IT Release Manager Salary in Chicago, IL

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How much does an IT Release Manager make in Chicago, IL? The average IT Release Manager salary in Chicago, IL is $154,535 as of March 26, 2024, but the salary range typically falls between $138,779 and $168,076. Salary ranges can vary widely depending on many important factors, including education, certifications, additional skills, the number of years you have spent in your profession. With more online, real-time compensation data than any other website, Salary.com helps you determine your exact pay target.

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Release Manager - N-Tier architecture Remote

tekHouse - Portland , OR

Operated at an advisory level, consistently interacting with IT and line-of-business senior management to improve Release management processes. 3. At least three (3) years of hands-on experience ...

LinkedIn - 11 days ago

Release Train Manager

Agility Partners - Cincinnati , OH

Define/release management processes. * Coordinate deployment and validation. * Identify/mitigate ... Reasons to Love It * Work within a collaborative team environment where ideas and creativity are ...

LinkedIn - 4 days ago

Senior Business Manager

Quick Release - Fremont , CA

Quick Release provides hands-on experience with complex, positive-impact projects, together with ... Bachelor's Degree * 5+ years management experience (bonus if it's within a related field to complex ...

ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 7 days ago

Chassis Design & Release Engineer

A Society Group, Inc. - San Francisco , CA

You will be challenged to rethink what it means for hardware design to arrive at elegant and ... suppliers to manage designs, design documents, execute engineering disciplines and component ...

ZipRecruiter ATS Jobs for ZipSearch/ZipAlerts - 36 days ago

Senior Product Manager

AccuLynx - Beloit , WI

... it. Ideal candidates will have experience managing software projects and working and strong ... Help develop, improve, and continuously release desktop and mobile SaaS products. * Work with ...

LinkedIn - 7 days ago

HRIS Manager (Workday Experience)

firstPRO, Inc - Boston , MA

Review releases for new functionality; support feature releases, working with users, IT, vendors ... Prior experience managing direct reports and proven ability to develop less experienced team ...

LinkedIn - 11 days ago

What does an IT Release Manager do?

Common responsibilities of an IT Release Manager

Develop the environments capacity requirements to support Dress Rehearsal (s), cutover, hot fix, and minor releases with the DevOps team.

April 12, 2023

Demonstrates an awareness of personal strengths and areas for improvement and acts independently to improve and increase skills and knowledge.

July 17, 2022

Build release packages by working with development teams, validating build packages are complete and are current, incorporating the newest development components.

September 15, 2022

Participate in Change Advisory Board (CAB) meetings to discuss release scope and/or roadblocks.

October 11, 2022

Manage relationships and coordinate work between different teams at different locations.

February 01, 2023

Create, maintain, and publish metrics for the entire Application Support team to include incident response, development activity, and release.

February 11, 2023

Facilitate and drive Scrum of Scrums to understand the scope of upcoming releases, identify impediments and manage risk.

March 03, 2023

Communicate status of all major releases to include commitments and changes including requirements, QA plans, schedule, and deviation from scope.

March 16, 2023

Provide technical and application guidance and support throughout the release process, including monitoring release backlogs to ensure that product owners and service owners are considering release dependencies, risks, and functional integrity when forecasting and planning work.

May 12, 2023

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Average Salary Range for IT Release Manager in Chicago, IL

Average Base Salary

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138779

168076

154535

Average Total Cash Compensation

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150559

185764

166713

What is the average salary for IT Release Manager in 2024?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of IT Release Manager in Chicago, IL. The base salary for IT Release Manager ranges from $138,779 to $168,076 with the average base salary of $154,535. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $150,559 to $185,764 with the average total cash compensation of $166,713.

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	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$154,535	$138,779 - $168,076
Bonus	$12,178	$11,780 - $17,688
Total Pay	$166,713	$150,559 - $185,764

* Base Salary represents gross income before taxes and deductions. It does not include additional pay such as benefits, bonuses, profit sharing or commissions.

* Total Pay combines base salary, bonuses, profit sharing, tips, commissions, overtime pay and other forms of cash earnings, as applicable for this job.

IT Release Manager Salary Near Chicago, IL

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Cicero, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $139,560 - $169,021	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Oak Park, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $139,560 - $169,021	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Oak Lawn, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $139,401 - $168,829	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Evanston, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $139,507 - $168,957	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Skokie, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $139,507 - $168,957	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL
CITY, STATE Arlington Heights, IL	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $136,383 - $165,174	COMPARE TO Chicago, IL

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