Compensation
Average salaries:
National average - $63,183
Percent receiving bonuses:
Profit-sharing bonus - 67.2%
Annual personal performance bonus (not tied to company's profit or loss) - 36.2%
Raises:
Percent whose salary rose over past year - 87.7%
Average percentage of salary increase - 11.29%
Received a raise for excellent/good job performance - 49.8%
Standard percent increase assigned by company for all job positions - 37.8%
Satisfaction: Percent who feel fairly compensated
National average - 64.1%
Business analysts - 70.6%
Vital statistics
Experience:
Average number of years in IT - 12.49
Average number of years at current company - 6.73
Place in organization:
Average number of direct/indirect reports - 0.77
Primarily focused on company's technology needs - 43.1%
Part of time spent focusing on company's technology needs and part of time spent
focusing on company's strategic or long-range business problems - 44%
Primarily focused on company's strategic or long-range business problems - 12.9%
Average budget responsibility - $864,000
Highest level of education completed:
Associate's degree - 9.9%
Bachelor's degree - 73.1%
Master's degree - 16.8%
Time on, time off
Average hours worked per week - 44.6
Average number of paid vacation/sick/holidays given per year - 27.55 days
Always or frequently given monetary compensation for extra hours worked - 9.2%
Sometimes given monetary compensation for extra hours worked - 28.0%
Never given monetary compensation for extra hours worked - 62.8%
Professional resources
BusinessAnalyst.com - www.businessanalyst.com
Part of the CareerMarketplace network, this new site contains a detailed job
profile and focused job listings presented in a very basic format.
source: 1999 InfoWorld Compensation Survey
