Technology professionals in the Denver area saw their average annual pay increase 4 percent in 2011 to $86,590, outpacing the national increase of about 2 percent, according to a latest salary survey by . Tech job postings in Denver are up 16 percent year-over-year, also higher than the national tech job growth rate of 11 percent. On any given day, there are more than 1,500 tech jobs in Denver on .
Nationally, after two straight years of wages remaining nearly flat, annual salaries for tech professionals on average increased to $81,327 last year from $79,384 in 2010.
The average annual tech salaries in Silicon Valley, home to the highest tech wages in the nation, topped six figures for the first time since Dice began its survey about a decade ago. Silicon Valley’s average annual pay increased 5 percent to $104,195.
Andy Vuong, The Denver Post
