What was your entry level salary like at your very first IT position.

I hope this isn't a double post, my first post seemed to vanish without a trace. Just trying to see what others IT paths have been like, since I plan to enter the field soon.

What was your entry level salary, at your very first IT position? And what position was it.

What type of schooling or certs did you have, and how long ago? How quickly were you able to move up?

Thanks.

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kohr-ah

$18 per hour.
I had my A+, Net+ and at the time MCP for Win XP exam. It was for a Desktop Admin job for a hospital.
I moved out of that position in about a little over a year where I was promoted to a Network Engineer (Basically Jr level) role at that point also had my CCNA, Win 7 MCTS, and Sec+.

Schooling I have my Associates in Computer Internetworking Technologies.

tkerber

mxmaniac wrote: »

I hope this isn't a double post, my first post seemed to vanish without a trace. Just trying to see what others IT paths have been like, since I plan to enter the field soon.

What was your entry level salary, at your very first IT position? And what position was it.

What type of schooling or certs did you have, and how long ago? How quickly were you able to move up?

Thanks.

There is a salaries thread actually.

But here it goes.

First IT Position: Desktop Support Technician (Contractor)

Salary: $15 hourly (2011)

Education: HS Diploma

Certifications: A+

Experience: 0

Left after a little more than a year, and got a raise. More importantly I moved into a position that allowed me to touch more than just desktops and laptops.

philz1982

First IT Position: BAS Controls Programmer (Not really an IT position)

Salary: $ 55k yr (2007)

Education: HS Diploma

Certifications: None

Experience: 5 years as a weapons specialist in the USN

Iristheangel

$12/hr. No certs, no professional experience. Just luck. I came in to interview for a customer service job and the owner seemed to appreciate my drive to get into IT so I walked away with an IT job.

lamha88

$12 hourly.
Education: HS Diploma
Certs: None
Experience: 0

Computer technician at Circuit City. I left after about a year when the company declared bankruptcy. I know a lot of people were negatively affected by it, but it was probably one of the better things to happen to my career. I got started on my cert path, started going after my B.S., got another job with a pretty good bump in pay, and never looked back.

jvrlopez

First IT Position: Cyber Systems Operator (USAF)

Salary: aproximately $25000/year

Education: HS Diploma, 45 hours of lower level college.

Certifications: None

Experience: 0

Stayed with it for my 4 year obligation. Used the experience a year after I got out to land my first IT job outside the military which paid at $12/hour in 2012/2013 (over the phone desktop support and ticketing input).

ScrawnyRonnie

$15/hr working full time as a Help Desk/Desktop Support tech. I had my current certs, minus the Sec+, a 2 year degree, and no experience.

logisticalstyles

41k per year, but my situation was different than most. I was already with the company for 8 years working in another department. Once I graduated with an AS from my local community college and passed my A+ I was moved to the IT department and worked on the help desk.

NinjaBoy

First IT Position: IT Software Technician in 2003
Salary: £12k pa (at the time exchange rates were double, so it was approx. $24k pa), in addition employer contribution to pension.
Education: (College) NVQ2 Software Creation and City & Guilds Certificate in Computer Programming. Also completed the HNC at the time.
Certifications: N/A
Experience: 0
How long it took to move up: Less than two years
How long it took to get into IT: Took 5 years, most of that time I was concentrating on Software engineering roles though.

puertorico1985

First IT position: Helpdesk Tier 1

Pay: 16/hr

Experience: 0

Education: HS Diploma

Certs: None

The story of how I got into IT is long, but here is the short version:

I used to work at Gamestop, and the IT manager for a large company walks in asking for a Nintendo Wii. This is at the time right after launch where they were extremely difficult to find. So he gives me his card, I see who he works for, and I make a deal with him where if I got him a Nintendo Wii, he would give me a job. So I did my part of the deal, and so did he, except he got me a position working Customer Service for the company. I approached him about an IT job after a few months working there, and about 2 years later, he finally got me into the Helpdesk.

JasminLandry

First IT position: Help Desk (Only doing passwords)
Pay 15$/hr
Education: What I have as eduction in Canada is similar to an Associates in the US.

After 2 months, I was promoted to Help Desk Analyst and got an extra 2$/hr bonus. Stayed there for a total of 8 months. I switched for a different company and different role and I've been at the same place for almost a year now and my salary has doubled since the 15$/hr.

desi121

I am from the UK and I finished University in 2012 I've converted all money to $'s for ease.

