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Are you getting screwed on pay?
Honestly? Maybe.
IT pay is a black box. Glassdoor lies. Levels.fyi is mostly FAANG. And "competitive salary" in a job posting almost always means "we'll pay you whatever you'll accept."
The only reliable way to know if you're being paid fairly is to see what other people doing your job — same stack, same years, same region — actually take home.
That's the entire point of the IT salary survey. It's the closest thing this industry has to honest pay data, and it only exists because IT pros like you fill it out.
Take the IT salary survey
It takes about 3 minutes. It's 100% anonymous. We don't ask for your name, your employer, or anything that could identify you.
The fine print (because I'd rather say it up front than catch heat in the comments later):
When you finish the survey, it asks for your email so we can send you the full results when it closes. That email also subscribes you to this newsletter. We don't share it with anyone — not sponsors, not "partners," nobody. If you don't want the newsletter after the results land, one click unsubscribes you. No hard feelings.
Why we do this every year
Every helpdesk tech, sysadmin, network eng, and CTO who fills this out makes it easier for the next person to walk into a salary negotiation with real data instead of vibes.
Not "my buddy makes…"
Not a 10-year-old BLS table.
Actual numbers from actual IT pros, segmented by role, region, and years of experience.
The more responses we get, the more useful the data is — for you, for the person you're going to mentor next year, for the friend who keeps asking if they should jump ship.
Closing soon
We're going to wrap submissions up shortly so we can compile the report and get it out. If you've been meaning to fill it out, today's the day.
Pass it to a coworker who complains about their paycheck. (We all know one. It might be you.)
Investors see ANOTHER return from Masterworks (!!!!)
That’s 6 sales in 7 months. 29 all time. And the performance?
16.5%, 17.6%, and 17.8%, net annualized returns on sold works held longer than one year (See all 29 at Masterworks.com)
It’s not from stocks, private equity, or real estate… it’s from contemporary and post war art. Crazy, right?
With Masterworks, you don’t need to be a BILLIONAIRE to invest in multi-million dollar art anymore.
Historically, the segment overall has had attractive appreciation and low correlation to stocks.*
Masterworks targets works featuring legends like Banksy, Basquiat, and Picasso, identifying what they believe to have significant long-term appreciation potential, not just at the artist level but at the level of individual artworks.
As one of the largest players in the art market, with $1.3 billion invested over 500 artworks, they pass critical advantages through to their 70,000+ members to add art to their portfolios strategically.
Looking to diversify your investments in 2026?
*According to Masterworks data. Investing involves risk. Past performance is not indicative of future returns. See important Reg A disclosures at masterworks.com/cd.
-Stetson
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