Salary for Skill: Linux

Updated: 7 Feb 2012

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Skill: Linux

Median Salary by Job

Job	National Salary Data (? XAll compensation data shown are the gross, national median (50th percentile). Pay can vary greatly by location. To view local data, take the PayScale survey. )	$0	$33K	$66K	$99K
Sr. Software Engineer / Developer / Programmer	$97,815
Information Technology (IT) Manager	$82,419
Systems Administrator	$55,429
Sr. Unix System Administrator	$89,419
Software Engineer	$75,357
Systems Engineer (Computer Networking / IT)	$63,891
Senior Systems Engineer (Computer Networking / IT)	$91,331
Country: United States \| Currency: USD \| Updated: 7 Feb 2012 \| Individuals Reporting: 19,059

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Key Statistics for Linux Jobs

Popular Employers

Salary Range


International Business Machines (IBM) Corp.	$60,301 - $122,845
Cisco Systems Inc	$69,047 - $133,388
Hewlett-Packard Company	$47,958 - $111,160
Oracle Corp.	$70,128 - $144,812
Lockheed Martin Corp	$57,121 - $115,502

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Top Degrees

Salary Range


Bachelor's Degree	$56,798 - $97,229
Bachelor of Science (BS / BSc), Computer Science (CS)	$60,235 - $100,964
Associate's Degree	$41,268 - $73,952
Master of Science (MS), Computer Science (CS)	$78,309 - $112,792
Bachelor of Science (BS / BSc), Electrical Engineering (EE)	$64,120 - $104,158

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Gender

	Female 7%			Male 93%
Salary:	$59,321 - $96,697			$57,632 - $99,941

Years of Experience

Less than 1 year

1-4 years

23%

5-9 years

29%

10-19 years

36%

20 years or more

10%

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