Data Network Administrators: Job, Salary, and School Information from The Riley Guide

Data Network Administrators

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

Government data shows about 309,000 for data network administrators. The unemployment rate for this occupation is relatively low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

3% of people working as employees are employed part-time.

Training and Education

Education requirements for this career usually include a bachelor's degree. Approximately 50% of people working as workers have earned a degree. Among employees about 42% went to college but did not get a degree. Among data network administrators, 8% have a high school diploma, but no college education. 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.

Area Job Conditions

Jobs are relatively more common in Washington (District of Columbia), Lawrence (Kansas), and Bethesda (Maryland), and less common in McAllen (Texas), Lake Charles (Louisiana), and Houma (Louisiana).

Average income is highest in San Jose (California), San Francisco (California), and Vallejo (California) and lowest in McAllen (Texas), Lawton (Oklahoma), and Great Falls (Montana).

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Data Network Administrators: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Data Network Administrators, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Data Network Administrators are in the area, compared to other US metro areas. A value of 1.0 means an average number of people in the position for area population. Lower numbers mean fewer of these positions in the metro area. The most popular areas for Data Network Administrators are starred .

State	Area	Positions	Typical Pay	Popularity in Area
Alabama	Anniston	40	$58,200	0.4
Alabama	Auburn	100	$61,830	1
Alabama	Birmingham	1,250	$67,120	0.9
Alabama	Decatur	50	$60,700	0.4
Alabama	Dothan	50	$57,860	0.4
Alabama	Florence	60	$52,960	0.5
Alabama	Huntsville	830	$61,610	1.5
Alabama	Mobile	320	$51,970	0.7
Alabama	Montgomery	340	$61,630	0.8
Alabama	Tuscaloosa	90	$53,110	0.4
Alaska	Anchorage	500	$63,880	1.2
Alaska	Fairbanks	60	$90,780	0.8
Arizona	Flagstaff	60	$64,660	0.5
Arizona	Kingman	60	$46,090	0.5
Arizona	Phoenix	4,180	$66,900	0.8
Arizona	Prescott	60	$58,530	0.4
Arizona	Tucson	460	$55,270	0.5
Arizona	Yuma	50	$56,350	0.3
Arkansas	Fayetteville	660	$62,900	1.3
Arkansas	Fort Smith	210	$54,900	0.7
Arkansas	Hot Springs	40	$46,800	0.5
Arkansas	Jonesboro	60	$48,320	0.5
Arkansas	Little Rock	680	$61,520	0.8
California	Bakersfield	260	$68,160	0.4
California	Chico	80	$58,880	0.5
California	El Centro	30	$74,230	0.3
California	Fresno	400	$65,280	0.5
California	Hanford	40	$62,030	0.6
California	Madera	50	$69,380	0.6
California	Merced	50	$59,880	0.4
California	Modesto	110	$65,140	0.3
California	Napa	90	$74,360	0.6
California	Oakland	3,440	$81,210	1.2
California	Oxnard	600	$75,680	0.8
California	Redding	80	$57,670	0.5
California	Riverside	1,690	$68,940	0.5
