Technology
Web Administrators
Manage web environment design, deployment, development and maintenance activities. Perform testing and quality assurance of web sites and web applications.
Median salary
$108,970
Typical range
$53k – $177k
Job outlook
+8% (faster than average)
AI exposure
Plan a path to Web Administrators
Education
Typical entry: Bachelor's degree
Plan my path to this →Typical progression
Web Administrators Intern
Internship
$36,000
~4 mos to advance
Junior Web Administrators
Entry / Junior
$52,650
~2 yrs to advance
Web Administrators
Established
$108,970
~3 yrs to advance
Senior Web Administrators
Senior
$142,885
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Key skills
A typical day
- •Monitor systems for intrusions or denial of service attacks, and report security breaches to appropriate personnel.
- •Identify or document backup or recovery plans.
- •Back up or modify applications and related data to provide for disaster recovery.
- •Correct testing-identified problems, or recommend actions for their resolution.
- •Identify, standardize, and communicate levels of access and security.
Fields of study
Any field
Top colleges for Technology
Explore all- Massachusetts Institute of Technology4% admit · $124,000 grad pay
- Stanford University4% admit · $122,000 grad pay
- Carnegie Mellon University11% admit · $109,000 grad pay
- University of California, Berkeley11% admit · $97,000 grad pay
- Georgia Institute of Technology16% admit · $99,000 grad pay
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