High paying tech and IT jobs in Burlington, NC

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Burlington, NC. 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 Burlington, NC run 6.8% below the national average (2024), so a Burlington, NC salary is worth about 1.07× 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, Burlington, NC · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$165,490
Bachelor's degree
$107,500 – $273,780150
2Software Developers$127,570
Bachelor's degree
$80,680 – $171,700270
3Computer Systems Analysts$118,590
Bachelor's degree
$72,600 – $157,520100
4Computer Network Architects$118,130
Bachelor's degree
$65,780 – $158,03050
5Information Security Analysts$103,140
Bachelor's degree
$59,750 – $182,10050
6Data Scientists$96,300
Bachelor's degree
$55,010 – $160,41080
7Network and Computer Systems Administrators$87,660
Bachelor's degree
$58,240 – $140,69080
8Computer Occupations, All Other$84,030
Bachelor's degree
$49,090 – $153,540100
9Computer Network Support Specialists$69,850
Associate's degree
$37,310 – $103,59050
10Computer User Support Specialists$59,550
Some college, no degree
$39,570 – $90,510190

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

#	Occupation	MedianBurlington, NC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$165,490	$107,500 – $273,780	150
2	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$127,570	$80,680 – $171,700	270
3	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$118,590	$72,600 – $157,520	100
4	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$118,130	$65,780 – $158,030	50
5	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$103,140	$59,750 – $182,100	50
6	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$96,300	$55,010 – $160,410	80
7	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$87,660	$58,240 – $140,690	80
8	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$84,030	$49,090 – $153,540	100
9	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$69,850	$37,310 – $103,590	50
10	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$59,550	$39,570 – $90,510	190

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Burlington, NC. 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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