High paying tech and IT jobs in Cedar Rapids, IA

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Cedar Rapids, IA. 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 Cedar Rapids, IA run 11.0% below the national average (2024), so a Cedar Rapids, IA salary is worth about 1.12× 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, Cedar Rapids, IA · Employed

1Computer Hardware Engineers$161,160
Bachelor's degree
$70,320 – $267,70060
2Computer and Information Systems Managers$129,910
Bachelor's degree
$107,000 – $205,080470
3Software Developers$114,340
Bachelor's degree
$70,070 – $161,8101,250
4Information Security Analysts$109,290
Bachelor's degree
$64,460 – $157,56080
5Computer Occupations, All Other$106,750
Bachelor's degree
$59,910 – $169,310360
6Data Scientists$99,410
Bachelor's degree
$61,860 – $147,200180
7Computer Network Architects$97,890
Bachelor's degree
$62,720 – $158,300130
8Network and Computer Systems Administrators$93,480
Bachelor's degree
$61,530 – $122,740360
9Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$84,270
Bachelor's degree
$56,360 – $126,290110
10Computer Systems Analysts$81,510
Bachelor's degree
$61,360 – $125,440440
11Computer Programmers$76,530
Bachelor's degree
$52,180 – $110,20090
12Web and Digital Interface Designers$74,440
Bachelor's degree
$47,490 – $108,16060
13Web Developers$60,700
Bachelor's degree
$30,920 – $96,41060
14Computer Network Support Specialists$60,450
Associate's degree
$46,910 – $83,220290
15Computer User Support Specialists$58,330
Some college, no degree
$43,770 – $85,110690

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

#	Occupation	MedianCedar Rapids, IA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer Hardware EngineersBachelor's degree	$161,160	$70,320 – $267,700	60
2	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$129,910	$107,000 – $205,080	470
3	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$114,340	$70,070 – $161,810	1,250
4	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$109,290	$64,460 – $157,560	80
5	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$106,750	$59,910 – $169,310	360
6	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$99,410	$61,860 – $147,200	180
7	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$97,890	$62,720 – $158,300	130
8	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$93,480	$61,530 – $122,740	360
9	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$84,270	$56,360 – $126,290	110
10	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$81,510	$61,360 – $125,440	440
11	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$76,530	$52,180 – $110,200	90
12	Web and Digital Interface DesignersBachelor's degree	$74,440	$47,490 – $108,160	60
13	Web DevelopersBachelor's degree	$60,700	$30,920 – $96,410	60
14	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$60,450	$46,910 – $83,220	290
15	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$58,330	$43,770 – $85,110	690

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Cedar Rapids, IA. 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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