High paying tech and IT jobs in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. 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 Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC run 2.7% below the national average (2024), so a Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC salary is worth about 1.03× 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, Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$176,840
Bachelor's degree
$119,750 – $305,5608,120
2Database Architects$138,870
Bachelor's degree
$88,510 – $180,6501,560
3Software Developers$135,920
Bachelor's degree
$93,690 – $172,36020,820
4Computer Network Architects$134,410
Bachelor's degree
$95,280 – $173,8002,350
5Data Scientists$132,460
Bachelor's degree
$70,790 – $171,2004,420
6Information Security Analysts$131,440
Bachelor's degree
$81,430 – $192,3002,640
7Database Administrators$113,890
Bachelor's degree
$64,770 – $164,220550
8Computer Systems Analysts$110,790
Bachelor's degree
$76,360 – $168,6607,870
9Computer Occupations, All Other$110,790
Bachelor's degree
$43,330 – $170,5803,290
10Operations Research Analysts$105,180
Bachelor's degree
$62,100 – $131,7301,360
11Web Developers$101,980
Bachelor's degree
$61,790 – $152,890510
12Web and Digital Interface Designers$94,290
Bachelor's degree
$43,800 – $162,4201,070
13Network and Computer Systems Administrators$89,990
Bachelor's degree
$23,700 – $136,8704,180
14Computer Programmers$84,720
Bachelor's degree
$48,110 – $143,140670
15Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$81,990
Bachelor's degree
$64,990 – $133,9403,900
16Computer Network Support Specialists$75,420
Associate's degree
$48,610 – $117,1601,110
17Computer User Support Specialists$60,220
Some college, no degree
$38,900 – $94,7205,250

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

#	Occupation	MedianCharlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$176,840	$119,750 – $305,560	8,120
2	Database ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$138,870	$88,510 – $180,650	1,560
3	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$135,920	$93,690 – $172,360	20,820
4	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$134,410	$95,280 – $173,800	2,350
5	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$132,460	$70,790 – $171,200	4,420
6	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$131,440	$81,430 – $192,300	2,640
7	Database AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$113,890	$64,770 – $164,220	550
8	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$110,790	$76,360 – $168,660	7,870
9	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$110,790	$43,330 – $170,580	3,290
10	Operations Research AnalystsBachelor's degree	$105,180	$62,100 – $131,730	1,360
11	Web DevelopersBachelor's degree	$101,980	$61,790 – $152,890	510
12	Web and Digital Interface DesignersBachelor's degree	$94,290	$43,800 – $162,420	1,070
13	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$89,990	$23,700 – $136,870	4,180
14	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$84,720	$48,110 – $143,140	670
15	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$81,990	$64,990 – $133,940	3,900
16	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$75,420	$48,610 – $117,160	1,110
17	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$60,220	$38,900 – $94,720	5,250

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Charlotte-Concord-Gastonia, NC-SC. 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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