Networking Analysts: Job, Salary, and School Information from The Riley Guide

Networking Analysts

Career and Education Info

Job Numbers and Growth

Across the US there are 262,000 networking analysts. This occupation has an unemployment level that is low.

Part-Time Work and Self-Employment

Employees may end up working less than full time; 9% of those in the career did so in 2008. 18% of the time networking analysts are self employed.

Training and Education

Finding jobs is easier for workers with a bachelor's degree. Recent government surveys (2008) show that 57% of employees have received at least a 4 year degree. Networking analysts who attended college, but do not have a degree make up 35% of the total. A high school diploma was all the education obtained by 8% of workers. 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

The fewest jobs (per capita) are found in Elkhart (Indiana), Hickory (North Carolina), and Gary (Indiana), and the most jobs are found in Tallahassee (Florida), Fayetteville (Arkansas), and Washington (District of Columbia).

The earnings potential (not adjusted for cost of living) is highest in San Jose (California), Edison (New Jersey), and Newark (New Jersey). However, the potential is lowest in Shreveport (Louisiana), Coeur d'Alene (Idaho), and Medford (Oregon).

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Networking Analysts: Job and Salary Data by Metropolitan Area

The table below shows data for Networking Analysts, as of 2008. The Popularity in Area number tells you how common jobs for Networking Analysts 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 Networking Analysts are starred .

