certification
Salesforce Certified Administrator
Salesforce
$200
exam fee · checked 2026-08
100 hrs
100 hours — about 10 weeks at 10 hrs/wk
1 yr
renewal cycle — this is a recurring cost
Where it is actually asked for
- Management Analyst in Albany20%5 of 25 postings
- Management Analyst in Buffalo20%5 of 25 postings
- Management Analyst in New York15%5 of 33 postings
- Computer Systems Analyst in Fresno11%2 of 18 postings
- Computer Systems Analyst in Los Angeles11%2 of 18 postings
- Computer Systems Analyst in Sacramento11%2 of 18 postings
- Computer Systems Analyst in San Diego11%2 of 18 postings
- Computer Systems Analyst in San Jose11%2 of 18 postings
- Computer Systems Analyst in San Francisco10%2 of 20 postings
- Sales Manager in Chicago6%1 of 18 postings
Where it barely came up
It appeared in these samples, but rarely. If one of these is the job you want, this credential is probably not the thing standing between you and it.
- Computer Systems Analyst (national)5%5 of 105 postings
- Management Analyst in Fresno4%2 of 53 postings
- Management Analyst in Los Angeles4%2 of 53 postings
- Management Analyst in Sacramento4%2 of 53 postings
- Management Analyst in San Diego4%2 of 53 postings
- Management Analyst in San Jose4%2 of 53 postings
- Network and Computer Systems Administrator in New York3%1 of 33 postings
- Management Analyst in San Francisco3%2 of 69 postings
- Management Analyst (national)2%7 of 322 postings
- Network and Computer Systems Administrator (national)1%3 of 363 postings
- Sales Manager (national)1%2 of 400 postings
- General and Operations Manager (national)0%1 of 400 postings
These percentages describe the samples we read, listed above with their sizes and dates. They are not a statement about the whole labour market, and absence from this page means we have no evidence either way — not that the credential is worthless. How we know →