Are you looking for the highest-paying IT jobs? According to this survey you can get it in San Jose, California.
Median annual salary: $120,000
from high-range salaries:
Director of display algorithms, $170,000
NAND flash firmware, $165,000
and midrange salaries:
Applications engineer, $120,000
GUI software engineer, $120,000
Senior Java developer, $120,000
to low-end salaries:
Cisco network engineer NCA, $80,000
Embedded Linux developer, $75,000
Ruby on Rails engineer, $70,000
Junior software developer, $60,000
Systems engineer, $57,500
but don't forget about a perspective that your 'highest paid city" has a high cost of living.
Alternative way to find out who is well-paid in San Jose is SimplyHired (for example Cisco network engineer)
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Review findings of the 2012's highest paid IT salaries* and projected percentage growth:
Chief Information Officer: $180-212k
Chief Security Officer: $158-207k
Application Architect: $126-166k
Network Architect: $121-142k
Data Warehouse Engineer $119-133k
Software Engineer: $116-152k
Software Developer (Front end): $107-132k
Sr. Systems Administrator: $110-125k
Mobile Developer: $109-124k
Information Security Analyst: $106-141k
*Salary range predictions are based on the D.C.Metro Area.
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