Government CIOs, Are You Underpaid?

June 29, 2012 By News Staff

CIOs for some of the nation’s biggest corporations are bringing in big bucks. Network World showcases 27 of the highest-paid IT executives from Fortune 500 companies, including CIOs from FedEx, Aetna and American Express.

Check out the slideshow here.

According to a biannual survey released last year, the average salary of a state CIO is about $130,000, while private-sector CIOs make about $190,000. And the upper bounds of private CIO salaries are much higher than those in the public sector, as showcased in Network World’s slideshow.

[Read in-depth about CIO pay in the public sector in a recent story by Public CIO, a sister publication of Government Technology.]

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