High paying tech and IT jobs in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC. 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 Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC run 8.1% below the national average (2024), so a Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC salary is worth about 1.09× 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, Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$160,860
Bachelor's degree
$109,050 – $222,680430
2Computer Network Architects$121,980
Bachelor's degree
$73,480 – $198,440120
3Software Developers$119,780
Bachelor's degree
$77,130 – $176,000910
4Computer Occupations, All Other$106,640
Bachelor's degree
$60,430 – $162,0901,160
5Information Security Analysts$106,110
Bachelor's degree
$62,690 – $168,920190
6Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$97,470
Bachelor's degree
$65,400 – $145,720120
7Data Scientists$92,800
Bachelor's degree
$52,400 – $148,950220
8Network and Computer Systems Administrators$90,510
Bachelor's degree
$61,760 – $130,880280
9Operations Research Analysts$88,910
Bachelor's degree
$51,170 – $129,560120
10Computer Systems Analysts$84,230
Bachelor's degree
$59,970 – $158,400370
11Computer Network Support Specialists$78,140
Associate's degree
$48,520 – $122,740190
12Computer User Support Specialists$57,580
Some college, no degree
$37,370 – $82,910990

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

#	Occupation	MedianAugusta-Richmond County, GA-SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$160,860	$109,050 – $222,680	430
2	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$121,980	$73,480 – $198,440	120
3	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$119,780	$77,130 – $176,000	910
4	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$106,640	$60,430 – $162,090	1,160
5	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$106,110	$62,690 – $168,920	190
6	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$97,470	$65,400 – $145,720	120
7	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$92,800	$52,400 – $148,950	220
8	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$90,510	$61,760 – $130,880	280
9	Operations Research AnalystsBachelor's degree	$88,910	$51,170 – $129,560	120
10	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$84,230	$59,970 – $158,400	370
11	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$78,140	$48,520 – $122,740	190
12	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$57,580	$37,370 – $82,910	990

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Augusta-Richmond County, GA-SC. 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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