State	Area	Positions	Typical Pay	Popularity in Area
Alabama	Birmingham	630	$64,750	0.6
Alabama	Dothan	40	$61,330	0.4
Alabama	Huntsville	460	$68,460	1.2
Alabama	Mobile	130	$54,010	0.4
Alabama	Montgomery	380	$64,660	1.2
Alabama	Tuscaloosa	50	$48,320	0.3
Alaska	Anchorage	210	$68,960	0.7
Arizona	Flagstaff	60	$53,560	0.7
Arizona	Phoenix	2,630	$63,330	0.7
Arizona	Tucson	370	$82,920	0.5
Arkansas	Fayetteville	1,100	$74,800	3
Arkansas	Fort Smith	40	$53,460	0.2
Arkansas	Little Rock	450	$52,870	0.7
California	Bakersfield	160	$87,000	0.3
California	Chico	50	$64,060	0.4
California	Fresno	210	$67,310	0.3
California	Modesto	220	$78,730	0.7
California	Napa	50	$62,700	0.5
California	Oakland	2,890	$80,750	1.5
California	Oxnard	540	$67,920	1
California	Redding	70	$64,810	0.6
California	Riverside	950	$63,530	0.4
California	Sacramento	1,590	$68,080	0.9
California	Salinas	100	$62,640	0.4
California	San Diego	2,110	$73,630	0.8
California	San Francisco	3,120	$89,340	1.6
California	San Jose	3,480	$98,900	2
California	San Luis Obispo	100	$71,910	0.6
California	Santa Ana	2,440	$76,970	0.8
California	Santa Barbara	190	$69,510	0.6
California	Santa Cruz	310	$66,230	2
California	Santa Rosa	280	$78,940	0.8
California	Stockton	140	$61,830	0.4
California	Vallejo	70	$79,420	0.3
California	Visalia	60	$62,380	0.2
Colorado	Boulder	470	$78,490	1.6
Colorado	Colorado Springs	910	$64,070	2
Colorado	Denver	3,020	$79,610	1.3
Colorado	Fort Collins	170	$51,840	0.8
Colorado	Grand Junction	40	$63,210	0.4
Colorado	Greeley	120	$50,000	0.9
Connecticut	Bridgeport	1,020	$80,250	1.2
Connecticut	Danbury	140	$75,380	1.2
Connecticut	Hartford	1,720	$73,210	1.6
Connecticut	New Haven	770	$79,970	1.5
Connecticut	Norwich	140	$66,690	0.6
Connecticut	Waterbury	40	$65,440	0.3
Delaware	Dover	80	$65,030	0.9
Delaware	Wilmington	650	$83,250	1.1
District of Columbia	Washington	13,130	$84,560	3
Florida	Cape Coral	340	$68,260	0.9
Florida	Deltona	270	$56,370	1
Florida	Fort Lauderdale	1,970	$64,340	1.4
Florida	Gainesville	580	$55,000	2.9
Florida	Jacksonville	1,250	$71,980	1.1
Florida	Lakeland	660	$66,590	1.9
Florida	Miami	2,130	$73,380	1.1
Florida	Naples	170	$67,760	0.8
Florida	Ocala	120	$50,500	0.7
Florida	Orlando	2,580	$64,420	1.3
Florida	Palm Bay	570	$60,440	1.6
Florida	Panama City	90	$49,340	0.8
Florida	Pensacola	220	$70,790	0.8
Florida	Port St Lucie	180	$57,540	0.8
Florida	Sarasota	290	$61,180	0.6
Florida	Tallahassee	1,050	$51,700	3.6
Florida	Tampa	3,020	$71,850	1.3
Florida	West Palm Beach	1,290	$78,370	1.3
Georgia	Atlanta	4,550	$75,250	1
Georgia	Augusta	130	$70,220	0.3
Georgia	Columbus	150	$75,980	0.8
Georgia	Dalton	40	$56,310	0.3
Georgia	Gainesville	40	$47,800	0.3
Georgia	Macon	140	$44,300	0.8
Georgia	Savannah	60	$70,030	0.2
Georgia	Warner Robins	40	$75,080	0.5
Hawaii	Honolulu	1,030	$65,450	1.3
Idaho	Boise	360	$65,240	0.7
Idaho	Coeur Dalene	40	$49,850	0.4
Idaho	Idaho Falls	90		1.2
Idaho	Pocatello	30	$40,300	0.6
Illinois	Bloomington	150	$71,540	1.3
Illinois	Champaign	130	$58,970	0.8
Illinois	Chicago	5,420	$74,680	0.7
Illinois	Peoria	160	$63,430	0.5
Illinois	Rockford	70	$56,610	0.3
Illinois	Springfield	120	$63,190	0.7
Indiana	Bloomington	70	$53,430	0.6
Indiana	Elkhart	40	$52,330	0.2
Indiana	Evansville	110	$58,750	0.3
Indiana	Fort Wayne	740	$59,910	1.9
Indiana	Gary	70	$57,690	0.1
Indiana	Indianapolis	1,600	$71,470	0.9
Indiana	Lafayette	60	$54,860	0.5
Indiana	Terre Haute	30	$53,930	0.3
Iowa	Ames	50		0.8
Iowa	Cedar Rapids	400	$58,930	1.7
