Salary for Chief Information Officer (CIO) Jobs

Updated: 27 Jan 2012
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Salary$79,303 - $238,952  
   
Bonus$4,786 - $100,796  
Profit Sharing$3,122 - $102,356  
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$79,624 - $309,576  
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Healthcare$30,700 - $222,524
Information Technology (IT) Services$23,438 - $212,233
Financial Services$36,078 - $223,799
Education, College/University$19,078 - $188,140
Manufacturing and Distribution$56,684 - $237,155

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Key Statistics for Chief Information Officer (CIO) Jobs

Gender
Female
10%
female alumni
 
Male
90%
male alumni
Salary:$108,129 - $188,664 $100,099 - $176,125
Years of Experience
Less than 1 year
1%
1-4 years
5%
5-9 years
8%
10-19 years
41%
20 years or more
45%
Most Common Health Benefits
medical benefits Medical: 93% dental benefits Dental: 83%
vision benefits Vision: 65% employee benefits None: 6%

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Career Path for Chief Information Officer (CIO) Jobs

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Chief Information Officer (CIO)

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$79,624 - $309,576
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Information Technology (IT) Director
$50,942 - $171,798
Vice President (VP), Information Technology (IT)
$88,856 - $254,845
Information Technology (IT) Manager
$41,941 - $124,572
 
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Chief Information Officer (CIO)

Salary Range

$79,624 - $309,576
payscale
Chief Operating Officer (COO)
$66,115 - $314,857
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
$61,191 - $257,505
Sr. Software Engineer / Developer / Programmer
$64,288 - $131,753
 

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Chief Information Officer (CIO) Job Description

People with the job title Chief Information Officer (CIO) typically fall into one of the following PayScale standard occupations.

Plan, direct, or coordinate activities in such fields as electronic data processing, information systems, systems analysis, and computer programming.
Set policy and business strategy for information technology in accordance with charter and board of directors. Hire, review, and fire managers. Plan, direct, and coordinate activities at the highest level of management, reporting to CEO, president, or board.

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Focus on serving your instituion. Work on ways to improve your instituition or achieve institutional goals. Set personal goals and work to achieve them. Be patient. Build genuine relationships in the organization. Work hard. Critically assess and ask other to assess your value in your role. Ask carefully, humbly, but firmly for what your desire.
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