Released on = January 7, 2006, 10:58 am

Press Release Author = Janco Associates, Inc.

Industry = Small Business

Press Release Summary = Compensation still has not rebouned for IT professionals.
For the eight quarter the mean compesation for IT professionals has remained flat.
At the same time the total number of US and Canadian IT jobs available has declined.


Press Release Body = Park City, UT - Mean compensation for IT professionals has been
flat for eight (8) straight quarters says Janco Associates.

The preliminary results of Janco\'s January 2006 IT Salary Survey shows the mean
compensation (which includes bonuses) for executive IT positions surveyed now is
$140,760 in large enterprises and $124,472 in mid-sized enterprises. (Large
enterprises have over $500 million in revenue and mid-sized have between $100 to
$499 million in revenue). At the same time 93% of IT professionals have some form
of company paid health insurance. Other benefits that over 50% of these same
individuals receive are: life insurance (78%), 401K (71%), disability insurance -
beyond mandated requirements (58%), flexible hours and/or schedule (56%), personal
performance bonus (54%), and trips for planning and training (50%).

Victor Janulaitis the CEO of Janco said, \"There are a core set of benefits that are
required by enterprises of all sizes to attract and retain IT professionals. Even
firms that provide IT professionals on a contracting basis need to and do provide
these benefits.\" He added, \"... with the rise in heath care insurance costs
employees of all firms are required to share more of the cost and elimination of
health insurance is not an option.\"

The 2006 IT Salary Survey also found that enterprise based performance bonuses were
limited to executive IT management with only 38% qualifying. Stock options which at
the top of the dot com boom were the one \"must have\" benefit now are only available
to 29% of the IT professionals.

Janco has captured IT compensation statistics since 1996 and publishes the resultant
IT Salary Survey semiannually. The IT Salary survey is based on Janco Associates,
Inc. IT Professionals compensation database, and compensation benchmark ranges are
established for each normalized job position. In analyzing the study data, the
upper and lower quartiles are eliminated to determine Benchmark Ranges. The
benchmark ranges are then used to assess the alignment of a company\'s actual
compensation to the marketplace for each job function. The results can be assessed
using the following guidelines. A summary of the most recent salary survey can be
download by visiting http://www.e-janco.com/Salary.htm

Contact us via e-mail for more information about the 2006 IT Salary Survey. Direct
line: (435) 940-9300 Email: support@e-janco.com. More information can be found at:
http://www.e-janco.com/Salary.htm.

For More Information Contact:

Victor Janulaitis
support@e-janco.com
http://www.e-janco.com



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