Iowa	Davenport	160	$70,420	0.5
Iowa	Des Moines	820	$70,120	1.3
Iowa	Iowa City	60	$63,210	0.5
Iowa	Sioux City	70	$61,470	0.6
Iowa	Waterloo	30	$56,030	0.2
Kansas	Lawrence	110		1.5
Kansas	Topeka	230	$49,610	1.2
Kansas	Wichita	270	$65,400	0.5
Kentucky	Bowling Green	40	$54,070	0.4
Kentucky	Lexington	420	$54,840	0.9
Kentucky	Louisville	1,090	$61,590	0.9
Kentucky	Owensboro	60	$58,820	0.8
Louisiana	Baton Rouge	280	$51,930	0.4
Louisiana	Houma	30		0.2
Louisiana	Lafayette	60	$55,050	0.2
Louisiana	Lake Charles	40	$51,990	0.3
Louisiana	Monroe	90	$47,560	0.7
Louisiana	New Orleans	370	$56,980	0.4
Louisiana	Shreveport	70	$42,380	0.2
Maine	Lewiston	50	$61,880	0.6
Maine	Portland	310	$72,250	0.8
Maryland	Baltimore	4,020	$78,900	1.6
Maryland	Bethesda	2,980	$86,940	2.8
Maryland	Hagerstown	100	$47,710	0.6
Maryland	Salisbury	40	$57,530	0.5
Massachusetts	Boston	3,750	$83,010	1.1
Massachusetts	Brockton	60	$85,440	0.4
Massachusetts	Framingham	710	$80,940	2.4
Massachusetts	Haverhill	80	$68,580	0.6
Massachusetts	Lawrence	30	$60,340	0.3
Massachusetts	Leominster	60	$61,380	0.7
Massachusetts	Lowell	220	$85,130	1
Massachusetts	Springfield	270	$62,540	0.5
Massachusetts	Taunton	40	$72,260	0.5
Massachusetts	Worcester	400	$76,610	0.9
Michigan	Detroit	1,140	$74,960	0.8
Michigan	Flint	190	$66,100	0.8
Michigan	Grand Rapids	430	$86,740	0.6
Michigan	Holland	150	$65,790	0.8
Michigan	Jackson	50	$65,660	0.6
Michigan	Kalamazoo	80	$60,460	0.3
Michigan	Lansing	280	$61,470	0.8
Michigan	Niles	250	$79,130	2.4
Michigan	Warren	2,970	$76,510	1.4
Minnesota	Duluth	90	$65,740	0.4
Minnesota	Minneapolis	5,030	$81,990	1.5
Minnesota	Rochester	180		1.1
Minnesota	St Cloud	40	$68,070	0.2
Mississippi	Gulfport	100	$61,720	0.5
Mississippi	Jackson	180	$60,750	0.4
Missouri	Columbia	80	$48,040	0.6
Missouri	Jefferson City	80	$57,410	0.7
Missouri	Joplin	60	$48,810	0.4
Missouri	Kansas City	2,230	$69,840	1.1
Missouri	Springfield	180	$57,030	0.5
Missouri	St Louis	3,310	$77,230	1.3
Montana	Billings	60	$61,450	0.4
Montana	Missoula	50	$46,100	0.6
Nebraska	Lincoln	410	$55,880	1.4
Nebraska	Omaha	1,090	$67,090	1.3
Nevada	Las Vegas	630	$73,360	0.4
Nevada	Reno	250	$68,110	0.7
New Hampshire	Manchester	160	$69,480	0.9
New Hampshire	Nashua	240	$79,040	1
New Hampshire	Portsmouth	180	$59,700	1.9
New Hampshire	Rochester	60	$50,260	0.6
New Jersey	Atlantic City	130	$69,830	0.5
New Jersey	Camden	510	$74,790	0.5
New Jersey	Edison	2,960	$91,980	1.5
New Jersey	Newark	1,810	$93,240	0.9
New Jersey	Trenton	580	$90,280	1.5
New Mexico	Albuquerque	320	$70,050	0.4
New Mexico	Santa Fe	60	$47,180	0.6
New York	Albany	1,370	$73,900	1.7
New York	Binghamton	160	$60,050	0.9
New York	Buffalo	760	$69,410	0.7
New York	Ithaca	40	$51,900	0.6
New York	Nassau	1,620	$80,750	0.7
New York	New York	14,970	$84,920	1.5
New York	Poughkeepsie	350	$57,490	0.8
New York	Rochester	800	$68,680	0.8
New York	Syracuse	360	$62,610	0.6
New York	Utica	130	$60,430	0.6
North Carolina	Asheville	180	$46,210	0.6
North Carolina	Burlington	50	$52,620	0.5
North Carolina	Charlotte	2,040	$79,580	1.2
North Carolina	Durham	680	$76,560	1.3
North Carolina	Fayetteville	130	$61,460	0.6
North Carolina	Greensboro	330	$66,410	0.5
North Carolina	Greenville	70	$68,740	0.6
North Carolina	Hickory	50	$56,540	0.2
North Carolina	Winston Salem	400	$63,170	1
North Dakota	Bismarck	100	$52,880	1.1
North Dakota	Fargo	110	$55,150	0.5
Ohio	Akron	890	$74,270	1.4
Ohio	Canton	120	$55,950	0.4
Ohio	Cincinnati	1,630	$77,450	0.8
