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Networking Administrator Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Networking Administrators Job Overview

Networking administrators are responsible for looking after an organization’s LAN/WAN connections. They are also required to sort out the technical considerations of all levels of the network.

Networking Administrators Schools and Degrees

A bachelor’s degree in computer science is required in order to enter thie field of Networking Administrator.

Job Requirements

As a new entrant in the field, networking administrators are involved with routine monitoring and up keeping of the networking systems. After gaining more experience they move on to senior levels and may become senior network administrators. They are also required to make presentations to managers on the networking systems of the organization.

Networking administrators should always try to acquire latest skills. Many computing firms offer professional development seminars, which can enhance their networking abilities and help to advance their careers. Employers, colleges, universities and hardware vendors also offer continuing education programs. These programs help sharpen the skills of networking administrators.

If required, networking administrators may have to work ‘on call’ for the evening and even on weekends. Networking administrators need to work in close association with their colleagues. As technology advances and computer networks expand, networking administrators may be required to work from a long distance to provide technical support.

Nature of Work

Networking administrators design, install and support an organization’s network system. They work in different professional environments like government organizations, small businesses, professional offices and large corporations. They also plan, coordinate and administer the security system of the network. They also look after networking facilities, individual machines like drivers, settings of personal computers and printers. At times, their work includes maintenance of different network servers like file servers and VPN gateways.

Networking administrators usually work in comfortable office environments. Networking administrators need to be thorough in their subject and also have good interpersonal management skills. As with all professionals working for long hours on computers, networking administrators also face the risk of suffering from eyestrain, back problems and hand and wrist problems. With the expansion of computer networks, networking administrators may be able to provide technical support from far off locations. Such a system could lessen the traveling done by network administrators.

Interior Design Jobs and Outlook

According to records of 2006, there were about 83,000 networking administrators in the U.S. This figure is projected to rise by twenty seven percent in the next ten years.

Networking administrators earn about $62,000 annually.

Job Numbers and Growth

The official count of networking administrators in 2008 was 309,000. Workers have recently faced a low level of unemployment. The unemployment rate for employees? About 3% recently.

Area Job Conditions

You'll see a lot of employees in Washington (District of Columbia), Lawrence (Kansas), and Bethesda (Maryland), and comparatively fewer in McAllen (Texas), Lake Charles (Louisiana), and Houma (Louisiana).

Wages for Networking administrators are highest in San Jose (California), San Francisco (California), and Vallejo (California), and lowest in McAllen (Texas), Lawton (Oklahoma), and Great Falls (Montana).

Training and Education

Workers normally have a bachelor's degree before landing a job. Degrees are held by 50% of current employees. Post-secondary schooling was enough for 42% of networking administrators. Education topped out at high school for 8% of workers. Recommended schools are shown in the column to the right; request information from them to help you decide which if any could help you with this career.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Part-time work suffices for 3% of networking administrators.

Networking Administrators by Metropolitan Area (city and its surroundings)

In the table below, a Job Density near 0% means the area has an average number of people in this occupation, for its population. A higher or lower Job Density (e.g., +22% or -45%) tells you there are that many more or fewer workers of that type there than in the average US metro area. So, the higher the number, the more common the occupation.

Alabama

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Anniston$58,00040-64%
Auburn$62,000100-4%
Birmingham$67,0001,250-11%
Decatur$61,00050-61%
Dothan$58,00050-65%
Florence$53,00060-50%
Huntsville$62,000830+54%
Mobile$52,000320-32%
Montgomery$62,000340-23%
Tuscaloosa$53,00090-59%

Alaska

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Anchorage$64,000500+21%
Fairbanks$91,00060-18%

Arizona

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Flagstaff$65,00060-54%
Kingman$46,00060-50%
Phoenix$67,0004,180-17%
Prescott$59,00060-60%
Tucson$55,000460-53%
Yuma$56,00050-65%

Arkansas

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Fayetteville$63,000660+29%
Fort Smith$55,000210-29%
Hot Springs$47,00040-52%
Jonesboro$48,00060-48%
Little Rock$62,000680-24%

