Salary is always a touchy subject, especially your own salary. But in the world of technology, it's important to keep tabs on where you stand compared to your colleagues. Janco Associates recently reported that 22 U.S. CIOs currently make more than $2 million a year. Janco also reported that the mean salary for CIOs at large companies is now $171,200 to $181,240, which some experts say is still too low. "If you pay your CIO $180,000 a year, you're going to get a clerk," says Paul Strassmann, an IT productivity expert and former senior IT executive at Xerox, Kraft and NASA.

For more on where you stand on CIO salaries:
- See this Baseline.com article [1]