High paying tech and IT jobs in Columbia, SC

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Columbia, 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 Columbia, SC run 6.3% below the national average (2024), so a Columbia, SC 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, Columbia, SC · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$141,570
Bachelor's degree
$87,410 – $222,560990
2Database Architects$135,790
Bachelor's degree
$84,310 – $169,610240
3Computer Network Architects$125,510
Bachelor's degree
$84,010 – $162,990270
4Software Developers$123,380
Bachelor's degree
$70,950 – $172,4602,070
5Information Security Analysts$101,330
Bachelor's degree
$64,410 – $161,370370
6Computer Programmers$98,490
Bachelor's degree
$63,130 – $132,330190
7Computer Occupations, All Other$91,920
Bachelor's degree
$41,990 – $153,780770
8Computer Systems Analysts$90,760
Bachelor's degree
$52,720 – $133,9102,110
9Data Scientists$88,260
Bachelor's degree
$52,350 – $138,960590
10Network and Computer Systems Administrators$86,650
Bachelor's degree
$62,260 – $141,630810
11Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$86,320
Bachelor's degree
$53,020 – $127,560250
12Database Administrators$83,330
Bachelor's degree
$50,510 – $136,770250
13Web and Digital Interface Designers$80,930
Bachelor's degree
$44,800 – $115,010140
14Operations Research Analysts$79,560
Bachelor's degree
$49,080 – $103,540300
15Computer Network Support Specialists$76,560
Associate's degree
$46,390 – $107,060520
16Computer User Support Specialists$50,080
Some college, no degree
$36,440 – $80,5502,030

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

#	Occupation	MedianColumbia, SC	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$141,570	$87,410 – $222,560	990
2	Database ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$135,790	$84,310 – $169,610	240
3	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$125,510	$84,010 – $162,990	270
4	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$123,380	$70,950 – $172,460	2,070
5	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$101,330	$64,410 – $161,370	370
6	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$98,490	$63,130 – $132,330	190
7	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$91,920	$41,990 – $153,780	770
8	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$90,760	$52,720 – $133,910	2,110
9	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$88,260	$52,350 – $138,960	590
10	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$86,650	$62,260 – $141,630	810
11	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$86,320	$53,020 – $127,560	250
12	Database AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$83,330	$50,510 – $136,770	250
13	Web and Digital Interface DesignersBachelor's degree	$80,930	$44,800 – $115,010	140
14	Operations Research AnalystsBachelor's degree	$79,560	$49,080 – $103,540	300
15	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$76,560	$46,390 – $107,060	520
16	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$50,080	$36,440 – $80,550	2,030

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