JOB TITLES: Network manager
Compensation
Average salaries:
Nationwide - $61,656
West - $69,877(*)
Midwest - $59,034
South - $53,488(*)
Northeast - $66,445(*)
Percent receiving bonuses:
Profit-sharing bonus - 35.2%
Annual personal performance bonus - 47.9%
Team performance bonus - 18.7%
Bonus for completion of major project - 6.1%
Raises:
Average 1999 salary increase - 8.9%
Satisfaction:
Percent who feel fairly compensated - 61.2%
Vital statistics
Place in organization:
Average number of direct and indirect reports - 4.9
Average budget for computer-related equipment - $3.57 million
Business/technology focus:
Percent who focus primarily on technology - 47.6%
Percent who focus on both technology and strategic business problems - 49.8%
Highest level of education completed:
Bachelor's degree - 56.6%
Master's degree - 24.2%
Time on
Average workweek - 48.7 hours
Percent on call - 74.3%
Percent compensated for being on call - 19.9%
Time off
Average vacation, paid sick days, and holidays - 28.9 days
Percent offered flexible work hours - 52.6%
Career path
"A possible next step for a network manager is either to move into an IT management
role where they would oversee a team of network managers [or] administrators, or if
they didn't want to pursue the management route, another step is to move into more of a
network engineer role where they take on more network design and implementation
responsibilities."
-- Cathy Neubauer, senior technical recruiter, Pencom Systems, Reston, Va.
Professional resources
SANS Institute - www.sans.org
Network Professional Association - target="_new">www.npa.org
Network Management Forum - target="_new">www.nmf.org
(*)Data is based on fewer than 30 respondents and is unstable.
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