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This salary chart has been divided into various levels of employment positions which are each defined as.
Entry Level:
Someone who has 0-3 years experience, relies on instructions and pre-established guidelines to perform their job and does not typically require the exercising of independent judgment.
Mid Level:
Someone who has 2-5 years experience, relies on judgment and limited experience perform their job.
Senior Level:
Someone who has at least 4 years experience, relies on judgment and experience perform their job. They may also be in charge of others.
| State/City | Entry Level | Mid Level | Senior Level |
| Alabama - Montgomery | $38,669 | $47,410 | $51,334 |
| Alaska - Juneau | $48,537 | $59,508 | $64,433 |
| Arizona - Phoenix | $41,413 | $50,774 | $54,976 |
| Arkansas - Little Rock | $38,075 | $46,682 | $50,546 |
| California - Los Angeles | $46,833 | $57,420 | $62,172 |
| Colorado - Denver | $43,409 | $53,221 | $57,626 |
| Connecticut - Hartford | $45,471 | $55,749 | $60,363 |
| Delaware - Wilmington | $43,814 | $53,718 | $58,164 |
| DC - Washington | $44,018 | $53,968 | $58,434 |
| Florida - Tallahassee | $39,328 | $48,218 | $52,208 |
| Georgia - Atlanta | $41,612 | $51,018 | $55,240 |
| Hawaii - Honolulu | $45,735 | $56,073 | $60,714 |
| Idaho - Boise | $39,806 | $48,804 | $52,843 |
| Illinois - Springfield | $40,710 | $49,912 | $54,043 |
| Indiana - Indianapolis | $41,359 | $50,708 | $54,904 |
| Iowa - Des Moines | $40,233 | $49,328 | $53,410 |
| Kansas - Topeka | $39,323 | $48,212 | $52,202 |
| Kentucky - Frankfort | $38,927 | $47,726 | $51,676 |
| Louisiana - Baton Rouge | $40,490 | $49,642 | $53,751 |
| Maine - Portland | $40,169 | $49,249 | $53,325 |
| Maryland - Baltimore | $42,396 | $51,979 | $56,281 |
| Massachusetts - Boston | $46,331 | $56,804 | $61,505 |
| Michigan - Lansing | $43,465 | $53,290 | $57,701 |
| Minnesota - Minneapolis | $43,841 | $53,751 | $58,119 |
| Mississippi - Jackson | $38,453 | $47,145 | $51,047 |
| Missouri - St Louis | $42,142 | $51,667 | $55,944 |
| Montana - Helena | $39,862 | $48,873 | $52,918 |
| Nebraska - Lincoln | $38, 513 | $47,219 | $51,127 |
| Nevada - Carson City | $41,734 | $51,167 | $55,402 |
| N. Hampshire - Concord | $41,987 | $51,478 | $55,738 |
| New Jersey - Trenton | $46,306 | $56,773 | $61,472 |
| New Mexico - Santa Fe | $39,575 | $48,521 | $52,537 |
| New York - New York | $49,035 | $60,119 | $65,094 |
| North Carolina - Raleigh | $41,154 | $50,457 | $54,633 |
| North Dakota - Bismarck | $38,298 | $46,955 | $50,841 |
| Ohio - Columbus | $41,291 | $50,624 | $54,814 |
| Oklahoma - Oklahoma City | $38,688 | $47,433 | $51,358 |
| Oregon - Salem | $41,377 | $50,730 | $54,928 |
| Pennsylvania - Harrisburg | $41,326 | $50,668 | $54,861 |
| Rhode Island - Providence | $42,772 | $52,440 | $56,780 |
| South Carolina - Columbia | $39,859 | $48,868 | $52,913 |
| South Dakota - Pierre | $36,840 | $45,168 | $48,906 |
| Tennessee - Nashville | $39,723 | $48,702 | $52,733 |
| Texas - Austin | $40,537 | $49,701 | $53,814 |
| Utah - Salt Lake City | $43,314 | $49,426 | $53,517 |
| Vermont - Burlington | $40,753 | $49,965 | $54,100 |
| Virginia - Richmond | $41,109 | $50,401 | $54,573 |
| Washington - Olympia | $43,191 | $52,955 | $57,337 |
| West Virginia - Charleston | $39,446 | $48,363 | $52,365 |
| Wisconsin - Madison | $41,563 | $50,959 | $55,176 |
| Wyoming - Cheyenne | $38,063 | $46,667 | $50,530 |
ONLY NEWYORK
Try Working in Retail say for Harvey’s in australia.. you might as well work for McDonalds flipping burgers.
Yeah, I know I don’t make that kinda money as a tech. I work freelance but still…..
At the last retail shop I was working at I probably would have made more working at The Gap or something.
I guess people want awesome service for free
This is an older topic, but I have to ask where these were taken from. I’m about 100 miles from Austin, and the average starting “salary” for PC techs is 7/hr. Max around here is about 9/hr unless you run your own place. If you work for a big company, you can get between 20 and 30K.
Teachers start off at 35-37K around here. A teacher’s salary is heaven compared to a PC techs.
As the poster above me stated, working at a chain retail sales usually nets higher pay. Grocery store clerks start off at higher pays, and the local UPS pays up to 12/hr for box movers.
Maybe I’m just in a bad area, but it’s hard to imagine it being too different in other places, especially double the pay.
I’m thinking of becoming a comp. tech in kentucky do you think it will be worth it or should i choose another way to go about my life???
Well i think that being a comp.tech. opens many more doors and room to grow rather than a grocery store clerk. If you are certified you can be a Help Desk Tech which i believe pays more than a PC repair tech. It all comes down to Experience for higher pay.
Dear Sir,
now I m looking for a job in USA virginia as one of my relative also live there getting green card. I m looking for IT job. i have subimitted my CV here.