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Pay Expectations

mike3

I'm curious about the near future. How much would an average Windows/Linux/Cisco System Administration make after 5-7 years experience in the field?

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nel

Well thats a very open question which can have very many different answers.

It depends on alot of factors really like country of residence, city, qualifications, experiance, who you know etc etc. So your going to have to be more specific.

Is this your experiance that you are talking about or is this something you aspire to be? if its the first i would look on job boards for a particular area then see what shows up and what salary range it is etc.

oo_snoopy

mike3 wrote:

I'm curious about the near future. How much would an average Windows/Linux/Cisco System Administration make after 5-7 years experience in the field?

As it's stated, it all depends but to give you some numbers.

Low 50k

High 150k+

It really depends on how you push yourself, you can pretty much lay low and be a bit of a bum and not move up in this field, or you can really apply yourself and make a huge push.

E.G. Cisco consultants can pull in big big big bucks, but it's hard work, requires a lot of travel etc. Or you can just be the everything admin for a medium company and make 60k down the road. You make your own path. Oh and a degree helps.

Technowiz

I've recently seen two listings here in the Atlanta area with that skill set and experience requirement. They each were paying in the 80-90k range.