Salary Survey Archive
	• 2005 Salary Survey Salary Stalemate The 10th annual salary survey from Redmond magazine (formerly Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine). After a flat year, salaries are up again — dramatically for some — as we take a look at the changing demographics of the Redmond readership.
	• 2004 Salary Survey Salary Stalemate The ninth annual salary survey from Microsoft Certified Professional Magazine.
	• 2003 Salary Survey Profit and Loss In MCP Magazine’s eighth annual salary survey, we evaluate the current state of compensation and provide our outlook for the future of Microsoft certified professionals across the U.S.
	• 2002 Salary Survey Money Matters The state of the business world continues to be in turmoil, hiring has slowed and compensation is down. In this year’s salary survey for Microsoft Certified Professionals, we examine the outlook for IT experts in this difficult economy.
	• 2001 Salary Survey True Value Uncertainty and confusion define the current state of business, signaling a slow-down in high-tech hiring-and in the compensation of IT professionals. In this year's salary survey, we examine the outlook for salaries as well as the future prospects of certified professionals.
	• 2000 Salary Survey Smart Money! Not surprisingly in today’s job market, salaries are up, up, up for just about everyone. You can move ever higher in the compensation pile with these tickets: job experience, developer talent, or Windows 2000 skills.
	• 1999 Salary Survey Net Worth Salaries have dropped slightly for the entry-level MCP title in the 18 months since the 1998 survey, but we found a 14 percent increase in base salaries for Microsoft’s flagship MCSE certification. Experience, along with region of the country, remain the big differentiating factors in pay.
	• 1998 Salary Survey Is Your Income on the Rise? Compensation for Microsoft Certified Professionals continues to rise, but is the much-vaunted MCSE losing some of its shine? Our survey numbers show that salaries for MCPs are up sharply for all titles except the Microsoft Certified Systems Engineer, whose average income has dropped slightly overall from 1997.
	• 1997 Salary Survey Are You Making What You’re Worth? If it’s a good time to be an information technology professional, it’s a great time to be Microsoft-certified as well, according to the numbers from our 1997 MCP Magazine salary survey. The survey shows an increase in compensation across the board, with striking jumps for Microsoft Certified Systems Engineers and Microsoft Certified Solution Developers.
	• 1996 Salary Survey How Does Microsoft Certification Affect Compensation? Our first annual salary survey of our readership shows that a Microsoft certification means increased income in every category.