High paying tech and IT jobs in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY. 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 Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY run 0.4% below the national average (2024), so a Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY salary is worth about 1.00× its face value in national terms. That scales every wage here by the same factor — it changes what the numbers mean, not their order.

Local wage estimates are suppressed more often than state ones — BLS withholds any figure too few local employers report — so an occupation missing here simply has no published local estimate.

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

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OccupationMedian, Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY · Employed

1Computer and Information Research Scientists$181,990
Master's degree
$122,250 – $280,710200
2Computer and Information Systems Managers$158,250
Bachelor's degree
$118,780 – $251,7102,180
3Software Developers$127,910
Bachelor's degree
$80,800 – $178,1203,280
4Computer Network Architects$121,000
Bachelor's degree
$77,840 – $168,370430
5Database Architects$108,730
Bachelor's degree
$81,850 – $184,550150
6Information Security Analysts$103,890
Bachelor's degree
$67,220 – $165,750470
7Database Administrators$102,160
Bachelor's degree
$58,940 – $130,880400
8Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$100,690
Bachelor's degree
$64,140 – $136,490430
9Web and Digital Interface Designers$99,210
Bachelor's degree
$51,990 – $164,290310
10Data Scientists$98,940
Bachelor's degree
$64,450 – $160,460830
11Computer Occupations, All Other$95,920
Bachelor's degree
$56,350 – $160,100620
12Network and Computer Systems Administrators$95,140
Bachelor's degree
$65,060 – $127,4201,060
13Computer Systems Analysts$86,890
Bachelor's degree
$64,990 – $117,8603,290
14Computer Programmers$84,140
Bachelor's degree
$64,990 – $113,1001,430
15Operations Research Analysts$84,140
Bachelor's degree
$54,210 – $126,420430
16Computer Network Support Specialists$73,160
Associate's degree
$51,270 – $105,390430
17Computer User Support Specialists$61,190
Some college, no degree
$45,310 – $95,7801,690

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

#	Occupation	MedianAlbany-Schenectady-Troy, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Research ScientistsMaster's degree	$181,990	$122,250 – $280,710	200
2	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$158,250	$118,780 – $251,710	2,180
3	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$127,910	$80,800 – $178,120	3,280
4	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$121,000	$77,840 – $168,370	430
5	Database ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$108,730	$81,850 – $184,550	150
6	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$103,890	$67,220 – $165,750	470
7	Database AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$102,160	$58,940 – $130,880	400
8	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$100,690	$64,140 – $136,490	430
9	Web and Digital Interface DesignersBachelor's degree	$99,210	$51,990 – $164,290	310
10	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$98,940	$64,450 – $160,460	830
11	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$95,920	$56,350 – $160,100	620
12	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$95,140	$65,060 – $127,420	1,060
13	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$86,890	$64,990 – $117,860	3,290
14	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$84,140	$64,990 – $113,100	1,430
15	Operations Research AnalystsBachelor's degree	$84,140	$54,210 – $126,420	430
16	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$73,160	$51,270 – $105,390	430
17	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$61,190	$45,310 – $95,780	1,690

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Albany-Schenectady-Troy, NY. 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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