CST graduates' starting salaries range from $20,000 to $46,000 per year. According to www.computerjobs.com data for the Dallas area, salaries for experienced techs average $53,000/year. Robert Half International Inc., a world leader in specialized staffing services, outlined 1999 starting salaries ranging from $38,000 to $50,500 for applications development programmers and from $49,000 to $63,000 for systems programmers. Average starting salaries for Internet programmers ranged from $48,800 to $68,300. |