High paying tech and IT jobs in Columbus, GA-AL

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Columbus, GA-AL. 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 Columbus, GA-AL run 10.7% below the national average (2024), so a Columbus, GA-AL 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, Columbus, GA-AL · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$166,750
Bachelor's degree
$105,680 – $216,480300
2Computer Network Architects$126,380
Bachelor's degree
$72,360 – $161,580100
3Database Administrators$119,740
Bachelor's degree
$55,980 – $153,16040
4Software Developers$116,150
Bachelor's degree
$81,580 – $165,2101,050
5Computer Systems Analysts$103,410
Bachelor's degree
$71,220 – $140,680270
6Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$102,890
Bachelor's degree
$77,760 – $132,440130
7Information Security Analysts$102,240
Bachelor's degree
$66,830 – $163,590120
8Computer Occupations, All Other$101,630
Bachelor's degree
$54,060 – $146,150450
9Network and Computer Systems Administrators$85,690
Bachelor's degree
$57,990 – $132,520190
10Web Developers$79,420
Bachelor's degree
$50,850 – $103,61040
11Data Scientists$78,620
Bachelor's degree
$53,870 – $144,850140
12Operations Research Analysts$74,210
Bachelor's degree
$51,510 – $118,17080
13Computer Network Support Specialists$69,290
Associate's degree
$49,220 – $97,56080
14Computer User Support Specialists$51,730
Some college, no degree
$35,830 – $82,270410

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

#	Occupation	MedianColumbus, GA-AL	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$166,750	$105,680 – $216,480	300
2	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$126,380	$72,360 – $161,580	100
3	Database AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$119,740	$55,980 – $153,160	40
4	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$116,150	$81,580 – $165,210	1,050
5	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$103,410	$71,220 – $140,680	270
6	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$102,890	$77,760 – $132,440	130
7	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$102,240	$66,830 – $163,590	120
8	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$101,630	$54,060 – $146,150	450
9	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$85,690	$57,990 – $132,520	190
10	Web DevelopersBachelor's degree	$79,420	$50,850 – $103,610	40
11	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$78,620	$53,870 – $144,850	140
12	Operations Research AnalystsBachelor's degree	$74,210	$51,510 – $118,170	80
13	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$69,290	$49,220 – $97,560	80
14	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$51,730	$35,830 – $82,270	410

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Columbus, GA-AL. 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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