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Summary
Certifications will provide proof that you have gained job-specific skills and knowledge to dramatically boost your bank account. Many people miss out on this opportunity’s to up their job salaries with a simple certification. The proper certification for your job function can increase your pay by 50% or more and provide you more opportunities to obtain more knowledge towards your career.
1. Help Desk Analyst
Help desk analysts are employed in every industry around the world helping computer users and businesses fix their IT problems. Help desk analysts earn an average base salary of $50,980. Once the analysts achieve their CompTIA A+ certification their average salary bumps up to $63,000. That is a dramatic increase in pay and satisfaction. If help desk analyst were to achieve their CompTIA Network + certification they will be able to make around $73,000 per year!
2. Ethical Hacker
Ethical hackers use “white hacking” which involves using different hacking methods and techniques to find threats and vulnerabilities within a network. Ethical hackers earn an average salary of $70,000, and the bonus payouts after achieving the CEH certification is around 10,000 – 17,500. That number will also increase in the next years due to the high demand and talent shortage in the cybersecurity industry.
3. Cybersecurity Engineer
Cybersecurity engineers use many different tactics and procedures to protect networks. They also use a plethora of different skills learned by earning certifications. Those certifications such as Security+, Network+, and CEH earn cybersecurity engineers an average salary of $80,000; however, those who earn a CISSP certification see an average bonus payout of $15,000 annually. There are currently 300,000 unfilled cybersecurity jobs in the United States and large organizations are desperate for certified hard-working individuals with a technical mindset.