California	Sacramento	1,910	$71,190	0.8
California	Salinas	140	$71,580	0.4
California	San Diego	3,280	$71,330	0.9
California	San Francisco	4,610	$91,180	1.7
California	San Jose	3,630	$97,670	1.5
California	San Luis Obispo	130	$65,300	0.5
California	Santa Ana	3,590	$72,080	0.9
California	Santa Barbara	480	$67,500	1.1
California	Santa Cruz	140	$74,910	0.6
California	Santa Rosa	390	$68,110	0.8
California	Stockton	220	$66,400	0.4
California	Vallejo	170	$81,980	0.6
California	Visalia	110	$52,900	0.3
California	Yuba City	50	$61,630	0.6
Colorado	Boulder	820	$78,430	2
Colorado	Colorado Springs	1,250	$70,830	1.9
Colorado	Denver	5,230	$74,970	1.5
Colorado	Fort Collins	270	$73,900	0.9
Colorado	Grand Junction	50	$59,820	0.4
Colorado	Greeley	100	$66,220	0.5
Colorado	Pueblo	60	$61,200	0.5
Connecticut	Bridgeport	1,260	$81,290	1.1
Connecticut	Danbury	80	$72,330	0.5
Connecticut	Hartford	1,500	$66,820	1
Connecticut	New Haven	820	$66,450	1.1
Connecticut	Norwich	180	$69,640	0.6
Connecticut	Waterbury	80	$69,480	0.5
Delaware	Dover	140	$50,810	1.1
Delaware	Wilmington	1,100	$76,120	1.3
District of Columbia	Washington	18,280	$80,000	2.9
Florida	Cape Coral	290	$76,320	0.5
Florida	Deltona	190	$60,570	0.5
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	1,680	$69,470	0.9
Florida	Fort Walton Beach	130	$61,390	0.7
Florida	Gainesville	110	$61,670	0.4
Florida	Jacksonville	950	$64,980	0.6
Florida	Lakeland	190	$61,950	0.4
Florida	Miami	2,060	$77,080	0.8
Florida	Naples	90	$74,640	0.3
Florida	Ocala	80	$59,180	0.3
Florida	Orlando	1,940	$70,590	0.7
Florida	Palm Bay	440	$65,400	0.9
Florida	Panama City	70	$53,230	0.4
Florida	Pensacola	230	$56,870	0.6
Florida	Port St Lucie	190	$58,680	0.6
Florida	Sarasota	380	$59,880	0.6
Florida	Sebastian	40	$54,270	0.4
Florida	Tallahassee	660	$64,270	1.6
Florida	Tampa	2,440	$66,850	0.7
Florida	West Palm Beach	930	$74,110	0.6
Georgia	Albany	70	$55,730	0.5
Georgia	Atlanta	6,500	$72,110	1
Georgia	Augusta	250	$59,110	0.5
Georgia	Brunswick	50	$56,850	0.5
Georgia	Columbus	260	$64,660	0.9
Georgia	Gainesville	70	$65,460	0.4
Georgia	Macon	240	$65,230	1
Georgia	Rome	40	$55,550	0.5
Georgia	Savannah	150	$53,230	0.4
Georgia	Valdosta	50	$48,850	0.4
Georgia	Warner Robins	110	$77,020	0.9
Hawaii	Honolulu	790	$64,700	0.7
Idaho	Boise	650	$51,280	0.9
Idaho	Idaho Falls	40	$55,840	0.4
Idaho	Pocatello	60	$47,510	0.9
Illinois	Bloomington	280	$64,720	1.6
Illinois	Champaign	220	$62,740	0.9
Illinois	Chicago	11,170	$75,000	1.1
Illinois	Peoria	250	$53,460	0.6
Illinois	Rockford	170	$60,240	0.4
Illinois	Springfield	170	$57,310	0.7
Indiana	Bloomington	140	$53,490	0.8
Indiana	Columbus	90	$70,290	0.9
Indiana	Elkhart	140	$53,890	0.4
Indiana	Evansville	260	$54,330	0.6
Indiana	Fort Wayne	650	$54,030	1.2
Indiana	Gary	360	$57,000	0.5
Indiana	Indianapolis	2,530	$62,090	1
Indiana	Lafayette	300	$56,240	1.6
Indiana	Michigan City	60	$49,360	0.6
Indiana	Muncie	120	$51,050	1.1
Indiana	South Bend	220	$59,010	0.6
Indiana	Terre Haute	100	$53,070	0.6
Iowa	Ames	140	$58,560	1.6
