| Information Technology is a broadly defined | | | | |
| field so before listing the top 10 paying IT | | | | Chief Technology Officer - 165 000 |
| jobs lets define exactly what I.T. is. | | | | |
| | | | Chief Security Officer - 150 000 |
| The Information Technology Association of | | | | |
| America (ITAA) defines IT as "the study, | | | | Database Manager - 125 000 |
| design, development, implementation, support | | | | |
| or management of computer-based information | | | | Applications Architect - 120 000 |
| systems, particularly software applications | | | | |
| and computer hardware." IT deals with the use | | | | Software Engineer - $104,500 |
| of electronic computers and computer software | | | | |
| to convert, store, protect, process, | | | | Data Modeler - $103,000 |
| transmit, and securely retrieve information. | | | | |
| | | | Information Technology Auditor - $102,750 |
| So for the sake of simplicity let's just say | | | | |
| working in IT means working with computers. | | | | Business Analyst - $100,250 |
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| Almost always the highest paying IT job in | | | | Network Architect - $100,000 |
| any Company is the CIO (Chief Information | | | | |
| Officer). The CIO is the head of all | | | | Systems Integration Manager - $100,000 |
| technology departments within a company and | | | | |
| usually reports directly to the CEO. The | | | | IT is a growing field with a very high |
| average salary for a CIO is approximately | | | | average salary. Since the field is an |
| $150 000 in 2008 but all of the top 10 break | | | | umbrella term defining many different fields |
| the 5 figure mark. So let's say that the | | | | the salaries are estimates and certain |
| following list is the Top 10 Paying IT jobs | | | | companies pay much higher. A recent survey of |
| excluding the CIO. | | | | Google employees claimed that a computer |
| | | | programmer at Google makes between $175,000 |
| So without here is the list of the top 10 | | | | and $225,000. |
| paying IT jobs in the U.S for 2008: | | | | |