ATLANTA -- Atlanta technology companies were split 49 (no) to 51% (yes) on whether they would provide a compensation increase in 2010 for executives, according to the Technology Executives Roundtable (TER) 2010 Atlanta Technology Executive Compensation Survey.

With the release of its inaugural Atlanta Technology Executive Compensation Survey, TER, an association that consists of more than 100 Georgia-based CEOs, CFOs and general managers, is providing a unique service to its members and to the Georgia technology community at large. The study was underwritten by Arketi Group, CarterBaldwin, Croft & Bender, Frazier & Deeter, Morris Manning & Martin, Silicon Valley Bank and Wm. Leonard & Company.

The report found that overall, average salaries among technology executive teams ranged from $213,096 for CEOs to $107,346 for Controllers . For those few tech organizations that compensated independent directors (14 percent of respondents), average director salary was $45,190. As expected, CEOs commanded the highest average salary in the executive suite, followed by COOs, presidents, CFOs, and then other executive team members.