What salaries are considered entry level in IT?

sparten · June 2013

Is $20-$22/hr considered entry level pay in the IT field? If not, does someone mind breaking down what payrates are considered entry level, mid level, high level, etc...

Sounds Good · June 2013

Depends on location and job duties.
but generally range from 10-20/hr

NetworkVeteran · June 2013

Entry-level pay in my area varies from roughly $10/hr to $40/hr, depending on how much you invested in your education and/or certifications. Visit Payscale or Glassdoor if you want to compare typical Jr/Normal/Sr salaries where you are.

About7Narwhal · June 2013

I would agree more closely with Sounds Good.

$9.00 - $20.00 in Knoxville, TN. That price applies for L2 as well because apparently no one around here thinks there is a difference between the two.

As an example, I have between 3-5 years experience and make $14.00 p/h + $2.25 p/h shift diff. Very low in my opinion, but this company has some good potential and great management.

kurosaki00 · June 2013

Depending on the area
for example...
Where I used to live pizza delivery peeps earned like 8 bucks n hour
in Washington they earn almost 15 bucks...
depends on the lifecost and/or area

lsud00d · June 2013

In the Southeast, $32-40k is entry level.

hoktauri · June 2013

In Charlotte everything I've been offered has been in the $10-$13 range for entry level work, that's why I went a different route.

kriscamaro68 · June 2013

I would say in my area it would be about 15hr or less.

Nemowolf · June 2013

What industry the company is in can be a major factor in the pay as well. A small real estate office with a couple of agents is going to pay a much different scale than say Google.

CodeBlox · June 2013

I started at $12.50/hr. I've more than doubled that now though.

tpatt100 · June 2013

Entry level pay is purely subjective to the person who is going to take the job. Every person is different, when I got my first job in IT was working at a home improvement store selling power tools for 8 dollars an hour. I got a job with Northrop Grumman entry level for 30K a year with a full benefits package. My current retail job didn't have benefits since I was part time working 39 hours a week and going to school at night.

To me that was awesome entry level, come to find out after I was hired I was the lowest paid help desk person there. Some found out and said I should have asked for more, I was like "uh I had a Windows NT workstation cert, A+ and I knew the guy who got me the interview. I really had very little negotiating assets like a degree working in my favor and I was currently earning 5K above the poverty rate lol.