5 Tips for Increasing Your Data Center Technician Salary
克里斯托弗·托兹 | 2023年4月12日
Christopher Tozzi | Apr 12, 2023
数据中心行业经历了一段时间的爆发期，不同行政区域有着不同的数据中心发展规划，不同行业涌入数据中心这个赛道，不同工作背景的人员转行到数据中心工作，很多的不同因素导致了数据中心技术人员的薪资水平存在较大差异。大环境、数据中心人员的紧缺程度、数据中心技术人员个人水平，成为决定数据中心技术人员薪资水平的关键因素。
此文中我们将讨论数据中心技术人员提高工资的最佳策略。
We discuss top strategies for data center technicians to increase their salaries.
根据薪资网公布的数据，数据中心技术人员收入相当可观，平均收入大约为61000美元。但是，收入最高的数据中心技术人员的年收入可达六位数，远高于上述提到平均水平。
Data center technicians earn fairly decent pay – around $61,000 on average, according to salary.com. However, the highest-paid data center technicians make six-figure sums, which is a big difference from the average.
如何提高薪酬水平，获得薪酬最高的数据中心技术人员职位？本文通过讨论数据中心技术人员(维护数据中心设备和设施的人员)提高工资的策略来进行说明。
How can you move up the pay scale to land the highest-paying data center technician jobs? This article explains by discussing strategies for data center technicians – the people who maintain data center equipment and facilities – to increase their salaries.
对于很多数据中心技术人员来说，获得高收入的最简单有效的方法就是获得各种证书。
For many data center technicians, the easiest and most effective path to higher income is to earn certifications.
数据中心行业有一系列的证书可供选择。有些是通用认证，证明您具备管理数据中心的能力。另一些认证则专注于数据中心工作的特定方面，例如网络管理。
There are a variety of certifications you can pursue. Some are generic certifications that attest to your ability to administer data centers in general. Others focus on specific facets of data center work, such as network management.
通过选择符合你当前或未来雇主需求的证书，可以提高你作为技术人员的价值，并获得更高的薪水。
By choosing certifications that align with the needs of your current or future employer, you can increase your value as a technician and command higher pay.
在不同地区的数据中心技术人员的平均工资之间差异很大，而且生活成本较高的地区并不总是与该领域的高收入相关。
Average data center technician salaries vary significantly between different regions – and higher cost-of-living areas don't always correlate with higher earnings in this field.
根据Zippia网站公布的数据，美国数据中心技术人员收入最高的州为：
According to Zippia, the states where data center technicians earn the most include:
马萨诸塞州
Massachusetts
新泽西州
New Jersey
加利福尼亚州
California
俄亥俄州
Ohio
南卡罗来纳州
South Carolina
这些州的数据中心技术人员平均工资比工资中位数的州高出10%以上，他们的工资甚至比工资最低的州高出三分之一以上。
Average salaries in these states are more than 10 percent higher than in states with median data center technician salaries. And they beat salaries in the lowest-paying states by more than one-third.
这里的要点是，数据中心技术人员工作地点会极大地影响他们的收入。虽然你可能会认为科技产业蓬勃发展和数据中心集中的州——比如加利福尼亚州和弗吉尼亚州——会给技术人员支付最多的薪水，但事实并非如此。像南卡罗来纳州这样的地方也会给数据中心技术人员支付丰厚的工资，即使南卡罗来纳州并不以其数据中心而闻名。
The point here is that where you work can dramatically impact your data center technician earnings. And although you might think that states with flourishing tech industries and large concentrations of data centers – such as California and Virginia – would pay technicians the most, that's not necessarily the case. Places like South Carolina tend to pay their data center technicians well, too, even though South Carolina isn't known in particular for its data centers.
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各行各业的企业都依赖于数据中心，但某些行业的数据中心技术人员的工资高于其他行业。Zippia网站公布的数据显示，能源行业公司运营数据中心技术人员的薪酬最高，而金融数据中心的薪酬最低。
Businesses across a variety of industries rely on data centers, but data center technician jobs in some industries pay more than those in others. Companies in the energy sector that operate data centers pay the most to their technicians, according to Zippia, while finance data centers pay the least.
这方面的工资差异并不像不同州之间的工资差异那么大。尽管如此，如果你能找到一份帮助支持特定行业数据中心的工作，你可能会多赚5%到10%。
The salary differences in this regard aren't as great as those between different states. Still, you may be able to earn 5 to 10 percent more by landing a job where you help support data centers in specific industries.
掌握基本的IT管理和支持技能几乎每个数据中心技术人员都需要。但并不是每个技术人员都了解尖端数据中心正在采用的更先进的技术。
Virtually every data center technician needs to master basic IT management and support skills. But not every technician understands the more advanced technologies that cutting-edge data centers are adopting.
这意味着，如果您掌握浸没式冷却系统(一些数据中心正在实施的下一代技术，以帮助降低能耗)，那么您将从人群中脱颖而出，并可能获得更高薪资。
This means that if you can, for example, support immersion cooling systems, a next-generation technology that some data centers are implementing to help reduce energy consumption, you'll stand out from the crowd and will likely be able to earn more.
同样的，可持续发展也是数据中心行业的热门话题，能够帮助雇主实现可持续性目标的技术人员在谈判薪资时将具有优势。
Similarly, sustainability is a hot topic in the data center industry, and technicians who can help their employers meet sustainability goals will have an advantage when negotiating salary.
如果你能够更好地帮助数据中心实施可再生能源采购，并解决随之而来的挑战，比如在可再生能源故障时需要提供备用电源，以及更好地帮助监测和报告碳排放，那么数据中心公司可能会认为你更有价值。
The more capable you are of helping your data center implement renewable energy sourcing – and address the challenges that come with it, like the need to provide backup power in case renewable sources fail – and the better equipped you are to help monitor and report carbon emissions, the more valuable data center companies will likely deem you to be.
数据中心技术人员的平均工资和高薪之间的差距是显而易见的。如果你想尽可能多地赚钱，那么应该专注于提高自己作为技术人员的价值，满足对数据中心技术人员技能需求最高的地区、行业和技术。
The difference between average pay and high pay for data center technician jobs is stark. If you want to make as much as you can, focus on ways to increase your value as a technician by catering to the regions, industries and technologies where data center technician skills are in highest demand.
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