California

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bakersfield$68,000260-63%
Chico$59,00080-52%
El Centro$74,00030-75%
Fresno$65,000400-55%
Hanford$62,00040-38%
Madera$69,00050-40%
Merced$60,00050-63%
Modesto$65,000110-74%
Napa$74,00090-41%
Oakland$81,0003,440+24%
Oxnard$76,000600-24%
Redding$58,00080-50%
Riverside$69,0001,690-51%
Sacramento$71,0001,910-20%
Salinas$72,000140-65%
San Diego$71,0003,280-9%
San Francisco$91,0004,610+71%
San Jose$98,0003,630+46%
San Luis Obispo$65,000130-47%
Santa Ana$72,0003,590-13%
Santa Barbara$68,000480+11%
Santa Cruz$75,000140-35%
Santa Rosa$68,000390-18%
Stockton$66,000220-60%
Vallejo$82,000170-45%
Visalia$53,000110-68%
Yuba City$62,00050-44%

Colorado

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Boulder$78,000820+98%
Colorado Springs$71,0001,250+90%
Denver$75,0005,230+55%
Fort Collins$74,000270-11%
Grand Junction$60,00050-63%
Greeley$66,000100-45%
Pueblo$61,00060-53%

Connecticut

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bridgeport$81,0001,260+8%
Danbury$72,00080-54%
Hartford$67,0001,500-3%
New Haven$66,000820+11%
Norwich$70,000180-43%
Waterbury$69,00080-51%

Delaware

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Dover$51,000140+8%
Wilmington$76,0001,100+26%

District of Columbia

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Washington$80,00018,280+192%

Florida

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Cape Coral$76,000290-47%
Deltona$61,000190-52%
Fort Lauderdale$69,0001,680-15%
Fort Walton Beach$61,000130-29%
Gainesville$62,000110-62%
Jacksonville$65,000950-41%
Lakeland$62,000190-62%
Miami$77,0002,060-23%
Naples$75,00090-70%
Ocala$59,00080-66%
Orlando$71,0001,940-31%
Palm Bay$65,000440-14%
Panama City$53,00070-58%
Pensacola$57,000230-40%
Port St Lucie$59,000190-41%
Sarasota$60,000380-45%
Sebastian$54,00040-64%
Tallahassee$64,000660+58%
Tampa$67,0002,440-26%
West Palm Beach$74,000930-35%

Georgia

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Albany$56,00070-52%
Atlanta$72,0006,500+1%
Augusta$59,000250-53%
Brunswick$57,00050-49%
Columbus$65,000260-5%
Gainesville$65,00070-59%
Macon$65,000240-3%
Rome$56,00040-51%
Savannah$53,000150-61%
Valdosta$49,00050-62%
Warner Robins$77,000110-6%

Hawaii

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Honolulu$65,000790-32%

Idaho

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Boise$51,000650-8%
Idaho Falls$56,00040-64%
Pocatello$48,00060-10%

Illinois

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bloomington$65,000280+64%
Champaign$63,000220-5%
Chicago$75,00011,170+8%
Peoria$53,000250-43%
Rockford$60,000170-56%
Springfield$57,000170-34%

Indiana

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bloomington$53,000140-15%
Columbus$70,00090-8%
Elkhart$54,000140-57%
Evansville$54,000260-42%
Fort Wayne$54,000650+18%
Gary$57,000360-51%
Indianapolis$62,0002,530+5%
Lafayette$56,000300+63%
Michigan City$49,00060-39%
Muncie$51,000120+14%
South Bend$59,000220-36%
Terre Haute$53,000100-41%

Iowa

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Ames$59,000140+62%
Cedar Rapids$62,000340-1%
Davenport$60,000310-35%
Des Moines$69,0001,400+62%
Dubuque$52,00060-50%
Iowa City$58,000240+38%
Sioux City$57,000140-19%
Waterloo$53,000110-48%

Kansas

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Lawrence$45,000230+119%
Topeka$56,000320+16%
Wichita$53,000590-27%

Kentucky

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bowling Green$43,00070-49%
Elizabethtown$58,00060-40%
Lexington$52,000470-26%
Louisville$56,0001,060-36%
Owensboro$48,00050-56%

Louisiana

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Alexandria$57,00040-72%
Baton Rouge$52,000270-72%
Houma$55,00040-83%
Lafayette$56,000100-73%
Lake Charles$54,00040-81%
Monroe$48,000100-48%
New Orleans$59,000450-67%
Shreveport$52,000130-71%

