[jobs] sysadmin wanted and compensation query

[Paul Lussier]

Greg Rundlett <greg.rundlett at gmail.com> writes:

> I am not asking anyone to volunteer their specific salary, but I am
> curious to know whether the information reported by Salary.com is
> indeed indicative of Linux Sr. SysAdmin positions:
>
> Systems Administrator, Sr. (base)     25th%ile    Median  75th%ile
> 		Billerica, MA 01821      $72,605    $81,916   $91,628

This isn't far off.  You might consider checking out the USENIX/SAGE
salary survey where they specifically outline exact job descriptions
for UNIX sysadmins.

  http://www.sage.org

The 2003 Salary Survey is available to the public here:

  http://www.sage.org/salsurv/2003SalarySurvey.pdf

The 2004/2005 survey is only available to SAGE members.

A brief view of the the Salary by metro area/job function section for
Boston claims:

YrExp  Generalist    Networking   Other       Server mgmt   Technical lead
3..4   61.2 / 10.0    --- / ---    --- / ---    67.7 / 9.9      --- / ---
5..6   63.8 /  6.6    --- / ---   78.8 / 9.4    71.9 / 3.3     65.1 / -0.4
7..8   72.2 /  4.9   79.3 / 4.1   --- / ---     82.4 / 6.0     92.7 / 2.7
9..10  69.0 /  2.6    --- / ---   --- / ---     72.8 / 2.3     94.1 / 10.9
11..15 74.5 /  4.3    --- / ---   --- / ---     84.3 / -2.0    92.7 / 1.0

The left number in each column is salary in K$.  I believe the right
number in each column is the percentage of respondants for that
category, but I'm not entirely sure, since I couldn't find a
description of what this all the numbers in the chart meant. (for
anyone who downloads this salary survey, it's the chart on page 32).

Greg, I hope this helps.
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Seeya,
Paul