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	340	$61,730	1
Iowa	Davenport	310	$60,360	0.7
Iowa	Des Moines	1,400	$68,910	1.6
Iowa	Dubuque	60	$51,530	0.5
Iowa	Iowa City	240	$58,300	1.4
Iowa	Sioux City	140	$57,030	0.8
Iowa	Waterloo	110	$52,980	0.5
Kansas	Lawrence	230	$45,450	2.2
Kansas	Topeka	320	$55,690	1.2
Kansas	Wichita	590	$53,480	0.7
Kentucky	Bowling Green	70	$43,100	0.5
Kentucky	Elizabethtown	60	$58,350	0.6
Kentucky	Lexington	470	$51,550	0.7
Kentucky	Louisville	1,060	$56,350	0.6
Kentucky	Owensboro	50	$48,270	0.4
Louisiana	Alexandria	40	$57,280	0.3
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	270	$52,370	0.3
Louisiana	Houma	40	$54,650	0.2
Louisiana	Lafayette	100	$56,120	0.3
Louisiana	Lake Charles	40	$53,520	0.2
Louisiana	Monroe	100	$48,190	0.5
Louisiana	New Orleans	450	$59,290	0.3
Louisiana	Shreveport	130	$52,230	0.3
Maine	Bangor	120	$57,140	0.8
Maine	Lewiston	150	$56,000	1.3
Maine	Portland	470	$62,420	0.9
Maryland	Baltimore	4,770	$75,870	1.4
Maryland	Bethesda	3,160	$85,010	2.1
Maryland	Cumberland	60	$56,100	0.7
Maryland	Hagerstown	90	$64,120	0.4
Maryland	Salisbury	120	$58,830	1
Massachusetts	Barnstable Town	100	$57,460	0.4
Massachusetts	Boston	6,480	$79,070	1.4
Massachusetts	Brockton	110	$64,710	0.5
Massachusetts	Framingham	760	$80,120	1.8
Massachusetts	Haverhill	150	$64,780	0.8
Massachusetts	Lawrence	100	$69,620	0.7
Massachusetts	Leominster	60	$71,340	0.5
Massachusetts	Lowell	390	$77,060	1.3
Massachusetts	New Bedford	70	$72,510	0.5
Massachusetts	Pittsfield	80	$61,660	1.1
Massachusetts	Springfield	540	$63,160	0.7
Massachusetts	Taunton	180	$78,130	1.7
Massachusetts	Worcester	590	$66,780	0.9
Michigan	Ann Arbor	690	$72,160	1.6
Michigan	Battle Creek	90	$58,440	0.8
Michigan	Detroit	1,350	$67,090	0.7
Michigan	Flint	210	$57,060	0.6
Michigan	Grand Rapids	770	$59,220	0.8
Michigan	Holland	160	$68,120	0.6
Michigan	Jackson	140	$57,870	1.1
Michigan	Kalamazoo	200	$53,260	0.6
Michigan	Lansing	680	$55,490	1.4
Michigan	Monroe	40	$55,390	0.4
Michigan	Muskegon	70	$49,550	0.5
Michigan	Niles	90	$57,420	0.6
Michigan	Saginaw	140	$57,930	0.8
Michigan	Warren	3,240	$69,330	1
Minnesota	Duluth	220	$60,670	0.7
Minnesota	Minneapolis	8,530	$72,990	1.8
Minnesota	Rochester	160	$62,330	0.7
Minnesota	St Cloud	210	$60,230	0.8
Mississippi	Gulfport	150	$54,810	0.6
Mississippi	Hattiesburg	50	$49,000	0.4
Mississippi	Jackson	650	$50,530	1
Mississippi	Pascagoula	60	$73,410	0.5
Missouri	Columbia	330	$49,340	1.6
Missouri	Jefferson City	150	$51,840	0.9
Missouri	Joplin	80	$49,760	0.4
Missouri	Kansas City	4,580	$63,820	1.6
Missouri	Springfield	450	$58,160	0.9
Missouri	St Joseph	60	$53,850	0.5
Missouri	St Louis	5,590	$67,490	1.5
Montana	Billings	140	$50,710	0.7
Montana	Great Falls	50	$40,290	0.6
Montana	Missoula	100	$51,380	0.8
Nebraska	Lincoln	220	$63,680	0.5
Nebraska	Omaha	1,140	$62,890	0.9
Nevada	Las Vegas	900	$59,620	0.4
Nevada	Reno	160	$63,720	0.3
New Hampshire	Manchester	240	$67,790	0.9
New Hampshire	Nashua	360	$67,720	1
New Hampshire	Portsmouth	140	$68,530	1
