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Higher Earning Potential
Certified individuals usually earn more money than their non-certified peers. Here are some stats from
recent research that supports this trend:
According to a recent Foote Partners report, pay for Sun Certified Java Programmers rose
13.5% over the first three months of 2009.
The 2009 Certification Magazine Salary Survey also posted the following average annual salary
results (x1000) for the following key Java Certifications with respondents fromaround the
world which were are all up from2008.
Sun Certified Java Associate - $84.52
Sun Certified Java Programmer – $93.75
Sun Certified Java Developer – $107.4
Sun Certified Web Component Developer - $88.52
Sun Certified Business Component Developer - $93.91
Sun Certified Enterprise Architect - $108.36
