District of Columbia

TheTop 5 Statesfor IT Jobs

IT Salaries By State

The average IT salary in DC is $95k, which is 25% higher than the national average for IT salaries.

Information Technology is one of the fastest growing industries in the U.S. with job growth expected to exceed 22% by 2020. So, where should people be looking for IT jobs? Below you'll �nd a breakdown of IT salaries state-by-state.

*Salary data from Indeed.com

New York is home to more than 18,000 IT �rms, with a median income of nearly $80k in the emerging tech hot spot of Poughkeepsie-Newburgh-Middletown.

Given that Massachusetts is home of MIT, the seventh highest ranked university in the nation, it makes sense that Massachusetts o�ers one of the highest salaries for IT jobs at $80k.

Georgia is home to almost 13,000 IT �rms, most based in and around Atlanta, with a median income of $76k.

A 2013 study by CEB found that only about 1/3rd of IT professionals are employed in the tech industry in the U.S., while the remaining 2/3rds are employed in “non-tech” industries.

Despite the high rate of IT professionals being employed in non-tech industries, the U.S. still represents as the country with the largest job growth in the IT sector, having created

440,000 jobs at the time of the study.

Share of employment: 30%Share of output: 47.5%Annual average wage: $101,640Largest advanced industry: Computer systems design and related services

The average IT salary in Connecticut is $77k, which is 15% higher than average IT salaries for job postings nationwide.

New York

Massachusetts

Georgia

San Jose-Sunnyvale-Santa Clara, CA

Connecticut

The Top 5 Cities WithThe Most Tech Jobs

The Top Skillsfor IT Professionals

Share of employment: 16%Share of output: 32.6%Annual average wage: $63,180Largest advanced industry: Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

Seattle-Tacoma-Bellevue, WA

Share of employment: 15.5%Share of output: 27.4%Annual average wage: $44,410Largest advanced industry: Aerospace product and parts manufacturing

Wichita, KS

Share of employment: 14.8%Share of output: 24.8%Annual average wage: $53,300Largest advanced industry: Motor vehicle parts manufacturing

Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

Share of employment: 14%Share of output: 24.7%Annual average wage: $80,960Largest advanced industry: Computer systems design and related services

San Francisco-Oakland-Hayward, CA

Critical thinking &analytical skills

Puppet(open-source IT automation)

Big Data

Financial management

Cybersecurity

Hadoop(open-source data analysis framework)

JIRA(project and issue-tracking software)

Innovation & collaboration

Leadership

Marketing & communication

NoSQL

Salesforce(CRM tool)

Python(Programming language)

Cloud

Non-Technical SkillsTechnical Skills in High Demand

Top Industries for IT34%

Employedin the tech industy66%

Employedin the non-tech industy

Future Projections:Healthcare and Technology

Healthcare is expected to see a 20% increase in its need for IT professionals, driven largely by looming government regulations related to the migration of health records into electronic formats. This increase contributes to an overall 22% anticipated growth in IT jobs by 2020, despite o�-shoring of programming.

Information security

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DC-

$95k

AK-

$49k

IL-

$75k

GA-

$76kLA-

$59k

MS-

$70kAL-

$67k

MI-

$67k

CO-

$59k

MN-

$49k WI-

$59k

NE-

$49k

ND-

$59k

SD-

$50k

OR-

$64kID-

$44k

CA-

$71k

WA-

$69k

UT-

$52k

WY-

$55kNV

-$51k

NV-

$55kNM

-$58k

KA-

$61k

IN-

$64k

OH-

$64k

TX-

$64k

IA-

$65k

MO-

$65k

PA - $64k

OK-

$61kAK

-$68k

MT-

$55k

ME-

$59k

KY - $57k

HI-

$41k

FL-

$62k

NC - $63k

VA - $67k

NY - $80k

SC - $66kTN - $62k

WV - $63k

MD-

$68k

DE-

$58k

NJ-

$72k

CT-

$77k

RI-

$61k

MA-

$80k

VT-

$59k

NH-

$66k