Dive Brief:
- Robert Half Technology released its annual guide to U.S. tech salaries yesterday.
- The report found starting salaries for professional occupations in technology are projected to increase 5.3% in the U.S. in 2016.
- Wireless networking engineers can expect the biggest pay hikes, according to the report.
Dive Insight:
Robert Half Technology’s 2016 Salary Guide found IT workers are likely to get bigger pay bumps in 2016 than their peers in other professions.
"And the employment offers are fiercely competitive: Above-market pay and other attractive financial incentives are common, and offers may include stock options, flexible work schedules and other perks,” according to the report.
Some tech pros can expect to see even bigger bumps than the average, the report found. Wireless networking engineers, for example, can expect to see a 9.7% increase, followed closely by Big Data engineers, data scientists and mobile applications developers.