New Hampshire	Rochester	170	$65,020	1.3
New Jersey	Atlantic City	130	$69,810	0.3
New Jersey	Camden	730	$71,070	0.5
New Jersey	Edison	3,920	$85,290	1.4
New Jersey	Newark	2,160	$78,000	0.8
New Jersey	Trenton	860	$74,540	1.5
New Mexico	Albuquerque	430	$68,270	0.4
New Mexico	Farmington	40	$72,640	0.3
New Mexico	Las Cruces	70	$66,610	0.5
New Mexico	Santa Fe	190	$53,520	1.3
New York	Albany	770	$63,120	0.7
New York	Binghamton	170	$56,050	0.6
New York	Buffalo	810	$62,190	0.6
New York	Glens Falls	60	$60,640	0.5
New York	Ithaca	130	$60,260	1.3
New York	Kingston	50	$68,550	0.4
New York	Nassau	2,100	$76,580	0.6
New York	New York	14,250	$84,500	1
New York	Poughkeepsie	280	$64,280	0.4
New York	Rochester	1,200	$63,630	0.9
New York	Syracuse	560	$59,920	0.7
New York	Utica	270	$62,460	0.8
North Carolina	Asheville	160	$53,630	0.3
North Carolina	Burlington	70	$62,820	0.5
North Carolina	Charlotte	2,170	$71,960	0.9
North Carolina	Durham	950	$75,310	1.3
North Carolina	Fayetteville	120	$57,230	0.4
North Carolina	Goldsboro	40	$58,280	0.5
North Carolina	Greensboro	530	$65,660	0.5
North Carolina	Greenville	100	$61,500	0.6
North Carolina	Hickory	170	$60,970	0.4
North Carolina	Raleigh	1,640	$62,700	1.2
North Carolina	Rocky Mount	80	$66,990	0.6
North Carolina	Wilmington	200	$59,510	0.5
North Carolina	Winston Salem	370	$68,210	0.7
North Dakota	Bismarck	110	$46,370	0.8
North Dakota	Fargo	200	$51,040	0.7
North Dakota	Grand Forks	80	$45,980	0.7
Ohio	Akron	970	$62,620	1.1
Ohio	Canton	230	$56,550	0.5
Ohio	Cincinnati	3,180	$65,110	1.1
Ohio	Cleveland	3,000	$63,400	1
Ohio	Columbus	3,930	$64,990	1.6
Ohio	Dayton	1,270	$56,320	1.2
Ohio	Lima	80	$53,840	0.7
Ohio	Mansfield	70	$48,740	0.6
Ohio	Sandusky	50	$48,950	0.6
Ohio	Springfield	50	$61,510	0.5
Ohio	Toledo	690	$57,970	0.8
Ohio	Youngstown	310	$56,040	0.5
Oklahoma	Lawton	90	$44,840	1.1
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	1,160	$55,870	0.8
Oklahoma	Tulsa	880	$58,700	0.8
Oregon	Bend	70	$59,150	0.4
Oregon	Corvallis	80	$56,110	1.2
Oregon	Eugene	340	$59,450	0.9
Oregon	Medford	110	$58,470	0.5
Oregon	Portland	2,850	$68,300	1
Oregon	Salem	150	$66,560	0.4
Pennsylvania	Allentown	520	$69,360	0.6
Pennsylvania	Altoona	110	$55,950	0.8
Pennsylvania	Erie	230	$58,180	0.7
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	1,110	$65,280	1.3
Pennsylvania	Johnstown	100	$52,960	0.7
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	430	$63,490	0.7
Pennsylvania	Lebanon	30	$60,920	0.3
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	6,470	$75,940	1.3
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	3,410	$67,390	1.1
Pennsylvania	Reading	310	$58,910	0.7
Pennsylvania	Scranton	480	$55,280	0.7
Pennsylvania	State College	150	$51,640	1.1
Pennsylvania	Williamsport	120	$50,220	1
Pennsylvania	York	240	$65,100	0.5
Rhode Island	Providence	1,090	$69,250	0.7
South Carolina	Anderson	50	$54,780	0.3
South Carolina	Charleston	630	$55,970	0.8
South Carolina	Columbia	600	$58,080	0.6
South Carolina	Florence	70	$56,070	0.3
