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