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title: "Highest-Paying Jobs in Technology"
description: "Every occupation in the SOC computer and mathematical group, which is where BLS files tech roles from software developer to data scientist, ranked by…"
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last-updated: "2026-08-23T07:20:09.337Z"
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# Highest-Paying Jobs in Technology

Every occupation in the SOC computer and mathematical group, which is where BLS files tech roles from software developer to data scientist, ranked by national median wage.

21 occupations, in the ranked order the career bank computed. Wages are BLS OEWS, May 2025. Growth figures are BLS Employment Projections and education is the BLS "typical education needed for entry".

| # | Occupation | Median annual wage | Projected growth | Typical education |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | [Computer and Information Research Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-and-information-research-scientist) | $140,300 | +19.7% | Master's |
| 2 | [Database Architect](https://nuecareer.com/careers/database-architect) | $139,500 | +8.7% | Bachelor's |
| 3 | [Software Developer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/software-developer) | $135,980 | +15.8% | Bachelor's |
| 4 | [Computer Network Architect](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-network-architect) | $134,050 | +11.9% | Bachelor's |
| 5 | [Actuary](https://nuecareer.com/careers/actuary) | $130,000 | +21.8% | Bachelor's |
| 6 | [Information Security Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/information-security-analyst) | $129,180 | +28.5% | Bachelor's |
| 7 | [Mathematician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/mathematician) | $126,710 | -0.7% | Master's |
| 8 | [Data Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/data-scientist) | $120,230 | +33.5% | Bachelor's |
| 9 | [Web Administrator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/web-administrator) | $116,580 | +8.2% | Bachelor's |
| 10 | [Computer Systems Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-systems-analyst) | $105,850 | +8.7% | Bachelor's |
| 11 | [Statistician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/statistician) | $105,650 | +8.5% | Master's |
| 12 | [Database Administrator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/database-administrator) | $104,620 | -0.7% | Bachelor's |
| 13 | [QA Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/qa-analyst) | $104,300 | +10.0% | Bachelor's |
| 14 | [Web Designer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/web-designer) | $104,000 | +7.0% | Bachelor's |
| 15 | [Computer Programmer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-programmer) | $100,390 | -6.0% | Bachelor's |
| 16 | [Network and Computer Systems Administrator](https://nuecareer.com/careers/network-and-computer-systems-administrator) | $99,130 | -4.2% | Bachelor's |
| 17 | [Web Developer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/web-developer) | $92,650 | +7.5% | Bachelor's |
| 18 | [Operations Research Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/operations-research-analyst) | $88,940 | +21.5% | Bachelor's |
| 19 | [Bioinformatics Technician](https://nuecareer.com/careers/bioinformatics-technician) | $81,490 | +4.0% | Bachelor's |
| 20 | [Computer Network Support Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-network-support-specialist) | $76,220 | +1.8% | Associate's |
| 21 | [Computer User Support Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-user-support-specialist) | $61,860 | -3.7% | Some college |

Full record for any row, including wage percentiles and state-level pay: https://nuecareer.com/careers/{slug} or https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/careers/{slug}.

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This bank includes information from the O\*NET 30.3 Database by the U.S. Department of Labor, Employment and Training Administration (USDOL/ETA). Used under the CC BY 4.0 license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). O\*NET® is a trademark of USDOL/ETA. NueCareer has transformed the data by joining it to BLS wage and projection data and deriving facet, personality-fit and AI-resilience scores. BLS and BEA data are public domain (17 U.S.C. §105).

O\*NET content is used under [CC BY 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). How these figures are sourced and derived: https://nuecareer.com/careers/methodology

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