Something else to keep in mind when looking through these numbers is that they're provided by Robert Half technologies, who has an incentive to make it look enticing to change jobs. And, honestly, they also have an incentive to raise the pay scales as much as possible, too, given the take that they get for placing someone.
I'm not saying that these are all made up numbers, but that it's hard to gauge without the data backing it. A combination of this and the USENIX Salary Surveys (https://www.usenix.org/lisa/salary-surveys) would give a better view than just one, perhaps. --Matt On Mon, Nov 12, 2012 at 11:05 PM, Kent C. Brodie <[email protected]> wrote: > I always have the same issue when I try to find my job (systems > administrator) in this 'report' every year. (It's my own annual version > of what I used to do years ago, fine my name in each year's new phone > book).... > > "Web administrator" and "Systems security administrator" both supposedly > score a much greater salary range than "systems administrator" -- when the > reality is (for me, and I am assuming many of you)- is that the "system > administrator" role I am doing is ALL OF THE ABOVE. I'm the systems admin > (my formal job description), but I'm also solely responsible for all > security and intrusion detection and audits and.. as well as managing all > of the web sites, and so on. > > In my book, "Systems Administrator" > Systems Security Administrator > and/or Web Administrator > > The bottom line is, I get paid for what I do, and am relatively satisfied > with my compensation. That's all that really matters. I also find that > tech jobs rarely, if ever, follow the typical boundaries set by RH's > descriptions...... > > -kcb > > > > > >> * Web Administrators earn more than Systems Administrators, despite being >> a bit more of a narrow field. At the best I've tended to consider these >> two to be fairly synonymous roles I must admit, but then most of my >> sysadmin background has been in web-facing companies. >> >> ______________________________**_________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-**bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss<https://lists.lopsa.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss> > This list provided by the League of Professional System Administrators > http://lopsa.org/ > -- LITTLE GIRL: But which cookie will you eat FIRST? COOKIE MONSTER: Me think you have misconception of cookie-eating process.
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