Miguel Guhlin Another Think Coming Challenge Claims, Uncover Reality

by mguhlin

MyNotes: Salary Reboot for K-12 Tech Jobs Panel at #TxCTOClinic15 #tecsig #edtech

EdTech

This session, Salary Reboot: Rethinking Pay for K-12 Technology Jobs, was held at the Texas K-12 CTO Council meeting on June 18, 2015. It provided some eye-opening statistics about CTOs and job in the edtech field.

Announcement: Join #etdrive, a Texas wide conversation focused on 3 strands using “push to learn” technology, VoxerChats. Follow these two steps to begin your learning journey now.

About the Facilitators
It was facilitated by the following folks from TASB:

  • Amy Campbell, Assistant Director, Data Services
  • Ann Patton, Managing Compensation Consultant
  • Luz Cadena, Senior Compensation Consultant
  • Troy Bryants, Data Services Manager

TASB HR Services

Phone: 800-580-7782

Email: hrservices@tasb.org

Listen to Audio for this presentation 

MyNotes

  1. Dice Tech Salary Survey 2014 results | Get full text

  2. Out of a thousand school districts, 600 responded. A response rate of 60% statewide, surveying 125 jobs in the survey, 90% rate among districts with 3000+ enrollment

  3. Look at market value, as well as non-school market. These give us a good picture of private sector and public sector. Staff can go work in other places.

  4. Private sector does not always pay better than education.

  5. Average US Tech Salary Change - 5 year trend

  6. in 2010, there were very low increases for technology positions.

  7. by 2012, they caught up.

  8. Texas salaries are a little late to the game. On average, salaries actually dropped from year to year due to the RIF process in 2011.

  9. Cumulatively, there’s about a 13% increase nationwide, and only 9% in Texas.

  10. Texas Market Values

  11. Computer Technician

  12. Non school: $21.92 (San Antonio), $20.24(el Paso), $23.56 (Dallas/FtWorth), $23.90 (east Texas)

  13. Salary growth 1.5%, and over the last year, -1.1% decrease

  14. Employee ratio 2010-2015 has seen an increase of 5%

  15. Statewide median hourly rate is $19.77

  16. HelpDesk Technician

  17. Non School: $20.97/$19.04, $19.61/$27.17 (el paso)

  18. Relationship between district size and pay. Hourly rate for 10K-25K, $23.50 for hourly rate

  19. Network Technician: 

  20. Private/School: $27.85/$21.89 (SA)

  21. Instructional Tech SPecialist

  22. 10K-25K enrollment: $65,527

  23. 44% employee ratio 2010-2015

  24. Statewide median salary: $59,923

  25. Network Admin

  26. $86K/$62K (SA)

  27. CTO

  28. $162K/$93K (SA)

  29. IT Employment Trends

  30. Motivators: Percentage of employers who offer incentives. 2009:53%; 2014:66%

  31. Primary Motivator for 

  32. 17% was increased compensation

  33. 12% - more interesting or challenging assignments

  34. 12% flexible work locations/telecommuting

  35. 10% flexible work hours

  36. 3% promotion or new title

  37. Changing employers: of 37% of tech pros that anticipate changing employers in 2015:

  38. 70% higher compensation

  39. 44% better working conditions

  40. 33% more responsibility

  41. 18% shorter commute

  42. 17% anticipate losing current positions

  43. 13% relocation (unavoidable turnover)

  44. 9% other

  45. Hot Tech Jobs in 2015-2016

  46. Security

  47. Mobile Device Management

  48. Network

  49. Strategies for Hiring and Retaining Tech Talent

  50. Move quickly

  51. Separate pay structure

  52. Pay differently (pay tech people larger salary increases)

  53. Adjust pay (salaries are being looked at annually and revised, as many as 2x a year)

  54. Create career pathways (have like 3 levels of tech…need to provide value for this)

  55. Instructional Tech vs Traditional Tech

  56. Instructional Tech to CTO Path

  57. teacher/instructional tech specialist to Director then CTO

  58. THe only way to earn more is to become a supervisor

  59. Traditional Tech to CTO Path

  60. Computer Tech to Network Admin to IT Supervisor to CTO

  61. Lot more opportunity to earn in your career

  62. you can stay in a role that doesn’t involve supervision until you are more experienced (older)

  63. Gender Pay Equity

  64. Median Salaries

  65. Men: $91,951

  66. Women: $95,883

  67. CTO count by gender favors males in that role over females

  68. Only 4.6 percent of women work in STEM careers, opposed to 10.3% for men in STEM careers.

  69. There are fewer female data points in the data.

  70. Men in technology hold far more technical positions (e.g. software engineering)

  71. Women hold project management, business analyst roles.

  72. CTO Median Salary by Gender and Enrollment Group: There is no statistical impact of gender on salary. No correlation was found in Texas.

Everything posted on Miguel Guhlin’s blogs/wikis are his personal opinion and do not necessarily represent the views of his employer(s) or its clients. Read Full Disclosure