IT Manager Salary in 2025

💰 The median IT Manager Salary in 2025 is USD 147,500

✏️ This salary info is based on 32 individual salaries reported during 2025

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Salary details

The average IT Manager salary lies between USD 120,000 and USD 183,900 globally. It represents the overall compensation/gross salary amount for the working year (before deductions like social security, taxes and other contributions), not including equity/stock options or similar benefits.

Job title
IT Manager
Experience
all levels
Region
global/worldwide
Salary year
2025
Sample size
32
Top 10%
$ 204,900
Top 25%
$ 183,900
Median
$ 147,500
Bottom 25%
$ 120,000
Bottom 10%
$ 97,500

All data shown are full-time equivalent (FTE) salaries. Part-time salary information has been extrapolated to its FTE value.

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Salary trend

Top 20 Job Tags for IT Manager roles

The three most common job tag items assiciated with IT Manager job listings are Audits, CISSP and CISA. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job tags in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where associated with them during that period:

Audits | 43 jobs CISSP | 42 jobs CISA | 41 jobs Compliance | 33 jobs Risk management | 26 jobs Cloud | 26 jobs CISM | 25 jobs Governance | 24 jobs Monitoring | 23 jobs CIA | 22 jobs Analytics | 20 jobs Computer Science | 20 jobs Risk assessment | 19 jobs Strategy | 15 jobs Automation | 13 jobs NIST | 13 jobs Data Analytics | 13 jobs Azure | 11 jobs ISO 27001 | 10 jobs SOX | 10 jobs

Top 20 Job Perks/Benefits for IT Manager roles

The three most common job benefits and perks assiciated with IT Manager job listings are Career development, Health care and Flex hours. Below you find a list of the 20 most occuring job perks or benefits in 2025 and the number of open jobs that where offering them during that period:

Career development | 41 jobs Health care | 30 jobs Flex hours | 21 jobs Insurance | 17 jobs Equity / stock options | 16 jobs Competitive pay | 14 jobs Medical leave | 14 jobs Startup environment | 12 jobs Salary bonus | 12 jobs Parental leave | 11 jobs Flex vacation | 11 jobs 401(k) matching | 9 jobs Wellness | 9 jobs Team events | 8 jobs Travel | 6 jobs Conferences | 3 jobs Relocation support | 3 jobs Flexible spending account | 2 jobs Gear | 1 jobs Transparency | 1 jobs

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IT Manager @ $ 141,665 (global) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
IT Manager @ $ 158,000 (global) - Senior-level / Expert Details
IT Manager @ $ 147,500 (United States) Details
IT Manager @ $ 141,665 (United States) - Mid-level / Intermediate Details
IT Manager @ $ 158,000 (United States) - Senior-level / Expert Details

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