Network Administrator Schools, Salaries, and Job Data

Job Numbers and Growth

There are about 309,000 jobs for network administrators in the US. The unemployment ranking for this career was low, compared to other occupations. About 3% of employees were without employment in 2008.

Area Job Conditions

Employees are most common in Washington (District of Columbia), Lawrence (Kansas), and Bethesda (Maryland), and least common in McAllen (Texas), Lake Charles (Louisiana), and Houma (Louisiana).

Network administrators are paid the most in San Jose (California), San Francisco (California), and Vallejo (California), and the least in McAllen (Texas), Lawton (Oklahoma), and Great Falls (Montana).

Training and Education

Most workers have a bachelor's degree. Approximately 50% of employees have a bachelor's degree. About 42% of network administrators have been to college without getting a degree. About 8% of workers obtain jobs with only a high-school diploma or GED. 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.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Among network administrators, 3% work less than full-time.

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Network Administrators Around the Country

In the list below, each metro area is rated for the relative popularity of network administrators compared to other locations (that is, jobs per population). Single or double up or down arrows indicate the relative popularity in that location. Within each state listing, metro areas are sorted by the actual number of jobs for network administrators.

Alabama

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Birmingham	$67,000	1,250
Huntsville	$62,000	830
Montgomery	$62,000	340
Mobile	$52,000	320
Auburn	$62,000	100
Tuscaloosa	$53,000	90
Florence	$53,000	60
Decatur	$61,000	50
Dothan	$58,000	50
Anniston	$58,000	40

Alaska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Anchorage	$64,000	500
Fairbanks	$91,000	60

Arizona

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Phoenix	$67,000	4,180
Tucson	$55,000	460
Flagstaff	$65,000	60
Kingman	$46,000	60
Prescott	$59,000	60
Yuma	$56,000	50

Arkansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Little Rock	$62,000	680
Fayetteville	$63,000	660
Fort Smith	$55,000	210
Jonesboro	$48,000	60
Hot Springs	$47,000	40

California

Location	Median Pay	Workers
San Francisco	$91,000	4,610
San Jose	$98,000	3,630
Santa Ana	$72,000	3,590
Oakland	$81,000	3,440
San Diego	$71,000	3,280
Sacramento	$71,000	1,910
Riverside	$69,000	1,690
Oxnard	$76,000	600
Santa Barbara	$68,000	480
Fresno	$65,000	400
Santa Rosa	$68,000	390
Bakersfield	$68,000	260
Stockton	$66,000	220
Vallejo	$82,000	170
Salinas	$72,000	140
Santa Cruz	$75,000	140
San Luis Obispo	$65,000	130
Modesto	$65,000	110
Visalia	$53,000	110
Napa	$74,000	90
Redding	$58,000	80
Chico	$59,000	80
Yuba City	$62,000	50
Madera	$69,000	50
Merced	$60,000	50
Hanford	$62,000	40
El Centro	$74,000	30

Colorado

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Denver	$75,000	5,230
Colorado Springs	$71,000	1,250
Boulder	$78,000	820
Fort Collins	$74,000	270
Greeley	$66,000	100
Pueblo	$61,000	60
Grand Junction	$60,000	50

Connecticut

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Hartford	$67,000	1,500
Bridgeport	$81,000	1,260
New Haven	$66,000	820
Norwich	$70,000	180
Danbury	$72,000	80
Waterbury	$69,000	80

Delaware

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Wilmington	$76,000	1,100
Dover	$51,000	140

District of Columbia

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Washington	$80,000	18,280

Florida

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Tampa	$67,000	2,440
Miami	$77,000	2,060
Orlando	$71,000	1,940
Fort Lauderdale	$69,000	1,680
Jacksonville	$65,000	950
West Palm Beach	$74,000	930
Tallahassee	$64,000	660
Palm Bay	$65,000	440
Sarasota	$60,000	380
Cape Coral	$76,000	290
Pensacola	$57,000	230
Deltona	$61,000	190
Port St Lucie	$59,000	190
Lakeland	$62,000	190
Fort Walton Beach	$61,000	130
Gainesville	$62,000	110
Naples	$75,000	90
Ocala	$59,000	80
Panama City	$53,000	70
Sebastian	$54,000	40

Georgia

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Atlanta	$72,000	6,500
Columbus	$65,000	260
Augusta	$59,000	250
Macon	$65,000	240
Savannah	$53,000	150
Warner Robins	$77,000	110
Gainesville	$65,000	70
Albany	$56,000	70
Brunswick	$57,000	50
Valdosta	$49,000	50
Rome	$56,000	40

Hawaii

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Honolulu	$65,000	790

Idaho

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Boise	$51,000	650
Pocatello	$48,000	60
Idaho Falls	$56,000	40

