Most of us have what we consider a primary certification. This is the cert that ranks highest on our resume and that commands the most respect. Some have more than one high-level certification, but for the purposes of this survey, I've tallied the salaries by the primary certification in an effort to give you a good idea of who earned what. I have also compiled salaries based on additional certifications in part four.

Primary Cert	2002 Sal Avg	2003 Exp Avg	# of Resp-ondents
Check Point - CCSA	52,200.00	67,500.00	6
Cisco - CCDP	75,250.00	79,900.00	4
Cisco - CCIE	171,666.67	182,000.00	5
Cisco - CCNA	38,811.96	45,446.27	74
Cisco - CCNP	54,687.65	59,811.76	19
CISSP	78,376.20	79,178.95	20
CompTIA - A+	30,415.23	34,757.37	170
CompTIA - eBiz+	11,000.00	11,000.00	1
CompTIA - Network+	36,071.43	37,938.46	18
Lotus - CLP	71,715.43	79,429.71	7
Microsoft - MCP	44,649.72	49,518.65	53
Microsoft - MCSE	52,031.11	53,681.12	124
Oracle OCP	34,666.67	27,000.00	4
Red Hat - RHCE	51,250.00	61,100.00	3
PMP	68,374.92	70,450.00	14
CIW Professional	62,800.00	74,375.00	5
Novell - CNE	51,125.00	55,250.00	8
AcceleratedSAP	24,500.00	26,250.00	2
Sun - SCJP	63,269.23	64,563.64	15
Novell - MCNE	16,000.00	16,900.00	1
Check Point - CCSE	87,500.00	109,500.00	2
Microsoft - MCSD	45,428.57	54,898.33	7
Brainbench Cert	50,923.08	61,384.62	13
Microsoft - MCAD	74,240.00	79,360.00	6
Other	46,576.69	51,666.42	28
Macromedia Certification	30,000.00	31,250.00	2
Linux LPIC	23,600.00	43,000.00	2
Microsoft - MOUS Master Instructor	33,000.00	50,000.00	4
SSCP			1
Check Point - CCSI	30,000.00		1
GIAC			1
CIW Security Analyst	66,500.00	53,250.00	2
CompTIA - i-Net+	35,000.00	40,000.00	1
BCPIP	55,000.00	60,000.00	1
Microsoft - MCT	35,000.00	45,000.00	1
CIW Master Web Site Designer	47,750.00	48,500.00	6
Cisco - CCDA	36,000.00	38,333.33	3
Check Point - CCQE			1
CompTIA - Security+			1
CIW Associate	45,000.00	40,000.00	2
Sun - SCJD	59,000.00	63,800.00	3
IBM Certification	66,000.00	70,000.00	2
Cisco - CCIP	75,000.00	78,000.00	1