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Linux snapshot: Pay rates and employers with the most job ads

If paychecks are any kind of a measure, then people with Linux skills are doing better than most. The national median annual IT salary is $91,050, or $43.77 per hour, while the national medium annual salary for Linux-certified information technology professionals is $96,750, or $46.51 an hour, according to Yoh Services, a staffing firm that produces its own wage index.

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