USA Tech Hit salary employment unprecedented in Q4′07

Despite difficult times for the U.S. economy, technology professionals post higher wages than ever

There were a lot of professional technology of layoffs in 2007. AOL cut 2000 employees and 4000 Motorola announced more layoffs. To top it off technology retailer CompUSA fell under virtual circuit of the city and fought, publishing more job cuts. In January the news Yahoo could lay off 1,000 employees over; Sprint, which is also struggling, is planning to cut 4,000 workers.

With all these problems, it is true, it appears that the U.S. Professional technology industry must be in a position of times to coincide with the general sentiment about the current economy of the United States — A downward trend towards uncertainty.

However, the reality of professional technology market may not be far from that. Despite the gloom and doom news professionals technology for recording salaries in 2007. Tech salaries hit a record high, with an average hourly wage of 32.39 dollars in October 2007. This crossing and fluctuated slightly in November and December, but remains very high.

The estimate has been compiled by the staff of IT firm Yoh, which has made estimates for many years. According to Yoh, the average tech salary in 2007 increased to $ 31.62, compared with 30.17 dollars in 2006.

For the fourth quarter the average wage in 2007 was a maximum of 31.92 $ 30.17 $ middle Q4′06. Despite this increase, Yoh acknowledged that Q4′07 had some ups and downs and saw an overall decrease in growth. Jim Lanzalotto, vice president of marketing and strategy Yoh said, “There was still in the 4 th quarter growth, but not so strong.”

Even Lanzalotto is “cautiously optimistic” that “a solid mid-single-digit growth” will continue into next year for technology wages. He says that the key factors for growth in 2007 and continued growth in 2008 are strong pockets of demand for SAP talent, project managers, skills and data storage.

Meanwhile, we can take as Dell news firing 900 employees with a grain of optimism, knowing that, in general, at least, the market is at a high.