High paying tech and IT jobs in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI. 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 Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI run 0.3% above the national average (2024), so a Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI salary is worth about 1.00× 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, Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$170,040
Bachelor's degree
$103,890 – $234,5207,980
2Database Architects$132,040
Bachelor's degree
$80,450 – $173,140730
3Software Developers$130,760
Bachelor's degree
$82,720 – $167,49024,870
4Computer Hardware Engineers$129,990
Bachelor's degree
$86,520 – $178,2801,060
5Computer Network Architects$128,830
Bachelor's degree
$76,630 – $171,8001,570
6Information Security Analysts$108,990
Bachelor's degree
$67,350 – $167,5801,520
7Web Developers$108,550
Bachelor's degree
$52,140 – $167,360870
8Computer Occupations, All Other$107,560
Bachelor's degree
$52,680 – $164,2103,830
9Computer Systems Analysts$103,670
Bachelor's degree
$67,040 – $163,2107,150
10Data Scientists$103,330
Bachelor's degree
$62,400 – $168,5103,810
11Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$102,390
Bachelor's degree
$64,880 – $137,6002,140
12Web and Digital Interface Designers$99,450
Bachelor's degree
$45,760 – $160,770790
13Network and Computer Systems Administrators$96,400
Bachelor's degree
$64,880 – $140,1103,010
14Computer Programmers$87,860
Bachelor's degree
$59,400 – $136,6401,380
15Computer Network Support Specialists$72,600
Associate's degree
$43,150 – $110,7701,000
16Computer User Support Specialists$59,040
Some college, no degree
$38,230 – $93,4109,240

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

#	Occupation	MedianDetroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$170,040	$103,890 – $234,520	7,980
2	Database ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$132,040	$80,450 – $173,140	730
3	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$130,760	$82,720 – $167,490	24,870
4	Computer Hardware EngineersBachelor's degree	$129,990	$86,520 – $178,280	1,060
5	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$128,830	$76,630 – $171,800	1,570
6	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$108,990	$67,350 – $167,580	1,520
7	Web DevelopersBachelor's degree	$108,550	$52,140 – $167,360	870
8	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$107,560	$52,680 – $164,210	3,830
9	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$103,670	$67,040 – $163,210	7,150
10	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$103,330	$62,400 – $168,510	3,810
11	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$102,390	$64,880 – $137,600	2,140
12	Web and Digital Interface DesignersBachelor's degree	$99,450	$45,760 – $160,770	790
13	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$96,400	$64,880 – $140,110	3,010
14	Computer ProgrammersBachelor's degree	$87,860	$59,400 – $136,640	1,380
15	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$72,600	$43,150 – $110,770	1,000
16	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$59,040	$38,230 – $93,410	9,240

Ranked among the occupations common enough to employ roughly one in every three thousand workers in Detroit-Warren-Dearborn, MI. 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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