The average bonus is 18 percent of base pay. The compensation for some job functions appears to be maximized when applied to certain industries. IT executives working at the corporate-level offices of their organizations report the highest average salaries where pay is examined according to organizational unit. Average salaries increase in step with length of employment up to 30 years, when earnings plateau. Eighty-five percent of survey participants have graduated with four or more years of college.
Men tend to have graduated from business programs with greater frequency than women.
More women than men reported having technical degrees. Executives with Ph.D. degrees have the highest average salary of all respondents to the survey. Average IT salaries increase in step with company size. A substantial portion of this IT executive's compensation, fully 75 percent, is received in the form of a bonus. He has a master's degree in business and 14 years of IT experience.