ 144 K | $57 | $75 | $94 |
UNIX/Linux Administrator | $ 70 K | $ 110 K | $ 138 K | $47 | $72 | $90 |
UNIX/Linux System Engineer 1 2 3 | $ 90 K | $ 125 K | $ 159 K | $59 | $82 | $103 |
2nd Level LAN Administrator (7+ years) | $ 80 K | $ 105 K | $ 135 K | $53 | $69 | $88 |
1st Level LAN Administrator (2+ years) | $ 62 K | $ 84 K | $ 99 K | $41 | $55 | $65 |
Entry Level Infrastructure - 4-Year Degree | $ 47 K | $ 51 K | $ 72 K | $32 | $34 | $48 |
Entry Level Infrastructure - 2-Year Degree | $ 33 K | $ 40 K | $ 49 K | $23 | $27 | $33 |
Service Desk / Help Desk / Desktop |
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Help Desk - Level III Service Desk (7+ years) | $ 88 K | $ 109 K | $ 134 K | $58 | $71 | $87 |
Help Desk - Level II Service Desk (5 - 10 years) 11 | $ 70 K | $ 90 K | $ 105 K | $47 | $59 | $69 |
Help Desk - Level I Support (0 - 10 years) 11 | $ 43 K | $ 61 K | $ 74 K | $29 | $41 | $49 |
Software Support (2+ years) 11 | $ 52 K | $ 76 K | $ 101 K | $35 | $50 | $66 |
Hardware Technician (1 - 5 years) 11 | $ 40 K | $ 55 K | $ 82 K | $27 | $37 | $54 |