Illinois

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Chicago	$75,000	11,170
Bloomington	$65,000	280
Peoria	$53,000	250
Champaign	$63,000	220
Springfield	$57,000	170
Rockford	$60,000	170

Indiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Indianapolis	$62,000	2,530
Fort Wayne	$54,000	650
Gary	$57,000	360
Lafayette	$56,000	300
Evansville	$54,000	260
South Bend	$59,000	220
Elkhart	$54,000	140
Bloomington	$53,000	140
Muncie	$51,000	120
Terre Haute	$53,000	100
Columbus	$70,000	90
Michigan City	$49,000	60

Iowa

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Des Moines	$69,000	1,400
Cedar Rapids	$62,000	340
Davenport	$60,000	310
Iowa City	$58,000	240
Sioux City	$57,000	140
Ames	$59,000	140
Waterloo	$53,000	110
Dubuque	$52,000	60

Kansas

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Wichita	$53,000	590
Topeka	$56,000	320
Lawrence	$45,000	230

Kentucky

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Louisville	$56,000	1,060
Lexington	$52,000	470
Bowling Green	$43,000	70
Elizabethtown	$58,000	60
Owensboro	$48,000	50

Louisiana

Location	Median Pay	Workers
New Orleans	$59,000	450
Baton Rouge	$52,000	270
Shreveport	$52,000	130
Lafayette	$56,000	100
Monroe	$48,000	100
Alexandria	$57,000	40
Houma	$55,000	40
Lake Charles	$54,000	40

Maine

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Portland	$62,000	470
Lewiston	$56,000	150
Bangor	$57,000	120

Maryland

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Baltimore	$76,000	4,770
Bethesda	$85,000	3,160
Salisbury	$59,000	120
Hagerstown	$64,000	90
Cumberland	$56,000	60

Massachusetts

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Boston	$79,000	6,480
Framingham	$80,000	760
Worcester	$67,000	590
Springfield	$63,000	540
Lowell	$77,000	390
Taunton	$78,000	180
Haverhill	$65,000	150
Brockton	$65,000	110
Lawrence	$70,000	100
Barnstable Town	$57,000	100
Pittsfield	$62,000	80
New Bedford	$73,000	70
Leominster	$71,000	60

Michigan

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Warren	$69,000	3,240
Detroit	$67,000	1,350
Grand Rapids	$59,000	770
Ann Arbor	$72,000	690
Lansing	$55,000	680
Flint	$57,000	210
Kalamazoo	$53,000	200
Holland	$68,000	160
Jackson	$58,000	140
Saginaw	$58,000	140
Battle Creek	$58,000	90
Niles	$57,000	90
Muskegon	$50,000	70
Monroe	$55,000	40

Minnesota

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Minneapolis	$73,000	8,530
Duluth	$61,000	220
St Cloud	$60,000	210
Rochester	$62,000	160

Mississippi

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Jackson	$51,000	650
Gulfport	$55,000	150
Pascagoula	$73,000	60
Hattiesburg	$49,000	50

Missouri

Location	Median Pay	Workers
St Louis	$67,000	5,590
Kansas City	$64,000	4,580
Springfield	$58,000	450
Columbia	$49,000	330
Jefferson City	$52,000	150
Joplin	$50,000	80
St Joseph	$54,000	60

Montana

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Billings	$51,000	140
Missoula	$51,000	100
Great Falls	$40,000	50

Nebraska

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Omaha	$63,000	1,140
Lincoln	$64,000	220

Nevada

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Las Vegas	$60,000	900
Reno	$64,000	160

New Hampshire

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Nashua	$68,000	360
Manchester	$68,000	240
Rochester	$65,000	170
Portsmouth	$69,000	140

New Jersey

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Edison	$85,000	3,920
Newark	$78,000	2,160
Trenton	$75,000	860
Camden	$71,000	730
Atlantic City	$70,000	130

New Mexico

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Albuquerque	$68,000	430
Santa Fe	$54,000	190
Las Cruces	$67,000	70
Farmington	$73,000	40

New York

Location	Median Pay	Workers
New York	$85,000	14,250
Nassau	$77,000	2,100
Rochester	$64,000	1,200
Buffalo	$62,000	810
Albany	$63,000	770
Syracuse	$60,000	560
Poughkeepsie	$64,000	280
Utica	$62,000	270
Binghamton	$56,000	170
Ithaca	$60,000	130
Glens Falls	$61,000	60
Kingston	$69,000	50

North Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Charlotte	$72,000	2,170
Raleigh	$63,000	1,640
Durham	$75,000	950
Greensboro	$66,000	530
Winston Salem	$68,000	370
Wilmington	$60,000	200
Hickory	$61,000	170
Asheville	$54,000	160
Fayetteville	$57,000	120
Greenville	$62,000	100
Rocky Mount	$67,000	80
Burlington	$63,000	70
Goldsboro	$58,000	40

North Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Fargo	$51,000	200
Bismarck	$46,000	110
Grand Forks	$46,000	80

Ohio

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Columbus	$65,000	3,930
Cincinnati	$65,000	3,180
Cleveland	$63,000	3,000
Dayton	$56,000	1,270
Akron	$63,000	970
Toledo	$58,000	690
Youngstown	$56,000	310
Canton	$57,000	230
Lima	$54,000	80
Mansfield	$49,000	70
Springfield	$62,000	50
Sandusky	$49,000	50

Oklahoma

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Oklahoma City	$56,000	1,160
Tulsa	$59,000	880
Lawton	$45,000	90

Oregon

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Portland	$68,000	2,850
Eugene	$59,000	340
Salem	$67,000	150
Medford	$58,000	110
Corvallis	$56,000	80
Bend	$59,000	70

Pennsylvania

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Philadelphia	$76,000	6,470
Pittsburgh	$67,000	3,410
Harrisburg	$65,000	1,110
Allentown	$69,000	520
Scranton	$55,000	480
Lancaster	$63,000	430
Reading	$59,000	310
York	$65,000	240
Erie	$58,000	230
State College	$52,000	150
Williamsport	$50,000	120
Altoona	$56,000	110
Johnstown	$53,000	100
Lebanon	$61,000	30

Rhode Island

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Providence	$69,000	1,090

South Carolina

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Greenville	$58,000	690
Charleston	$56,000	630
Columbia	$58,000	600
Spartanburg	$60,000	170
Myrtle Beach	$51,000	90
Florence	$56,000	70
Anderson	$55,000	50

South Dakota

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Sioux Falls	$55,000	600
Rapid City	$51,000	110

Tennessee

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Nashville	$62,000	2,590
Memphis	$70,000	1,130
Knoxville	$58,000	590
Chattanooga	$57,000	350
Kingsport	$51,000	140
Jackson	$55,000	100
Clarksville	$49,000	90
Johnson City	$56,000	50
Morristown	$61,000	30

Texas

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Dallas	$73,000	8,930
Houston	$71,000	7,170
Fort Worth	$66,000	2,510
Austin	$62,000	2,380
San Antonio	$56,000	2,110
El Paso	$55,000	340
Killeen	$66,000	300
Lubbock	$54,000	240
Amarillo	$63,000	230
Waco	$53,000	220
Corpus Christi	$49,000	210
Beaumont	$57,000	180
College Station	$58,000	180
Tyler	$48,000	160
Mcallen	$44,000	140
San Angelo	$51,000	140
Brownsville	$45,000	120
Longview	$51,000	110
Laredo	$45,000	90
Midland	$58,000	90
Abilene	$54,000	70
Sherman	$59,000	60
Wichita Falls	$49,000	40
Texarkana	$54,000	40
Victoria	$65,000	30

Utah

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Salt Lake City	$62,000	1,740
Provo	$61,000	470
Ogden	$61,000	280
Logan	$53,000	90

Vermont

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Burlington	$65,000	410

Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Virginia Beach	$62,000	2,100
Richmond	$69,000	1,850
Charlottesville	$62,000	430
Roanoke	$66,000	270
Lynchburg	$56,000	150
Blacksburg	$64,000	140
Harrisonburg	$55,000	70
Winchester	$68,000	60
Danville	$45,000	50

Washington

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Seattle	$78,000	7,130
Spokane	$60,000	480
Tacoma	$69,000	390
Olympia	$66,000	170
Bremerton	$64,000	130
Bellingham	$57,000	120
Yakima	$65,000	110
Kennewick	$74,000	80
Longview	$58,000	60
Mount Vernon	$71,000	50
Wenatchee	$67,000	50

West Virginia

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Charleston	$57,000	180
Wheeling	$51,000	90
Huntington	$53,000	90
Parkersburg	$52,000	60
Morgantown	$54,000	60

Wisconsin

Location	Median Pay	Workers
Milwaukee	$66,000	1,850
Madison	$63,000	860
Oshkosh	$66,000	270
Green Bay	$60,000	270
Appleton	$56,000	180
Wausau	$57,000	140
Sheboygan	$65,000	140
Eau Claire	$54,000	130
La Crosse	$52,000	120
Racine	$70,000	120
Janesville	$57,000	90
Fond	$54,000	70

Wyoming

Location	Median Pay	Workers	Popularity
Casper	$47,000	60
Cheyenne	$58,000	50

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