CCNA Jobs (2026): Roles Cisco Lists, Real BLS Pay & Outlook
Chapters
- Read This Before You Search Jobs
- What Cisco Lists
- Where the Pay Data Comes From
- Network Support Specialist
- Network Administrator
- Security Analyst and Network Architect
- The Pay Table
- The Outlook Isn't All Good News
- Does a C C N A Get You Hired?
- Read a Job Listing Like a C C N A Holder
- What to Add on Top
- Three Job-Flavored Questions
- Recap
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What jobs can you get with a CCNA? The roles Cisco's CCNA page lists (network engineer, network administrator, network technician, cybersecurity analyst, systems engineer, cloud operations engineer) and official U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics data for four related careers, pages last modified August 27, 2026, pay as May 2025 medians: computer network support specialists $76,220; network and computer systems administrators $99,130 (lowest 10% under $62,640, highest 10% over $155,050); information security analysts $129,180; computer network architects $134,050. Projected 2025 to 2035 change: administrators -4%, computer support specialists -3%, network architects +8%, information security analysts +21%. Cisco's page quotes a Pearson VUE report (32% received a salary increase; general to Cisco certifications, not CCNA-specific). BLS occupations are not CCNA job titles and no hiring rate is published. Plus our own map from job-listing phrases to CCNA areas and three practice questions. Independent guide, not affiliated with Cisco.
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Chapters
0:00 Read This Before You Search Jobs
0:44 What Cisco Lists
1:20 Where the Pay Data Comes From
1:56 Network Support Specialist
2:49 Network Administrator
3:52 Security Analyst and Network Architect
4:34 The Pay Table
5:13 The Outlook Isn't All Good News
6:00 Does a C C N A Get You Hired?
6:42 Read a Job Listing Like a C C N A Holder
7:40 What to Add on Top
8:16 Three Job-Flavored Questions
9:30 Recap
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