High paying tech and IT jobs in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY. 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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY run 4.2% below the national average (2024), so a Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY salary is worth about 1.04× 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, Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$172,650
Bachelor's degree
$110,500 – $260,7801,590
2Computer Network Architects$131,320
Bachelor's degree
$78,260 – $165,060620
3Software Developers$127,850
Bachelor's degree
$79,080 – $172,7303,960
4Information Security Analysts$116,290
Bachelor's degree
$77,920 – $166,850400
5Computer Occupations, All Other$104,700
Bachelor's degree
$58,940 – $161,600730
6Data Scientists$102,250
Bachelor's degree
$55,940 – $158,960840
7Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$101,880
Bachelor's degree
$54,990 – $160,980340
8Computer Systems Analysts$101,660
Bachelor's degree
$67,220 – $158,0401,170
9Web and Digital Interface Designers$99,990
Bachelor's degree
$52,240 – $166,980460
10Operations Research Analysts$99,560
Bachelor's degree
$64,850 – $163,980230
11Computer Programmers$94,260
Bachelor's degree
$69,590 – $125,300430
12Network and Computer Systems Administrators$93,830
Bachelor's degree
$63,880 – $131,720970
13Computer Network Support Specialists$79,020
Associate's degree
$47,880 – $100,940530
14Database Administrators$76,820
Bachelor's degree
$52,610 – $141,420210
15Computer User Support Specialists$60,660
Some college, no degree
$44,530 – $98,9902,430

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

#	Occupation	MedianBuffalo-Cheektowaga, NY	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$172,650	$110,500 – $260,780	1,590
2	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$131,320	$78,260 – $165,060	620
3	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$127,850	$79,080 – $172,730	3,960
4	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$116,290	$77,920 – $166,850	400
5	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$104,700	$58,940 – $161,600	730
6	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$102,250	$55,940 – $158,960	840
7	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$101,880	$54,990 – $160,980	340
8	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$101,660	$67,220 – $158,040	1,170
9	Web and Digital Interface DesignersBachelor's degree	$99,990	$52,240 – $166,980	460
10	Operations Research AnalystsBachelor's degree	$99,560	$64,850 – $163,980	230
11	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$94,260	$69,590 – $125,300	430
12	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$93,830	$63,880 – $131,720	970
13	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$79,020	$47,880 – $100,940	530
14	Database AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$76,820	$52,610 – $141,420	210
15	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$60,660	$44,530 – $98,990	2,430

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY. 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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