Lead IT Specialist Salary in Fargo, North Dakota

How much does a Lead IT Specialist make in Fargo, ND?

As of March 01, 2025, the average annual salary for a Lead IT Specialist in Fargo, ND is $97,755. Salary.com reports that pay typically ranges from $84,080 to $109,194, with most professionals earning between $71,629 and $119,610.

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Assisting with planning, deploying and migrating users to Office 365, Exchange Online, Azure AD and other cloud-based solutions including moving critical data, processes, and archives.

December 15, 2022

Activities will include planning and executing the assessment activities, participating in meetings, ensuring the appropriate level of management review on action items and responses, and tracking commitments to closure.

February 10, 2023

Understand and convey IT control and risk management concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

February 28, 2023

Provide 3rd-level support for an enterprise-wide Microsoft Windows distributed server platform, including related technologies such as Certificate Services, IIS, Clustering, etc.

March 04, 2023

Track and understand emerging security practices and standards by participating in educational opportunities, reading professional publications, maintaining personal networks, and participating in professional organizations.

March 16, 2023

Performs needs analysis to define opportunities for new and improved business process solutions.

March 18, 2023

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Average Salary Range for Lead IT Specialist in Fargo, ND

Average Base Salary

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84080

109194

97755

Average Total Cash Compensation

Includes base and annual incentives

86830

114733

100246

What is the average salary for Lead IT Specialist in 2025?

These charts show the average base salary (core compensation), as well as the average total cash compensation for the job of Lead IT Specialist in Fargo, ND. The base salary for Lead IT Specialist ranges from $84,080 to $109,194 with the average base salary of $97,755. The total cash compensation, which includes base, and annual incentives, can vary anywhere from $86,830 to $114,733 with the average total cash compensation of $100,246.

View Average Salary for Lead IT Specialist as table

	Average Salary	Average Salary Range
Base Salary	$97,755	$84,080 - $109,194
Bonus	$2,492	$2,751 - $5,539
Total Pay	$100,246	$86,830 - $114,733

* 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.

Lead IT Specialist Salary Near Fargo, ND

CITY, STATE	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE	COMPARE TO Fargo, ND
CITY, STATE West Fargo, ND	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $82,170 - $106,715	COMPARE TO Fargo, ND
CITY, STATE Grand Forks, ND	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $78,658 - $102,154	COMPARE TO Fargo, ND
CITY, STATE Aberdeen, SD	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $72,475 - $94,123	COMPARE TO Fargo, ND
CITY, STATE Watertown, SD	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $77,310 - $100,402	COMPARE TO Fargo, ND
CITY, STATE Saint Cloud, MN	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $84,001 - $109,092	COMPARE TO Fargo, ND
CITY, STATE Bismarck, ND	AVERAGE SALARY RANGE $85,499 - $111,037	COMPARE TO Fargo, ND

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About Fargo, North Dakota

Fargo is a core city of the Fargo-Moorhead metropolitan area, which also includes Moorhead, West Fargo, and Dilworth as well as outlying communities. Fargo sits on the western bank of the Red River of the North in a flat geographic region known as the Red River Valley. The Red River Valley resulted from the withdrawal of glacial Lake Agassiz, which drained away about 9,300 years ago. The lake sediments deposited from Lake Agassiz made the land around Fargo some of the richest in the world for agricultural uses. Fargo's largest challenge is the seasonal floods due to the rising water of the Red...

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