Maine

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bangor$57,000120-22%
Lewiston$56,000150+31%
Portland$62,000470-11%

Maryland

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Baltimore$76,0004,770+35%
Bethesda$85,0003,160+106%
Cumberland$56,00060-25%
Hagerstown$64,00090-64%
Salisbury$59,000120-3%

Massachusetts

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Barnstable Town$57,000100-60%
Boston$79,0006,480+39%
Brockton$65,000110-50%
Framingham$80,000760+82%
Haverhill$65,000150-20%
Lawrence$70,000100-26%
Leominster$71,00060-49%
Lowell$77,000390+28%
New Bedford$73,00070-55%
Pittsfield$62,00080+8%
Springfield$63,000540-32%
Taunton$78,000180+68%
Worcester$67,000590-9%

Michigan

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Ann Arbor$72,000690+62%
Battle Creek$58,00090-21%
Detroit$67,0001,350-29%
Flint$57,000210-40%
Grand Rapids$59,000770-24%
Holland$68,000160-37%
Jackson$58,000140+15%
Kalamazoo$53,000200-42%
Lansing$55,000680+36%
Monroe$55,00040-56%
Muskegon$50,00070-51%
Niles$57,00090-39%
Saginaw$58,000140-25%
Warren$69,0003,240+4%

Minnesota

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Duluth$61,000220-32%
Minneapolis$73,0008,530+76%
Rochester$62,000160-30%
St Cloud$60,000210-18%

Mississippi

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Gulfport$55,000150-45%
Hattiesburg$49,00050-63%
Jackson$51,000650-2%
Pascagoula$73,00060-45%

Missouri

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Columbia$49,000330+64%
Jefferson City$52,000150-9%
Joplin$50,00080-59%
Kansas City$64,0004,580+65%
Springfield$58,000450-11%
St Joseph$54,00060-49%
St Louis$67,0005,590+53%

Montana

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Billings$51,000140-29%
Great Falls$40,00050-35%
Missoula$51,000100-18%

Nebraska

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Lincoln$64,000220-48%
Omaha$63,0001,140-8%

Nevada

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Las Vegas$60,000900-64%
Reno$64,000160-70%

New Hampshire

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Manchester$68,000240-8%
Nashua$68,000360+2%
Portsmouth$69,000140+5%
Rochester$65,000170+26%

New Jersey

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Atlantic City$70,000130-66%
Camden$71,000730-49%
Edison$85,0003,920+41%
Newark$78,0002,160-21%
Trenton$75,000860+54%

New Mexico

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Albuquerque$68,000430-59%
Farmington$73,00040-67%
Las Cruces$67,00070-52%
Santa Fe$54,000190+25%

New York

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Albany$63,000770-34%
Binghamton$56,000170-36%
Buffalo$62,000810-44%
Glens Falls$61,00060-52%
Ithaca$60,000130+33%
Kingston$69,00050-65%
Nassau$77,0002,100-38%
New York$85,00014,250+3%
Poughkeepsie$64,000280-55%
Rochester$64,0001,200-10%
Syracuse$60,000560-32%
Utica$62,000270-16%

North Carolina

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Asheville$54,000160-65%
Burlington$63,00070-50%
Charlotte$72,0002,170-9%
Durham$75,000950+32%
Fayetteville$57,000120-61%
Goldsboro$58,00040-53%
Greensboro$66,000530-46%
Greenville$62,000100-42%
Hickory$61,000170-59%
Raleigh$63,0001,640+20%
Rocky Mount$67,00080-42%
Wilmington$60,000200-46%
Winston Salem$68,000370-34%

North Dakota

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bismarck$46,000110-17%
Fargo$51,000200-31%
Grand Forks$46,00080-29%

Ohio

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Akron$63,000970+9%
Canton$57,000230-49%
Cincinnati$65,0003,180+13%
Cleveland$63,0003,000+5%
Columbus$65,0003,930+56%
Dayton$56,0001,270+22%
Lima$54,00080-35%
Mansfield$49,00070-43%
Sandusky$49,00050-37%
Springfield$62,00050-54%
Toledo$58,000690-16%
Youngstown$56,000310-49%

