High paying tech and IT jobs in Columbus, IN

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Columbus, IN. 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, IN run 7.0% below the national average (2024), so a Columbus, IN salary is worth about 1.08× 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, IN · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$139,430
Bachelor's degree
$91,180 – $201,83090
2Software Developers$104,880
Bachelor's degree
$80,000 – $137,340280
3Computer Systems Analysts$103,800
Bachelor's degree
$60,600 – $145,720130
4Information Security Analysts$94,770
Bachelor's degree
$61,630 – $193,01040
5Data Scientists$94,700
Bachelor's degree
$59,840 – $142,31040
6Network and Computer Systems Administrators$86,050
Bachelor's degree
$62,950 – $118,97050
7Computer Occupations, All Other$83,830
Bachelor's degree
$28,220 – $124,66050
8Computer Network Support Specialists$71,270
Associate's degree
$46,800 – $107,53060
9Computer User Support Specialists$58,380
Some college, no degree
$37,900 – $100,590150

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

#	Occupation	MedianColumbus, IN	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$139,430	$91,180 – $201,830	90
2	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$104,880	$80,000 – $137,340	280
3	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$103,800	$60,600 – $145,720	130
4	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$94,770	$61,630 – $193,010	40
5	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$94,700	$59,840 – $142,310	40
6	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$86,050	$62,950 – $118,970	50
7	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$83,830	$28,220 – $124,660	50
8	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$71,270	$46,800 – $107,530	60
9	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$58,380	$37,900 – $100,590	150

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