High paying tech and IT jobs in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. 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 Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA run 7.3% below the national average (2024), so a Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA salary is worth about 1.08× 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, Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$157,250
Bachelor's degree
$97,220 – $221,610170
2Computer Network Architects$117,030
Bachelor's degree
$68,750 – $172,55040
3Information Security Analysts$115,980
Bachelor's degree
$74,960 – $169,98080
4Computer Occupations, All Other$112,820
Bachelor's degree
$54,810 – $167,68090
5Software Developers$111,630
Bachelor's degree
$67,560 – $179,660590
6Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$101,510
Bachelor's degree
$64,190 – $131,78060
7Computer Systems Analysts$96,830
Bachelor's degree
$64,370 – $160,630160
8Data Scientists$89,070
Bachelor's degree
$69,830 – $149,51060
9Network and Computer Systems Administrators$88,390
Bachelor's degree
$60,120 – $124,660140
10Computer Programmers$87,100
Bachelor's degree
$53,700 – $154,41030
11Web Developers$86,680
Bachelor's degree
$55,960 – $131,35050
12Database Administrators$82,320
Bachelor's degree
$51,140 – $147,05050
13Computer Network Support Specialists$68,290
Associate's degree
$47,470 – $99,02050
14Computer User Support Specialists$54,190
Some college, no degree
$41,310 – $83,550330
15Web and Digital Interface Designers$47,420
Bachelor's degree
$34,320 – $70,06040

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

#	Occupation	MedianBlacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$157,250	$97,220 – $221,610	170
2	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$117,030	$68,750 – $172,550	40
3	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$115,980	$74,960 – $169,980	80
4	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$112,820	$54,810 – $167,680	90
5	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$111,630	$67,560 – $179,660	590
6	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$101,510	$64,190 – $131,780	60
7	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$96,830	$64,370 – $160,630	160
8	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$89,070	$69,830 – $149,510	60
9	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$88,390	$60,120 – $124,660	140
10	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$87,100	$53,700 – $154,410	30
11	Web DevelopersBachelor's degree	$86,680	$55,960 – $131,350	50
12	Database AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$82,320	$51,140 – $147,050	50
13	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$68,290	$47,470 – $99,020	50
14	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$54,190	$41,310 – $83,550	330
15	Web and Digital Interface DesignersBachelor's degree	$47,420	$34,320 – $70,060	40

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Blacksburg-Christiansburg-Radford, VA. 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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