Oklahoma

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Lawton$45,00090+8%
Oklahoma City$56,0001,160-23%
Tulsa$59,000880-24%

Oregon

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bend$59,00070-58%
Corvallis$56,00080+16%
Eugene$59,000340-11%
Medford$58,000110-47%
Portland$68,0002,850+2%
Salem$67,000150-61%

Pennsylvania

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Allentown$69,000520-42%
Altoona$56,000110-22%
Erie$58,000230-28%
Harrisburg$65,0001,110+33%
Johnstown$53,000100-25%
Lancaster$63,000430-30%
Lebanon$61,00030-72%
Philadelphia$76,0006,470+27%
Pittsburgh$67,0003,410+11%
Reading$59,000310-27%
Scranton$55,000480-29%
State College$52,000150+13%
Williamsport$50,000120+1%
York$65,000240-48%

Rhode Island

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Providence$69,0001,090-28%

South Carolina

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Anderson$55,00050-65%
Charleston$56,000630-18%
Columbia$58,000600-36%
Florence$56,00070-66%
Greenville$58,000690-14%
Myrtle Beach$51,00090-70%
Spartanburg$60,000170-45%

South Dakota

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Rapid City$51,000110-26%
Sioux Falls$55,000600+71%

Tennessee

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Chattanooga$57,000350-43%
Clarksville$49,00090-51%
Jackson$55,000100-26%
Johnson City$56,00050-72%
Kingsport$51,000140-51%
Knoxville$58,000590-33%
Memphis$70,0001,130-32%
Morristown$61,00030-72%
Nashville$62,0002,590+26%

Texas

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Abilene$54,00070-53%
Amarillo$63,000230-8%
Austin$62,0002,380+16%
Beaumont$57,000180-55%
Brownsville$45,000120-62%
College Station$58,000180-4%
Corpus Christi$49,000210-54%
Dallas$73,0008,930+57%
El Paso$55,000340-51%
Fort Worth$66,0002,510+8%
Houston$71,0007,170+3%
Killeen$66,0003000%
Laredo$45,00090-56%
Longview$51,000110-52%
Lubbock$54,000240-21%
Mcallen$44,000140-75%
Midland$58,00090-43%
San Angelo$51,000140+51%
San Antonio$56,0002,110-7%
Sherman$59,00060-33%
Texarkana$54,00040-69%
Tyler$48,000160-28%
Victoria$65,00030-72%
Waco$53,000220-8%
Wichita Falls$49,00040-71%

Utah

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Logan$53,00090-15%
Ogden$61,000280-46%
Provo$61,000470+10%
Salt Lake City$62,0001,740+3%

Vermont

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Burlington$65,000410+49%

Virginia

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Blacksburg$64,000140-4%
Charlottesville$62,000430+87%
Danville$45,00050-36%
Harrisonburg$55,00070-45%
Lynchburg$56,000150-40%
Richmond$69,0001,850+15%
Roanoke$66,000270-33%
Virginia Beach$62,0002,100+3%
Winchester$68,00060-51%

Washington

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Bellingham$57,000120-38%
Bremerton$64,000130-36%
Kennewick$74,00080-64%
Longview$58,00060-18%
Mount Vernon$71,00050-51%
Olympia$66,000170-26%
Seattle$78,0007,130+84%
Spokane$60,000480-12%
Tacoma$69,000390-45%
Wenatchee$67,00050-45%
Yakima$65,000110-44%

West Virginia

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Charleston$57,000180-51%
Huntington$53,00090-68%
Morgantown$54,00060-44%
Parkersburg$52,00060-64%
Wheeling$51,00090-41%

Wisconsin

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Appleton$56,000180-37%
Eau Claire$54,000130-30%
Fond$54,00070-31%
Green Bay$60,000270-37%
Janesville$57,00090-42%
La Crosse$52,000120-27%
Madison$63,000860-3%
Milwaukee$66,0001,850-19%
Oshkosh$66,000270+31%
Racine$70,000120-36%
Sheboygan$65,000140+4%
Wausau$57,000140-13%

Wyoming

City and AreaMedian SalaryEmployeesJob Density
Casper$47,00060-30%
Cheyenne$58,00050-50%

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