--- title: "Tech Jobs" description: "Careers in computing, software, data and IT, from developers and data scientists to security analysts, network architects and the managers who run…" canonical: "https://nuecareer.com/careers/tech-jobs" last-updated: "2026-10-09T10:57:55.138Z" --- # Tech Jobs Careers in computing, software, data and IT, from developers and data scientists to security analysts, network architects and the managers who run technology teams. Careers centred on this field come first, then the ones that touch it, each group ranked by national median pay from BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics. Specialty careers, which BLS reports inside a broader occupation, show that occupation’s figures and are labelled on their pages. 48 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 | [Chief AI Officer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-ai-officer) | $175,140 | +15.8% | Bachelor's | | 2 | [Chief Information Security Officer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chief-information-security-officer) | $175,140 | +15.8% | Bachelor's | | 3 | [Director of Engineering](https://nuecareer.com/careers/director-of-engineering) | $175,140 | +15.8% | Bachelor's | | 4 | [Director of Product Management](https://nuecareer.com/careers/director-of-product-management) | $175,140 | +15.8% | Bachelor's | | 5 | [IT Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/it-manager) | $175,140 | +15.8% | Bachelor's | | 6 | [Security Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/security-engineering-manager) | $175,140 | +15.8% | Bachelor's | | 7 | [Software Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/software-engineering-manager) | $175,140 | +15.8% | Bachelor's | | 8 | [Vice President of Engineering](https://nuecareer.com/careers/vice-president-of-engineering) | $175,140 | +15.8% | Bachelor's | | 9 | [Vice President of Product](https://nuecareer.com/careers/vice-president-of-product) | $175,140 | +15.8% | Bachelor's | | 10 | [Silicon Engineering Manager](https://nuecareer.com/careers/silicon-engineering-manager) | $171,270 | +5.5% | Bachelor's | | 11 | [Director of Developer Relations](https://nuecareer.com/careers/director-of-developer-relations) | $166,790 | +6.9% | Bachelor's | | 12 | [Chip Architect](https://nuecareer.com/careers/chip-architect) | $161,740 | +9.1% | Bachelor's | | 13 | [Computer Hardware Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-hardware-engineer) | $161,740 | +9.1% | Bachelor's | | 14 | [Design Verification Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/design-verification-engineer) | $161,740 | +9.1% | Bachelor's | | 15 | [AI Research Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ai-research-engineer) | $140,300 | +21.8% | Master's | | 16 | [AI Research Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ai-research-scientist) | $140,300 | +21.8% | Doctorate | | 17 | [AI Safety Researcher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ai-safety-researcher) | $140,300 | +21.8% | Master's | | 18 | [Applied Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/applied-scientist) | $140,300 | +21.8% | Master's | | 19 | [Autonomous Vehicle Research Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/autonomous-vehicle-research-scientist) | $140,300 | +21.8% | Master's | | 20 | [Computer and Information Research Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-and-information-research-scientist) | $140,300 | +21.8% | Master's | | 21 | [Quantum Computing Researcher](https://nuecareer.com/careers/quantum-computing-researcher) | $140,300 | +21.8% | Doctorate | | 22 | [Robotics Research Scientist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/robotics-research-scientist) | $140,300 | +21.8% | Doctorate | | 23 | [Data Warehousing Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/data-warehousing-specialist) | $139,500 | +9.4% | Bachelor's | | 24 | [Database Architect](https://nuecareer.com/careers/database-architect) | $139,500 | +9.4% | Bachelor's | | 25 | [AI Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ai-engineer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's | | 26 | [Computer Vision Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-vision-engineer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's | | 27 | [Distinguished Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/distinguished-engineer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's | | 28 | [Embedded Software Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/embedded-software-engineer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's | | 29 | [Forward Deployed Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/forward-deployed-engineer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's | | 30 | [Founding Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/founding-engineer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's | | 31 | [GPU Kernel Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/gpu-kernel-engineer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's | | 32 | [Machine Learning Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/machine-learning-engineer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's | | 33 | [ML Compiler Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ml-compiler-engineer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's | | 34 | [ML Inference Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ml-inference-engineer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's | | 35 | [MLOps Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/mlops-engineer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's | | 36 | [Platform Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/platform-engineer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's | | 37 | [Principal Software Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/principal-software-engineer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's | | 38 | [Site Reliability Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/site-reliability-engineer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's | | 39 | [Software Developer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/software-developer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's | | 40 | [Staff Software Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/staff-software-engineer) | $135,980 | +10.2% | Bachelor's | | 41 | [Cloud Architect](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cloud-architect) | $134,050 | +7.7% | Bachelor's | | 42 | [Computer Network Architect](https://nuecareer.com/careers/computer-network-architect) | $134,050 | +7.7% | Bachelor's | | 43 | [Cybersecurity Architect](https://nuecareer.com/careers/cybersecurity-architect) | $134,050 | +7.7% | Bachelor's | | 44 | [Telecommunications Engineering Specialist](https://nuecareer.com/careers/telecommunications-engineering-specialist) | $134,050 | +7.7% | Bachelor's | | 45 | [FPGA Engineer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/fpga-engineer) | $130,220 | +3.7% | Bachelor's | | 46 | [AI Red Teamer](https://nuecareer.com/careers/ai-red-teamer) | $129,180 | +21.0% | Bachelor's | | 47 | [Information Security Analyst](https://nuecareer.com/careers/information-security-analyst) | $129,180 | +21.0% | Bachelor's | | 48 | [Developer Advocate](https://nuecareer.com/careers/developer-advocate) | $124,900 | +2.8% | Bachelor's | 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}. --- This bank includes information from the O\*NET 31.0 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 JSON representation of this page: https://nuecareer.com/api/v1/collections/tech-jobs