It comes as no surprise that SAP stands at the number 3 position as per Forbes magazine in terms of the most admired software companies to work for in the United States of America.
SAP has been proving time and again that their strategies are extremely state-of-the-art and offer progression to all their customers, irrespective of where these modules are implemented.
The data has been compiled from Foote Partners which provides a latest database of salaries in 83 North America cities and across metro areas for more than 172 IT jobs, which include a plus premium pay for 835 certified and non-certified technical skills. The research done in 2016 was compiled from confidential information about 208,000 IT professionals shared directly with Foote Partners through January 1, 2017 and is regularly updated.
Let us see and understand the various job titles within SAP (Systems, Applications, Products in Data Processing), in USA, as per the recent demand in the market presently.
The junior most level is listed at the bottom of the list, and as the levels graduates, the highest level is seen at the top.
The SAP JOB FAMILY
- VP/Director, SAP Program Management
- SAP Project Manager
- SAP Master Data Manager
- Sr. SAP Business Analyst
- SAP Business Analyst
- SAP Design Architect
- SAP Functional Analyst (SME)
- Sr. SAP Configuration Analyst (Lead)
- SAP Configuration Analyst
- Sr. SAP Security Administrator
- Sr. BASIS Administrator
- BASIS Administrator
- Associate BASIS Administrator
- Sr. ABAP Developer
- ABAP Developer
- Associate ABAP Developer
- SAP Professional
It has been commonly observed that while roles and level vary as per the company as each company has their own way of benchmarking salaries and titles, salaries are also dependent on the city the individuals reside in.
While in Atlanta, GA the average salary of a VP/Director, SAP Program Management is $131,000 and goes up to $165,000 for the same position in Chicago, It varies from 1,26,000 and goes up to $150,000. It has been observed that an average VP/Director, SAP Program Management salaries for job postings in New York are generally 21% higher than average VP/Director, SAP Program Management salaries for job postings across USA.
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Similarly, a SAP professional in New York may earn anywhere between $93,000 to $195,000 and the same person if he works out of Boston his salary will be 26% higher than average SAP Professional salaries for job postings nationwide.
Although the number of skills in SAP are very high in number, however listed below are the top 5 skills which are paid the highest. In SAP HANA – IN MEMORY APP the average salary is $2,40,000. In SAP BW ACCELERATOR the average salary is $148,000. For NETWEAVER PORTALS- SAP EP- the average salary is $143,000, the average salary for Web Dynpro is $140,000, the average salary in SAP PI (NetWeaver process integration- $123,000. All these skills are the highest paid and hold a very bright and promising future for all the professional pursuing these skills.
There is a very high demand of the following skills as on 2017.
| Key Skills | Average Salary per Annum |
| SAP HANA (In-Memory Appliance) | $240,000 |
| SAP BW Accelerator | $148,000 |
| NetWeaver Portals (SAP EP) | $143,000 |
| Accelerated SAP (ASAP) | $140,000 |
| SAP Business Workflow/Webflow | $140,000 |
| Web Dynpro | $140,000 |
| SAP FS (Insurance) | $137,000 |
| SAP BI Accelerator | $128,000 |
| SAP SLM | $128,000 |
| SAP MDM | $123,000 |
| SAP PI (NetWeaver Process Integration) | $123,000 |
| SAP AFS | $122,000 |
| SAP HCM (SAP HR) | $120,000 |
| SAP MII | $118,000 |
| SAP HR-PY | $117,000 |
| SAP WEBI (BusinessObjects Web Intelligence) | $116,000 |
| SAP CO-PA | $115,000 |
| SAP SD - GTS | $115,000 |
| SAP WM - EWM | $114,000 |
| SAP FI - FSCM | $112,000 |
| SAP GTS | $111,000 |
| SAP IS-U (Utilities) | $111,000 |
| Business Objects/BOBJ | $110,000 |
| SAP BODS (Business Objects Data Services) | $110,000 |
| SAP SCM | $110,000 |
| SAP FI - CA | $109,000 |
| SAP PS | $109,000 |
| SAP Xcelsius | $109,000 |
| Sybase Adaptive Server Enterprise | $109,000 |
| SAP ALE | $107,000 |
| SAP BODI (Business Objects Data Integrator) | $107,000 |
| SAP Fiori | $107,000 |
| SAP FI - Travel Management | $107,000 |
| SAP PP | $107,000 |
| SAP QM | $107,000 |
| SAP SD | $107,000 |
| SAP Solution Manager | $107,000 |
| SAP WM | $107,000 |
| SAP ECC/ERP (multi-skills) | $105,000 |
| SAP Netweaver Applications Server | $105,000 |
| SAP BOXI (Business Objects XI) | $104,000 |
| SAP EBP | $104,000 |
| SAP MDX | $104,000 |
| SAP BSP | $103,000 |
| SAP CAF | $103,000 |
| SAP KW | $103,000 |
| ABAP | $102,000 |
| Netweaver | $102,000 |
| NetWeaver BI (SAP BW) | $102,000 |
| SAP CRM | $102,000 |
| SAP EHS | $102,000 |
| SAP EPM | $102,000 |
| SAP FI | $102,000 |
| SAP HCM ESS/MSS | $102,000 |
| SAP IM | $102,000 |
| SAP LES | $102,000 |
| SAP MM | $102,000 |
| SAP NetWeaver Visual Composer | $102,000 |
| SAP PLM | $102,000 |
| SAP PY ( Payroll) | $102,000 |
| SAP SEM | $102,000 |
| SuccessFactors | $102,000 |
| SAP CO | $101,000 |
| SAP SM | $101,000 |
| SAP SRM | $101,000 |
| SAP APO | $100,000 |
| SAP BPC | $99,000 |
| SAP Crystal Reports | $99,000 |
| SAP Smart Forms | $99,000 |
| SAP Web Application Server | $99,000 |
| SAP EDI | $98,000 |
| SAP CCM | $97,000 |
| SAP GRC | $97,000 |
| SAP Retail | $97,000 |
| SAP Security | $97,000 |
| SAP NWDS | $96,000 |
| SAP Public Sector Management | $96,000 |
| SAP Banking | $92,000 |
| SAP Business One | $92,000 |
| SAP CFM | $92,000 |
| SAP CS | $92,000 |
| SAP LO | $92,000 |
| SAP HR-PA | $87,000 |
| SAP Oil & Gas | $83,000 |
| SAP PM | $83,000 |
| SAP PSCD | $82,000 |
| SAP ESA | $79,000 |
| SAP Manufacturing | $79,000 |
| SAP SAM | $75,000 |
| SAP CA | $73,000 |
| SAP MRO | $72,000 |
| SAP MI | $71,000 |
| SAP ITS | $69,000 |
| SAP CE | $61,000 |
| SAP TM | $52,000 |
| SAP MRS | $44,000 |
| SAP Basis Compenents | N/A |
| SAP RF/Auto-ID | N/A |