Network Architect Salary

I'm in Ohio, and we do a lot of what you will be required to do, as an outsource company for businesses, and I would guess that you should be earning around $160k/year + benefits, but without a resume and knowing the structure of the company and the requirements for your after hours time, it would be hard to say.

If the company is as big as you say, you won't need to know. Most big companies have guidelines for salary offers. And I'm not talking about a set salary per job. The manager of the area can override the HR guidelines in most cases anyway, but only within reason. It's all about market analysis in your area.

What are the guidelines? Well, the company I retired from (as an IT System Engineering manager and line manager of 85 System Engineers) would default toward offering approximately 10 percent more than your current salary, wherever you are working now, or where you last held a similar position. And they *do* check. Usually by requiring a past pay stub. Yes, the manager of the area has the authority to offer more, or less, than HR likes. A lot depends on *making* (heh heh) you fit into the pay structure along with what will be your peers in the organization. A drastically different salary from your peers invites the kind of trouble that most big companies don't like. And managers don't like either.

If you are working now, in a similar capacity, but possibly not with this level of responsibility, just figure a good raise and call it good. (i.e.

10-20 percent - also compensate for any location cost of living differences) Good luck.

Obviously there is much more to whether you would like this job than salary alone. I'm only talking about what is *customary* in large companies with HR departments concerning the dollar offer.

Just food for thought.

-Frank

I think you're off (high) by quite a bit.

He said Ohio - not Manhattan

Leythos - you should definitely be in the 6-figures - I don't know the Ohio market but in Dallas/Ft Worth at a large bank (a Citibank, JP Morgan, Chase, etc) that's a 110k+ gig easily.

I could be, but, based on what he said, his responsibilities, he could easily get that many places in the Ohio region, as it appears he would be one level below the CIO for a LARGE company.

If he was not on the level, then I would expect about $85k/year + benefits.

Minimum 3 figures. Why, because if they want an experienced person to insure that systems are functioning as best as possible and where every second of downtime results in losses then why should you not expect a 3 figure salary?

$100 per year?

Notan