South Carolina	Greenville	690	$57,810	0.9
South Carolina	Myrtle Beach	90	$51,140	0.3
South Carolina	Spartanburg	170	$60,440	0.5
South Dakota	Rapid City	110	$50,820	0.7
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	600	$54,570	1.7
Tennessee	Chattanooga	350	$57,170	0.6
Tennessee	Clarksville	90	$49,070	0.5
Tennessee	Jackson	100	$55,070	0.7
Tennessee	Johnson City	50	$56,230	0.3
Tennessee	Kingsport	140	$51,240	0.5
Tennessee	Knoxville	590	$57,570	0.7
Tennessee	Memphis	1,130	$70,290	0.7
Tennessee	Morristown	30	$60,570	0.3
Tennessee	Nashville	2,590	$62,420	1.3
Texas	Abilene	70	$53,520	0.5
Texas	Amarillo	230	$62,610	0.9
Texas	Austin	2,380	$62,010	1.2
Texas	Beaumont	180	$57,340	0.4
Texas	Brownsville	120	$44,840	0.4
Texas	College Station	180	$57,970	1
Texas	Corpus Christi	210	$48,920	0.5
Texas	Dallas	8,930	$72,610	1.6
Texas	El Paso	340	$55,420	0.5
Texas	Fort Worth	2,510	$66,320	1.1
Texas	Houston	7,170	$70,630	1
Texas	Killeen	300	$65,670	1
Texas	Laredo	90	$45,420	0.4
Texas	Longview	110	$51,350	0.5
Texas	Lubbock	240	$54,360	0.8
Texas	Mcallen	140	$43,750	0.2
Texas	Midland	90	$58,110	0.6
Texas	San Angelo	140	$50,510	1.5
Texas	San Antonio	2,110	$56,210	0.9
Texas	Sherman	60	$58,600	0.7
Texas	Texarkana	40	$54,450	0.3
Texas	Tyler	160	$47,890	0.7
Texas	Victoria	30	$64,950	0.3
Texas	Waco	220	$52,780	0.9
Texas	Wichita Falls	40	$49,010	0.3
Utah	Logan	90	$52,700	0.8
Utah	Ogden	280	$61,300	0.5
Utah	Provo	470	$60,800	1.1
Utah	Salt Lake City	1,740	$61,610	1
Vermont	Burlington	410	$64,760	1.5
Virginia	Blacksburg	140	$64,430	1
Virginia	Charlottesville	430	$61,540	1.9
Virginia	Danville	50	$44,540	0.6
Virginia	Harrisonburg	70	$55,160	0.6
Virginia	Lynchburg	150	$55,700	0.6
Virginia	Richmond	1,850	$69,120	1.2
Virginia	Roanoke	270	$65,660	0.7
Virginia	Virginia Beach	2,100	$61,820	1
Virginia	Winchester	60	$68,430	0.5
Washington	Bellingham	120	$56,700	0.6
Washington	Bremerton	130	$63,700	0.6
Washington	Kennewick	80	$73,760	0.4
Washington	Longview	60	$57,950	0.8
Washington	Mount Vernon	50	$70,710	0.5
Washington	Olympia	170	$65,920	0.7
Washington	Seattle	7,130	$78,280	1.8
Washington	Spokane	480	$60,080	0.9
Washington	Tacoma	390	$69,120	0.6
Washington	Wenatchee	50	$66,850	0.6
Washington	Yakima	110	$64,980	0.6
West Virginia	Charleston	180	$57,270	0.5
West Virginia	Huntington	90	$52,790	0.3
West Virginia	Morgantown	60	$53,710	0.6
West Virginia	Parkersburg	60	$51,640	0.4
West Virginia	Wheeling	90	$50,800	0.6
Wisconsin	Appleton	180	$55,690	0.6
Wisconsin	Eau Claire	130	$54,240	0.7
Wisconsin	Fond	70	$54,030	0.7
Wisconsin	Green Bay	270	$60,170	0.6
Wisconsin	Janesville	90	$56,740	0.6
Wisconsin	La Crosse	120	$52,170	0.7
Wisconsin	Madison	860	$62,500	1
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	1,850	$65,930	0.8
Wisconsin	Oshkosh	270	$65,520	1.3
Wisconsin	Racine	120	$69,720	0.6
Wisconsin	Sheboygan	140	$65,450	1
Wisconsin	Wausau	140	$57,330	0.9
Wyoming	Casper	60	$47,130	0.7
Wyoming	Cheyenne	50	$57,980	0.5

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