Exactly 14,420 of the 3,640 information technology professionals employed in Washington DC, work in Washington. Between 2006 and 2010, in Washington, there has been a 90% decline in the number of information technology professionals. As the number of information technology professionals in Washington has decreased, overall employment in Washington has increased.

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As the number of information technology professionals in Washington has shrunk, salaries for information technology professionals have increased. In 2010 an average salary of $140,200 per year was earned by information technology professionals in Washington. Four years earlier in 2006, the average salary for information technology professionals in Washington was $83,819 per year. The growth in the salary of information technology professionals in Washington is faster than the salary trend for all careers in the city.

Washington information technology professionals earn a median yearly salary of $137,730. The difference in pay between the information technology professionals in the lowest pay bracket and those in the highest pay bracket is approximately 95%. Those in the lowest 10% of the pay bracket earn less than $90,520 per year, while those in the highest 10% of the pay bracket earn more than $176,550 per year.

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

There are 9 accredited information technology schools in the city. Many of Washington's information technology professionals are graduates of one of these schools.

Washington's information technology schools offer 16 information technology degree and certificate programs.

In 2010 approximately 347 students completed information technology courses.