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> That’s bad for employers but good news for cybersecurity workers, who can command an average salary premium of nearly $6,500 per year, or 9% more than other I
by YCode 10y ago
> That’s bad for employers but good news for cybersecurity workers, who can command an average salary premium of nearly $6,500 per year, or 9% more than other IT workers.
$6,500 / year? Am I misunderstanding the term "salary premium"?
Also the bar graph confuses me. Shouldn't cybersecurity positions be included in "all IT positions"?
- ontoillogical 10y agoThat's salary above the average for IT workers. The average IT worker makes $72000, while cybersecurity workers are making $78500, a 9% premium
- danielweber 10y agoSeveral years ago I was looking for some ranked ordering of IT careers via salary, allowing drilldown to things like different languages and specialities. It's something I slowly figured out via job hopping, but if the list would help people who enjoy X as much as Y realize that Y pays 20% more.
- jajern 10y agoI think the problem is that it's not a very useful graph. I think breaking out the overall IT into other areas would make more sense with smaller percentages being shown as "Other".
- uiri 10y agoThe bar graph is reflecting growth as a percentage. I think it would have been better to plot IT positions vs Cybersecurity positions to show the hockey stick growth that he is trying to illustrate.