CCNP Salary in the United States: How to Interpret the Available Pay Data

What the supplied CCNP salary data reports

The headline average base salary

The supplied PayScale page displays an average base salary of $113,000 per year for the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification.

The page labels the figure as an average base salary in USD. It is therefore a reported certification salary figure, not a guaranteed salary for every CCNP holder.

Scope and reporting date

The page is set to United States salary data for the Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP) certification. It shows an update date of July 14, 2026 and reports 1,412 individuals.

Data point	Reported value
Certification	Cisco Certified Network Professional (CCNP)
Location	United States
Average base salary	$113,000 per year
Individuals reporting	1,412
Displayed update date	July 14, 2026

These details define the context of the headline number. The average is associated with the page's reported population and displayed scope rather than with every possible CCNP salary situation.

How experience appears in the reported CCNP salary data

The source presents an experience distribution separately from the $113,000 headline average. It reports the following percentages across five career-stage categories:

Experience category	Share of reported responses
Entry level	0.4%
Early career	11.5%
Mid career	27.0%
Late career	26.3%
Experienced	34.9%

The source states that this experience data is based on 1,405 survey responses. That response count differs from the page's separately displayed total of 1,412 individuals reporting, so the experience distribution should remain a distinct data point rather than being treated as the composition of the headline average's exact respondent pool.

The source does not provide a salary figure for each experience category in the supplied page content. The percentages therefore show how the reported experience categories are distributed, but they do not establish a salary progression from entry level through experienced.

Other compensation context shown on the source page

The page also displays gender-specific salary ranges and salary examples for people with a CCNP certification by employer. These figures have their own labels and response-count qualifications.

Displayed gender-specific ranges

The source displays the following ranges:

Source label	Displayed average salary range	Qualification shown by the source
Male respondents	$73,000–$155,000	Based on 361 survey responses
Female respondents	$69,000–$130,000	Based on 361 survey responses

These are the ranges displayed on the source page with its respondent-count qualification. The supplied data does not establish a causal explanation for the difference between the displayed ranges, so no cause should be inferred from these figures alone.

Employer-specific examples

The page lists salary examples by employer. These are employer-specific average salary figures displayed on the source page, not a general CCNP salary range or a market-wide ranking.

Employer	Displayed average salary
Atlas Technologies Inc.	$106,760
Peraton	$113,500
Cisco Systems Inc.	$124,000

The page displays additional employer examples, but individual employer figures should remain tied to the employer labels shown on the page. The available data does not justify calculating an overall employer average or treating the selected examples as a universal range.

What this CCNP salary page does not establish

The available page supports a reported U.S. CCNP certification salary figure and related breakdowns, but it does not establish a guaranteed salary for every certification holder.

It also does not establish salary figures by city, a specific network-engineering role, a particular certification path, or a year-over-year CCNP salary trend. Those questions require evidence that is not present in the supplied PayScale source body.

The supplied Cisco Learning Network page cannot add salary evidence to this article because its frozen body contains only the message “Cisco Learning Network Loading × Sorry to interrupt CSS Error Refresh.” It does not contain usable salary data in the supplied content.

How to use the available figure

For the narrow question of what the supplied U.S. CCNP certification salary page reports, the answer is $113,000 per year as the displayed average base salary. The most responsible interpretation keeps that figure attached to its page context: United States, an update date of July 14, 2026, and a reported population of 1,412 individuals.

The experience distribution, gender-specific ranges, and employer examples add context, but they do not convert the headline average into a personal salary prediction. Without additional frozen evidence, the available data should be used to understand the reported compensation picture rather than to promise a specific outcome.