High paying tech and IT jobs in Bakersfield-Delano, CA

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Bakersfield-Delano, CA. 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 Bakersfield-Delano, CA run 0.9% above the national average (2024), so a Bakersfield-Delano, CA salary is worth about 0.99× 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, Bakersfield-Delano, CA · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$164,470
Bachelor's degree
$101,820 – $271,190430
2Software Developers$130,330
Bachelor's degree
$88,670 – $203,810740
3Computer Hardware Engineers$126,460
Bachelor's degree
$88,880 – $159,700160
4Computer and Information Research Scientists$116,650
Master's degree
$87,760 – $159,700490
5Computer Occupations, All Other$110,180
Bachelor's degree
$58,100 – $159,7001,080
6Information Security Analysts$108,020
Bachelor's degree
$69,530 – $159,130160
7Network and Computer Systems Administrators$100,730
Bachelor's degree
$70,120 – $129,530330
8Computer Systems Analysts$100,400
Bachelor's degree
$63,040 – $150,540490
9Data Scientists$92,200
Bachelor's degree
$65,840 – $158,350200
10Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$83,290
Bachelor's degree
$48,900 – $162,050180
11Computer Network Support Specialists$69,230
Associate's degree
$40,610 – $103,980200
12Computer User Support Specialists$62,980
Some college, no degree
$47,560 – $95,020780

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

#	Occupation	MedianBakersfield-Delano, CA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$164,470	$101,820 – $271,190	430
2	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$130,330	$88,670 – $203,810	740
3	Computer Hardware EngineersBachelor's degree	$126,460	$88,880 – $159,700	160
4	Computer and Information Research ScientistsMaster's degree	$116,650	$87,760 – $159,700	490
5	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$110,180	$58,100 – $159,700	1,080
6	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$108,020	$69,530 – $159,130	160
7	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$100,730	$70,120 – $129,530	330
8	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$100,400	$63,040 – $150,540	490
9	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$92,200	$65,840 – $158,350	200
10	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$83,290	$48,900 – $162,050	180
11	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$69,230	$40,610 – $103,980	200
12	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$62,980	$47,560 – $95,020	780

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Bakersfield-Delano, CA. 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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