High paying tech and IT jobs in Gainesville, GA

Every tech and IT occupation below is ranked by its median annual wage in Gainesville, GA. 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 Gainesville, GA run 3.2% below the national average (2024), so a Gainesville, GA 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, Gainesville, GA · Employed

1Computer and Information Systems Managers$156,450
Bachelor's degree
$98,220 – $245,310180
2Computer Network Architects$124,260
Bachelor's degree
$98,360 – $171,32030
3Software Developers$121,940
Bachelor's degree
$71,170 – $163,300290
4Computer Systems Analysts$113,740
Bachelor's degree
$68,150 – $138,490210
5Information Security Analysts$101,860
Bachelor's degree
$61,060 – $175,65040
6Software Quality Assurance Analysts and Testers$99,100
Bachelor's degree
$71,830 – $131,61060
7Network and Computer Systems Administrators$91,490
Bachelor's degree
$62,990 – $149,200110
8Computer Occupations, All Other$87,540
Bachelor's degree
$50,320 – $167,860160
9Data Scientists$84,670
Bachelor's degree
$52,380 – $144,92070
10Computer Network Support Specialists$67,910
Associate's degree
$49,380 – $85,50040
11Computer User Support Specialists$58,500
Some college, no degree
$37,210 – $88,350280

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

#	Occupation	MedianGainesville, GA	10th–90th percentilemiddle half shaded darker	Employed
1	Computer and Information Systems ManagersBachelor's degree	$156,450	$98,220 – $245,310	180
2	Computer Network ArchitectsBachelor's degree	$124,260	$98,360 – $171,320	30
3	Software DevelopersBachelor's degree	$121,940	$71,170 – $163,300	290
4	Computer Systems AnalystsBachelor's degree	$113,740	$68,150 – $138,490	210
5	Information Security AnalystsBachelor's degree	$101,860	$61,060 – $175,650	40
6	Software Quality Assurance Analysts and TestersBachelor's degree	$99,100	$71,830 – $131,610	60
7	Network and Computer Systems AdministratorsBachelor's degree	$91,490	$62,990 – $149,200	110
8	Computer Occupations, All OtherBachelor's degree	$87,540	$50,320 – $167,860	160
9	Data ScientistsBachelor's degree	$84,670	$52,380 – $144,920	70
10	Computer Network Support SpecialistsAssociate's degree	$67,910	$49,380 – $85,500	40
11	Computer User Support SpecialistsSome college, no degree	$58,500	$37,210 – $88,350	280

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