High paying tech and IT jobs in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA. 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 Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA run 0.1% above the national average (2024), so a Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA 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, Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$177,970
Bachelor's degree
$127,040 – $287,74014,430
2Database Architects$139,500
Bachelor's degree
$102,860 – $187,4102,110
3Computer Network Architects$133,890
Bachelor's degree
$51,710 – $186,1505,880
4Software Developers$132,960
Bachelor's degree
$83,400 – $178,33036,300
5Information Security Analysts$131,490
Bachelor's degree
$79,200 – $186,1804,550
6Computer Systems Analysts$119,090
Bachelor's degree
$69,330 – $169,6908,300
7Web and Digital Interface Designers$118,190
Bachelor's degree
$64,360 – $182,3101,890
8Database Administrators$110,950
Bachelor's degree
$52,580 – $163,4301,780
9Data Scientists$108,940
Bachelor's degree
$72,430 – $172,1306,820
10Computer Occupations, All Other$108,730
Bachelor's degree
$63,370 – $188,47013,750
11Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$105,800
Bachelor's degree
$70,400 – $151,9605,270
12Computer Programmers$101,910
Bachelor's degree
$70,200 – $138,9801,260
13Network and Computer Systems Administrators$101,000
Bachelor's degree
$66,520 – $151,8406,140
14Web Developers$93,590
Bachelor's degree
$55,040 – $146,470990
15Computer Network Support Specialists$81,720
Associate's degree
$50,800 – $135,6703,110
16Operations Research Analysts$77,510
Bachelor's degree
$52,350 – $134,7903,250
17Computer User Support Specialists$62,110
Some college, no degree
$39,700 – $101,82015,980

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

#	Occupation	MedianAtlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$177,970	$127,040 – $287,740	14,430
2	Database ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$139,500	$102,860 – $187,410	2,110
3	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$133,890	$51,710 – $186,150	5,880
4	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$132,960	$83,400 – $178,330	36,300
5	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$131,490	$79,200 – $186,180	4,550
6	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$119,090	$69,330 – $169,690	8,300
7	Web and Digital Interface DesignersBachelor's degree	$118,190	$64,360 – $182,310	1,890
8	Database AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$110,950	$52,580 – $163,430	1,780
9	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$108,940	$72,430 – $172,130	6,820
10	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$108,730	$63,370 – $188,470	13,750
11	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$105,800	$70,400 – $151,960	5,270
12	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$101,910	$70,200 – $138,980	1,260
13	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$101,000	$66,520 – $151,840	6,140
14	Web DevelopersBachelor's degree	$93,590	$55,040 – $146,470	990
15	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$81,720	$50,800 – $135,670	3,110
16	Operations Research AnalystsBachelor's degree	$77,510	$52,350 – $134,790	3,250
17	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$62,110	$39,700 – $101,820	15,980

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Atlanta-Sandy Springs-Roswell, GA. 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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