Salary for International Business Machines (IBM) Corp. Employees

Popular International Business Machines (IBM) Corp. Locations

Company Locations By Popularity 1. Austin, Texas 2. New York, New York 3. Raleigh, North Carolina 4. Atlanta, Georgia 5. San Jose, California 6. Rochester, Minnesota 7. Chicago, Illinois

IBM Company Salary Data

Employee compensation data for IBM shows that the median salary for software engineers is around $78,000. Comparing this to salary data at one of IBM's competitors, we can see that the median Salary for Software Engineers at Microsoft is over $80,000. A closer match is found when comparing salaries for senior software engineers; the median salary for this position at both IBM and Microsoft is around $107,000. For another company salary comparison with an IBM competitor, see PayScale's report on Accenture.

One important factor affecting employee salaries is years of experience. Measuring the median IBM Salary by Years of Experience shows that starting salaries are around $60,000. After 20 years of career experience, employees earn a median salary of around $109,000. Of course, there's more to employee compensation than just salary. Research on Average Vacation Weeks at IBM shows that employees with less than one year of experience have an average of about two weeks of vacation time. For those with over 20 years of experience, the average vacation time increases to over four weeks each year.

Cost of Living for IBM Employees

As a multinational company, IBM has offices in many cities around the world. You may want to research IBM locations in cities known for having a relatively low cost of living, such as Atlanta, Austin or Raleigh. To compare the cost of living in your city to the cost of living in other cities, use the PayScale Cost of Living Calculator.

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Cost of Living in Austin, Texas
Cost of Living in Raleigh, North Carolina