High paying tech and IT jobs in Alaska

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Alaska. Read the percentile range, not just the median: the gap between the 10th and 90th inside a single tech and IT job is usually wider than the gap between two different ones, so where you land in a field matters more than which field you pick.

Cost of living: prices in Alaska run 2.4% above the national average (2024), so a Alaska salary is worth about 0.98× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order. To see where a job pays a real premium, use jobs that pay more in Alaska.

Wages: BLS OEWS, May 2025 · Cost of living: BEA regional price parities, 2024

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OccupationMedian, Alaska · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$133,490
Bachelor's degree
$92,290 – $197,510970
2Computer Network Architects$119,720
Bachelor's degree
$88,690 – $173,070120
3Information Security Analysts$114,990
Bachelor's degree
$75,770 – $149,270300
4Computer Occupations, All Other$105,960
Bachelor's degree
$62,910 – $140,350710
5Network and Computer Systems Administrators$97,500
Bachelor's degree
$68,530 – $122,410920
6Computer Programmers$91,700
Bachelor's degree
$64,150 – $138,530530
7Computer Systems Analysts$88,520
Bachelor's degree
$63,440 – $124,600420
8Computer Network Support Specialists$86,110
Associate's degree
$48,410 – $105,540300
9Data Scientists$84,110
Bachelor's degree
$51,550 – $138,400230
10Computer User Support Specialists$63,110
Some college, no degree
$45,010 – $85,330950

Bars run from the 10th to the 90th percentile; the middle half is shaded darker, and the tick is the median.

#	Occupation	MedianAlaska	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$133,490	$92,290 – $197,510	970
2	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$119,720	$88,690 – $173,070	120
3	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$114,990	$75,770 – $149,270	300
4	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$105,960	$62,910 – $140,350	710
5	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$97,500	$68,530 – $122,410	920
6	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$91,700	$64,150 – $138,530	530
7	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$88,520	$63,440 – $124,600	420
8	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$86,110	$48,410 – $105,540	300
9	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$84,110	$51,550 – $138,400	230
10	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$63,110	$45,010 – $85,330	950

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Alaska. The rarer ones are real jobs — but a 1,190-person occupation at the top of a list answers a different question than the one most readers are asking.

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Pay varies more between metros than between states — the spread inside one state is often wider than the gap between two.

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The same fields, narrowed to what you can enter without one. Fields missing here have too few such occupations in Alaska to rank honestly.

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