High paying tech and IT jobs in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ. 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 Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ run 0.0% below the national average (2024), so a Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ 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, Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ · Employed

1Computer Hardware Engineers$172,210
Bachelor's degree
$123,650 – $288,440190
2Computer and Information Systems Managers$165,660
Bachelor's degree
$104,150 – $243,1401,030
3Software Developers$122,930
Bachelor's degree
$74,960 – $175,8901,770
4Computer Network Architects$122,690
Bachelor's degree
$79,110 – $174,990230
5Information Security Analysts$107,300
Bachelor's degree
$71,900 – $163,040190
6Data Scientists$101,970
Bachelor's degree
$62,040 – $171,050490
7Computer Occupations, All Other$99,610
Bachelor's degree
$53,170 – $167,340510
8Computer Systems Analysts$98,750
Bachelor's degree
$66,050 – $134,520830
9Computer Programmers$93,510
Bachelor's degree
$62,450 – $131,930120
10Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$91,520
Bachelor's degree
$53,690 – $131,060140
11Network and Computer Systems Administrators$89,000
Bachelor's degree
$62,130 – $133,120400
12Database Administrators$82,640
Bachelor's degree
$55,800 – $140,670150
13Computer Network Support Specialists$66,070
Associate's degree
$47,670 – $116,540200
14Computer User Support Specialists$59,380
Some college, no degree
$40,570 – $84,9901,400

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

#	Occupation	MedianAllentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer Hardware EngineersBachelor's degree	$172,210	$123,650 – $288,440	190
2	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$165,660	$104,150 – $243,140	1,030
3	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$122,930	$74,960 – $175,890	1,770
4	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$122,690	$79,110 – $174,990	230
5	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$107,300	$71,900 – $163,040	190
6	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$101,970	$62,040 – $171,050	490
7	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$99,610	$53,170 – $167,340	510
8	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$98,750	$66,050 – $134,520	830
9	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$93,510	$62,450 – $131,930	120
10	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$91,520	$53,690 – $131,060	140
11	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$89,000	$62,130 – $133,120	400
12	Database AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$82,640	$55,800 – $140,670	150
13	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$66,070	$47,670 – $116,540	200
14	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$59,380	$40,570 – $84,990	1,400

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Allentown-Bethlehem-Easton, PA-NJ. 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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