IT salary guides, technology compensation benchmarks, and pay trend analysis — helping employers set competitive offers and helping IT professionals understand their market value across roles, experience levels, and US metro areas.
By Robert Ardell, Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor, KORE1 EDI analysts earn $68,000 to $105,000 on average in 2026 depending on which tracker you read, and the word you put in the job title moves pay more than the years of experience behind it. Developer-titled EDI roles clear $131,000 on Glassdoor. Analyst-titled roles doing the same … Read more
By Mike Carter, Director of Partnership Success, KORE1 Workday HCM consultants earn $104,000 to $154,000 on average in 2026 depending on which tracker you read, and the module they own moves pay further than seniority does. Payroll and Advanced Compensation specialists clear $170,000. In July 2025 Workday did something it had declined to do for … Read more
By Gregg Flecke, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, KORE1 AI engineer contract rates in 2026 run $125 to $240 an hour as an agency bill rate for mid-to-senior US talent, with the contractor earning $85 to $160 of that. Scarce production specialists clear $300. The number your vendor quotes depends less on seniority than on which … Read more
By Tom Kenaley, President and Senior Partner, KORE1 AWS solutions architects average $145,725 to $176,595 in 2026 depending on which aggregator you trust, while architects employed by AWS itself clear a $262,000 median in total compensation. Both figures are accurate. They describe two different jobs wearing the same title. Last spring I had two AWS … Read more
By Mike Carter, Director of Partnership Success, KORE1 ERP consultants bill $85 to $325 an hour in 2026 across NetSuite, SAP, and Dynamics 365, and the platform explains less of that spread than the engagement model and how much validation the project actually requires. A generalist quoting $95 an hour and a validation specialist quoting … Read more
By Tom Kenaley, Senior Partner and President at KORE1 Cloud security engineers earn $105,000 to $215,000 base in 2026, from associate to senior, with staff and principal roles running $215,000 to $300,000 and past it at large technology employers. Total compensation lands higher once bonus and equity enter. The spread between two people holding the … Read more
By Gregg Flecke, Senior Talent Acquisition Partner, KORE1 Hiring a NetSuite developer in 2026 runs $90,000 to $210,000 in direct-hire salary, $65 to $210 an hour on contract, or salary plus a 15% to 25% placement fee through a staffing agency. Which path costs less rarely comes down to the sticker price. It comes down … Read more
By Tom Kenaley, Senior Partner and President at KORE1 Hiring a NetSuite consultant in 2026 costs $85 to $250 an hour for most US engagements. Offshore resources bill $30 to $75, independents $85 to $150, staffing-firm contractors $90 to $185, boutique partners $150 to $250, and Big 4 teams more. The spread is not noise. … Read more
By Robert Ardell, Co-Founder and Strategic Advisor, KORE1 Program managers earn $118,000 to $155,000 base at mid-level in 2026 and $150,000 to $195,000 at senior, while technical program managers at scaled tech companies clear $240,000 in total compensation. Those bands come from reconciling eight public trackers against reqs our desks actually closed. Take the trackers … Read more
By Mike Carter, Director of Partnership Success, KORE1 IAM engineers earn $115,000 to $155,000 base at mid-level in 2026 and $150,000 to $200,000 at senior, with identity architects clearing $240,000. Those bands come from reconciling six public sources against searches our desks actually closed. The public sources, taken at face value, put the national average … Read more
