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Second Annual TCPmag.com Cisco Salary Survey

The Cisco Certified Design Associate has become proficient in network design for the small office/home office market. CCDAs can design routed and switched networks involving LAN, WAN, and dial access services for businesses and organizations with networks of fewer than 100 nodes.

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http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/10/wwtraining/
certprog/lan2/programs/ccda.html

Breakdown by State
East:	CT, DC, DE, MA, MD, ME, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, VA, VT, WV
South:	AL, AR, FL, GA, KY, LA, MS, NC, SC, TN
North:	IA, ID, IN, IL, KS, MI, MO, MN, MT, ND, NE, OH, OK, SD, WI, WY
Southwest:	AZ, CO, NM, NV, TX, UT
West:	AK CA, HI, OR, WA

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CCDA	Total	East	South	North	South-west	West
By age
Under 25	$54	� *	� *	� *	� *	� *
25 to 34	$69	$69	$65	$66	$� 71	$73
35 to 44	$75	$72	$70	$81	$� 79	� *
45 or older	$71	� *	� *	� *	� *	� *
Years of experience
Under a year	$�� 49	� *	� *	� *	� *	� *
1 to 2 years	$51	� *	� *	� *	� *	� *
2 to 3 years	$62	� *	� *	� *	� *	� *
3 to 5 years	$62	$66	$56	$64	� *	� *
5 to 10 years	$76	$81	$68	$� 70	$� 72	$92
More than 10 years	$82	$72	$84	$87	$� 88	� *
Gender
Male	$70	$68	$66	$70	$� 76	$76
Female	$67	� *	� *	� *	� *	� *
Compensation x $1,000 rounded to nearest $1,000. * Insufficient data

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Months of study for title:	4
Months of study for last exam:	3
Amount respondent spent on study:	$1,081
Amount company spent on study:	$1,532
Average age:	35
Average years of experience in networking:	6
Average percent salary increase expected in 2002:	6
Average amount of bonus (from among those who received them):	$4,213
The next certification to achieve:
CCDP	37%
CCNP	32%
Security Specialist	24%
CCIE	23%

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