Compensation Data | Mercer/Gartner information technology, United States

IT salary data to help you build the workforce of the future

Today everyone is competing for tech talent, regardless of industry - particularly as transformation becomes more dependent on digitization. As companies accelerate their digital journey in all areas of internal operations and the customer and employee experience, finding and keeping talented tech professionals is critical for your organization's long-term success and sustainability.

Mercer has collaborated with Gartner — America’s preeminent authority on IT — to bring you the Information Technology salary survey portion of the US MBD: Mercer Benchmark Database. With this tech salary survey, access the most reliable salary data available for over 1,400 IT positions, covering all levels and career streams, representing over 2,900 companies. With exceptional data you can solve the pay challenges of an evolving workforce.

Understand your competitive position compared to the market as a whole or refine the IT salary survey data by:

  • Company size (number of employees, net revenue/sales, or operating expenses/budget)
  • Geographic location
  • Industry

1,431

Positions published

2,944

Organizations

1,124,420

Observations


Position Families

  • Executive
  • Para-Professional
  • Communications & Corporate Affairs
  • Data Analytics/Warehousing, & Business Intelligence
  • Finance
  • IT, Telecom & Internet
  • Outsourcing & Global Capability Centers
  • Quality Management
  • Supply Chain
  • Management
  • Professional
  • Creative & Design
  • Engineering & Science
  • General Management
  • Legal, Compliance & Audit
  • Project/Program Management
  • Sales, Marketing & Product Management

Position Sub-families

  • Advertising Creative, Design & Production
  • Business Process/Service Quality
  • Communications & Corporate Affairs Generalists
  • Data Analytics & Business Intelligence (BI)
  • Engineering
  • Field Sales & Account Management
  • Information Systems Administration & Reporting
  • Information Systems Operations & Production Control
  • Internal Data Engineering & Warehousing
  • IT Business Systems Analysts
  • IT Infrastructure & Applications (Outsourcing & Global Capability Centers)
  • IT Security
  • IT User Support
  • IT, Telecom & Internet Leadership
  • Procurement
  • Risk Management
  • Software Product Engineering
  • Technical Project/Program Management
  • Web/New Media Creative & User Interface Design
  • Back-End Transaction/Data Processing
  • Business Strategy & Planning
  • Compliance
  • Data Analytics/Warehousing, & Business Intelligence Management
  • Engineering Technologists & Technicians
  • Human Resources (Outsourcing & Global Capability Centers)
  • Information Systems Architecture
  • Internal Audit
  • IT Applications Development
  • IT Consulting
  • IT Infrastructure & Systems Administration
  • IT Systems Configuration & Programming
  • IT, Telecom & Internet Generalists
  • Management Accounting
  • Product Marketing & Management
  • Science Technical Research
  • Technical Product Development/Research Operations
  • Telecommunications Network Planning, Operations & Site Acquisition

More details

Current release: August 2024

Next release: August 2025

Item type: Mercer WIN®, digital platform

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  • Base Pay
  • Long-term Incentive Eligibility and Grants
  • Short-term Incentive Eligibility and Amounts
  • Years in Position
  • FLSA Status
  • Organization Data
  • Years in Organization

Industry

  • Banking/Financial Services
  • Consumer Goods
  • High Tech
  • Life Sciences
  • Mining & Metals
  • Other Non-Manufacturing
  • Services (Non-Financial)
  • Chemicals
  • Energy
  • Insurance/Reinsurance
  • Logistics
  • Other Manufacturing
  • Retail & Wholesale
  • Transportation Equipment

Organization size

  • Assets
  • Net Revenue
  • Number of Employees
  • Gross Premiums
  • Net Sales Revenue
  • Operating Expenses/Budget

Career stream

  • Executives
  • Professional
  • Management
  • Para-Professional

Geographic area

  • Metropolitan
  • Regional
  • National

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