Exactly 110 of the 560 information technology professionals employed in West Virginia, work in Institute. Between 2006 and 2010, in Institute, there has been a 92% decline in the number of information technology professionals. Overall employment in Institute has increased.

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In Institute, salaries for information technology professionals have increased. Institute information technology professionals made $77,100 per year, on average, in 2010. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for information technology professionals in Institute was $50,223 per year. This growth is faster than the salary trend for all careers in Institute.

Information technology professionals make a median salary of $72,900 per year in Institute. The difference in pay between the information technology professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 134%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $49,500 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $115,800 per year.

On average information technology professionals in Institute earn salaries that are higher than the salaries earned by other professionals in Institute.

Many of Institute's information technology professionals are graduates of the only accredited information technology school in the city.

Institute's information technology school offers one information technology degree and certificate program.

Approximately 3 students graduated from information technology courses in 2010.