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SALARY GUIDE 2026 · IT & TECHNOLOGY

What IT and technology people are asking to be paid.

Real numbers from 97 candidate questionnaires and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: pay by title, and the systems they know.

$175KTypical ask for an IT Director or Manager
82%Know Microsoft Azure
$85KTypical ask for a Data / BI Analyst

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Typical asks inside

Data / BI Analyst$85K
IT Director / Manager$175K

Desired base salary, median, from 32 candidates (February 2025 – July 2026). The guide also has the middle-half range and the lowest pay people say they'd accept.

What else is in the guide

  • The systems they know, from Microsoft Azure to AWS and Tableau
  • How often people leave, from BLS turnover data
  • Metro Atlanta pay from the BLS for comparison
  • Five ways to hire better this year

Only group totals are shown. No one's individual answers are in the guide.

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