Certifications Boost System Administrator Income

Published 9/17/2007
By GoCertify Staff

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One of the first things people want to know when it comes to choosing a certification is just how much someone who holds that certification may actually earn. Historically, this has been a difficult question to answer, with only a few surveys here and there offering up information on particular designations; however, that is about to change. Thanks to our new partnership with PayScale, GoCertify can now organize and present to you salary data on individual certifications. We've decided to start off with Systems Administrator certifications, as these are quite popular. In this article, we provide an overview and details of what 6 of the top systems administration certifications are worth in the marketplace today.

The certifications in this roundup include:

• CompTIA Network+
• Certified Novell Administrator (CNA)
• Cisco Certified Network Associate (CCNA)
• Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator (MCSA)
• Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE)
• Sun Certified System Administrator (SCSA)

When analyzing this data, job role plays an important part. Comparing a manager with an MCSA to a network administrator with a CCNA is not terribly enlightening, nor would be comparing a junior system administrator to a senior system administrator, so we have done our best to compare apples to apples, although that is not 100% possible. Here is what we have uncovered:

Median Network Administrator Salaries

Median Salary by Years Experience - Job: Network Administrator, IT (United States)

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