Chicago is My Home

29
Jan

Salaries Rise in Chicago Technology Firms, Other News of Interest

Author: Adam Fendelman, Category: Technology

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There is still money in technology. A survey released last week by the Illinois Information Technology Association (ITA) showed a forecast of significant salary increases across the board for workers and managers at Chicago technology firms. Of the 119 organizations queried, 83 percent expected staff salaries to increase greater than the rate of inflation.

On average, respondents predicted a 12.2 percent salary increase for staff positions and a 10.7 percent increase for managers. The survey revealed that the average salary for a CIO or CTO from participating companies was $204,000 in 2007 while their directors of sales took home on average $208,000. The survey can be downloaded here.

Bits & Bytes

TECH cocktail returns to Chicago on Feb. 21 with another soirée at John Barleycorn in Wrigleyville. The free, mostly quarterly networking event attracts entrepreneurs, investors and technology executives seeking liquidity in both the sale of company assets and multiple libations. To register and learn more, visit here.

Songza – the online jukebox launched in the fall of 2007 by Chicago-based Humanized, Inc. – in early Jan. 2008 expanded its catalog to include 28 million songs available for free and on demand. Additionally, Humanized founder Aza Raskin and two other employees have joined Mozilla Labs to work on the Firefox browser.

Sarah Spain – the Lake Forest, Ill. native who a year ago attempted to auction herself on eBay in exchange for Super Bowl tickets to see her beloved Chicago Bears – has signed on for a trial run with Playboy SIRIUS Radio to host its Bedtime Sports program. Bedtime Sports can be heard on SIRIUS channel 198.

By Brad Spirrison