First IT Position 2011: IT Internship with the government (3 roles within IT Support)
Pay: $26,000
Education: Computer Science & Business BSc (Hons)

Second IT Position 2012 - Current: IT Analyst
Pay: $55,000 +
I've obtained the following qualfications outside of work (Studying in my own time)
ITIL v3, Prince 2, CCENT, CCNA R&S, and hopefully CCNA Sec (Exam this friday!)

TeKniques

$11.00 /hr
Tech Support

iBrokeIT

$7/hr working part time at a computer repair shop in High School for 8 months. After that $9/hr working at an ISP helpdesk during college

Blackout

First IT Position: Technical Specialist

Salary: 50K

Education: HS Diploma.

Certifications: CCENT, Net+, Sec+

Experience: 0

kanecain

First IT Position: Desktop Support

Pay: $50,000/yr

Education: Some College

Certs: A+

Took a random phone call from a former co-worker who was checking on an applicant at his company, who currently worked with me. The kid was in college, and couldn't work the required schedule. We started to chat, and I told him that I just got my A+.

48 hours later, I was hired.

broli720

First IT Position: IT Intern

Salary: $ 46yr

Education: Was completing my bachelors

Certifications: Security+

Experience: Prior to this I spent 3 years as a local consultant.

J_86

$13.00 per hour
Education: I was still in my senior year of high school.
I went to a 2 year vocational school my last two years of high school, that was my only experience. They hired me part-time while I finished school, then full time right after I graduated.

Ukimokia

broli720 wrote: »

First IT Position: IT Intern

Salary: $ 46yr

Education: Was completing my bachelors

Certifications: Security+

Experience: Prior to this I spent 3 years as a local consultant.

46K as an intern? Where were you interning at?

RHEL

First position: UNIX System Administrator
Salary: mid 30s
Industry: Aerospace/defense
Education: Useless bachelors degree from a major state university
Certs: None
Experience: 0 yrs full-time

Second position: UNIX System Engineer
Salary: mid 60s
Industry: Resort/Casino
Education: MS CIS from a major state university
Certs: Linux+, LPIC-1, Novell CLA
Experience: 2.5 yrs full-time

Current position: UNIX System Administrator
Salary: high 70s
Industry: Non-profit Healthcare/Insurance
Education: Same as above
Certs: Same as above
Experience: 4 yrs full-time

kohr-ah

My friend's reponse:

11/hr - Circuit City Firedog Support
No certs
High School diploma

BradleyHU

$40K starting...i was a Jr Tech Support Rep for a proprietary software the firm sold. Had my Bach already, but no certs...

coreyb80

$22 an hour as a contractor doing desktop support w/ no certs or professional experience.

devils_haircut

$9/hour working part-time in a locally-owned computer repair shop. This was last year, so I think I've come a ways since then (not really much salary wise, but in "what I do every day" -wise.

Still wish I could break the $40k mark. I'm just a few months shy of 30.

Mr. Meeseeks

I started as data entry in an office @ $10/hr. 4 months later (after busy season) they wanted me to start working on some of the IT stuff. After 1 year I was getting paid $12.50. No certs, degree, or any other professional experience. $16 the next year, in what had become a JOAT position. $22.50 the following year. And then no raise the year after... I jumped ship. Grateful for the knowledge I gained along the way and being exposed to so many different technologies.

jamesleecoleman

First IT position: Technology Assistant (work study at GRCC)
Pay: $7.75
Education: HS Diploma and some community college work done
Certifications: A+, Network+ and Security+
Experience: Not a lot.

ehnde

$20/hour in 2010 as a NOC tech (CCNA required). I had just graduated with an A.A.S. in IT, had CompTia S+/A+.

I'm up to 32.96/hour as a linux/unix admin.

NovaHax

I got $15/hr for a call center job at a small triple play provider (TV, Internet, VoIP Phone). In hindsight...if I was an employer, I wouldn't have paid myself that much at the time. I didn't have a clue what I was doing.

Experience - None
Certs - None
Education - High School

I just knew the right person to get the job.

snunez889

First IT position: NOC analyst intern

Pay: 10 hr

Experience: 0

Education: in college

Certs: ccna, comptia network+,A+, mcts windwos 7

It was my first job(recent too), I lasted about 4 months and just took a job that pays twice as much.

broli720

Ukimokia wrote: »

46K as an intern? Where were you interning at?

I was interning at an engineering company. Still currently working there (3rd year).