Ohio	Cleveland	1,510	$74,700	0.7
Ohio	Columbus	3,400	$71,400	1.9
Ohio	Dayton	680	$68,350	0.9
Ohio	Toledo	310	$65,920	0.5
Ohio	Youngstown	80	$69,300	0.2
Oklahoma	Lawton	40	$53,820	0.7
Oklahoma	Oklahoma City	890	$58,360	0.8
Oklahoma	Tulsa	560	$60,980	0.7
Oregon	Bend	40	$52,870	0.3
Oregon	Eugene	130	$61,130	0.5
Oregon	Medford	60	$39,360	0.4
Oregon	Portland	1,870	$70,700	0.9
Oregon	Salem	80	$65,090	0.3
Pennsylvania	Allentown	290	$76,380	0.5
Pennsylvania	Altoona	50	$66,220	0.5
Pennsylvania	Erie	70	$69,510	0.3
Pennsylvania	Harrisburg	500	$69,760	0.8
Pennsylvania	Lancaster	180	$70,020	0.4
Pennsylvania	Philadelphia	2,720	$78,320	0.8
Pennsylvania	Pittsburgh	1,420	$71,660	0.7
Pennsylvania	Reading	90	$73,970	0.3
Pennsylvania	Scranton	270	$71,350	0.6
Pennsylvania	State College	90	$77,820	1
Pennsylvania	Williamsport	70	$60,330	0.8
Pennsylvania	York	90	$68,310	0.3
Rhode Island	Providence	620	$74,390	0.6
South Carolina	Charleston	500	$64,560	0.9
South Carolina	Columbia	670	$58,700	1
South Carolina	Florence	90	$55,650	0.6
South Carolina	Greenville	370	$57,430	0.7
South Carolina	Myrtle Beach	80	$58,490	0.4
South Carolina	Spartanburg	110	$58,850	0.5
South Carolina	Sumter	90	$62,400	1.6
South Dakota	Rapid City	100	$48,930	1
South Dakota	Sioux Falls	410	$58,360	1.7
Tennessee	Chattanooga	280	$63,970	0.7
Tennessee	Johnson City	40	$47,890	0.3
Tennessee	Kingsport	120	$58,260	0.6
Tennessee	Knoxville	390	$72,620	0.6
Tennessee	Memphis	540	$68,130	0.5
Tennessee	Nashville	870	$65,070	0.6
Texas	Abilene	40	$46,960	0.4
Texas	Amarillo	130	$61,890	0.7
Texas	Austin	2,310	$69,980	1.6
Texas	Brownsville	50	$78,140	0.2
Texas	College Station	60	$53,390	0.5
Texas	Corpus Christi	80	$54,180	0.3
Texas	Dallas	5,970	$78,930	1.5
Texas	El Paso	340	$52,750	0.7
Texas	Fort Worth	970	$75,460	0.6
Texas	Houston	3,420	$67,270	0.7
Texas	Killeen	120	$42,930	0.6
Texas	Lubbock	110	$44,500	0.5
Texas	Mcallen	90	$49,310	0.2
Texas	Midland	30	$61,530	0.3
Texas	San Antonio	950	$63,710	0.6
Texas	Sherman	40	$80,650	0.6
Texas	Tyler	30	$52,050	0.2
Texas	Waco	80	$59,310	0.5
Utah	Logan	40	$47,120	0.5
Utah	Ogden	160	$68,000	0.4
Utah	Provo	330	$71,220	1.1
Utah	Salt Lake City	780	$64,240	0.7
Utah	St George	60	$58,020	0.8
Vermont	Burlington	190	$65,970	1
Virginia	Blacksburg	60	$61,200	0.6
Virginia	Charlottesville	290	$60,130	1.8
Virginia	Harrisonburg	110	$49,270	1.2
Virginia	Lynchburg	70	$59,490	0.4
Virginia	Richmond	1,590	$72,120	1.4
Virginia	Roanoke	190	$63,310	0.7
Virginia	Virginia Beach	1,220	$65,210	0.9
Virginia	Winchester	80	$54,520	0.9
Washington	Bellingham	130	$49,420	1
Washington	Bremerton	90	$66,380	0.6
Washington	Kennewick	120	$67,410	0.8
Washington	Longview	30	$82,880	0.6
Washington	Olympia	60	$62,650	0.4
Washington	Seattle	5,460	$84,880	2
Washington	Spokane	310	$62,220	0.8
Washington	Tacoma	430	$68,920	0.9
Washington	Wenatchee	50	$65,200	0.8
West Virginia	Charleston	260	$43,970	1
West Virginia	Huntington	60	$48,940	0.3
West Virginia	Morgantown	60	$42,910	0.8
Wisconsin	Appleton	280	$57,820	1.4
Wisconsin	Eau Claire	150	$64,980	1.1
Wisconsin	Green Bay	260	$55,570	0.9
Wisconsin	Janesville	40	$47,420	0.4
Wisconsin	La Crosse	60	$50,720	0.5
Wisconsin	Madison	1,650	$64,270	2.7
Wisconsin	Milwaukee	2,400	$67,420	1.5
Wisconsin	Oshkosh	180	$55,400	1.2
Wisconsin	Racine	60	$67,010	0.5
Wisconsin	Sheboygan	100	$50,720	1.1
Wisconsin	Wausau	80	$64,830	0.7
Wyoming	Cheyenne	60	$61,180	0.9

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